horns, was: stebel/klr650/ balancing tires

[Bogdan Swider]

Re: [DSN_KLR650] Re: HORNS, was: Stebel/KLR650/ balancing tires I constructed a simple balancing stand out of PVC pipe. The only other material is two rails of metal stock that the axle, with wheel on it, rests on. I got the idea from an article in MCN a while back. I’m not racing at 150mph so I don’t bother to balance tires perfectly. Just a little more than good enough. I knew a K bike guy during my Beemer days. He would mount tires throw them on the bike and see if they negatively affected the handling. He would slowly increase speed  to well over !00mph. If the bike was anything short of rock stable, he would take the wheels off and balance them. He rarely had to do that as mostly they were balanced “ good enough “ without weights. Bogdan, who might balance a shot with a beer tonight.

On 2/4/10 2:42 PM, "Dooden" dooden@...> wrote:

        Don't forget to remove brake caliper and chain of course.. Dooden A15 Green Ape --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com , Thomas Komjathy wrote: > > I have done it, just loosen the axle and balance, it's not perfect, but it works. > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Thor Lancelot Simon > To: Jeff Khoury > Cc: Mike Frey ; DSN klr650 DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Thu, February 4, 2010 1:03:13 AM > Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] Re: HORNS, was: Stebel/KLR650 > >    > On Wed, Feb 03, 2010 at 09:36:21PM -0800, Jeff Khoury wrote: > > A 10-minute balancer: > > Why not just balance the wheel on the bike?  The bike's got bearings > for the axle, after all... > > Thor >