tire balance mark

[E.L. Green]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "mikeypep" wrote:

> > My new tire has a little triangular mark molded on the sidewall. I've > heard this has something to do with balance. Is this mark supposed to > be mounted nest to the stem, opposite the stem, or does this mark have > nothing to do with balance?

Depends on the tire. On my TKC-80 tires, the little triangular marks just point at the wear indicators. To verify whether a particular mark is the "heavy" or "light" side of the tire, I look inside the tire for the seam where the carcass halves overlap. This will be a thicker part. That's the heavy part of the tire. You want to put that opposite the stem. Then I look at where the mark is at relative to that, and use the mark to properly position the tire while I'm installing it (hard to look inside the tire when the rim is halfway down on it . -E