Your statement is a bit inaccurate, there is such a thing as a dumb question, the one that isn't asked.NormanB said:BTW there is no such thing as a dumb question.
I'm a long-time user of Dynabeads. I used a similar product called Equal in the tires of my semi-truck and trailer for many years. I've experienced speeds of 90+ MPH one time I had a attack of stupidity while riding my Burgman 650. I experienced absolutely no balance problems at that speed using Dynabeads. If you use the one piece 90° aluminum valve stems a guy was selling in the BUSA classifieds section. The valve stem internal opening is to small to install the Dynabeads through the valve stem. Mount the tire on the rim and seat the bead. Then brake the tire bead seal in a small area on one side of the rim. Push in on the sidewall and pour the Dynabeads in the opening between the rim and the bead. Hold the tire/rim vertical as it would be mounted on your Burgman. Keep the part where you broke the bead at the highest point. Go ahead and re-inflate the tire to reseal the bead.Leo38 said:I use Dynabeads.
http://www.innovativebalancing.com/char ... cycleChart
For stock size tires - 1 oz. front, 2 oz's rear.
I have the Dynabeads inserted into the tires when I replace them.
With tire already mounted on rim & installed on bike, you can still install the beads thru' the valve stem using the applicator shown on the web site.
The tire doesn't spin fast enough or for long enough time on a balancer for the beads to work and as for his customer complaint if the tire is outta round the beads won't correct for that, in fact may make an outta round condition worse. If they break down and moisture gets in the tire clumping may occur causing a problem as well.Max T said:
MJR said:It's common in the Jeep world for folks to use the plastic Airsoft bb's and they work fine as long as the tire is round, if a tire is outta round they can't correct that. I've even run RV fresh water winterizing antifreeze in a set of Jeep tires before.
It may be that the tire needed 2oz to balance and the guy only put in 1oz. The tire will still display an out of balance condition. A quick static balance to find out how much off your tire/rim assembly is may be helpful - add at least 1/2oz more than the out of balance measurement. If it takes 1.5oz to balance the tire and you put in 2oz the tire will self balance - the extra beads will distribute themselves around the tire - counteracting the imbalance they create. The problem with these beads will always be not adding enough to counteract the amount the tire is out of balance.MJR said:The tire doesn't spin fast enough or for long enough time on a balancer for the beads to work and as for his customer complaint if the tire is outta round the beads won't correct for that, in fact may make an outta round condition worse. If they break down and moisture gets in the tire clumping may occur causing a problem as well.Max T said:
But putting weight in the tire you use less weight than on the rim because its further out on the tire/rim.knucklehead said:It may be that the tire needed 2oz to balance and the guy only put in 1oz. The tire will still display an out of balance condition. A quick static balance to find out how much off your tire/rim assembly is may be helpful - add at least 1/2oz more than the out of balance measurement. If it takes 1.5oz to balance the tire and you put in 2oz the tire will self balance - the extra beads will distribute themselves around the tire - counteracting the imbalance they create. The problem with these beads will always be not adding enough to counteract the amount the tire is out of balance.
Here's some information I found on this web site. http://www.staticsmart.com/esd-static-control-articles/conductors.php Apparently any insulator can be staticly charged.Chérie said:It not possible for static charge ceramic beads !
staticsmart.com said:Insulators
An insulator is a material such as plastic, rubber, glass or ceramic that prevents the flow or transfer of electricity. Insulative materials can not be grounded. Attaching a ground wire to an insulator would have no effect.
Insulative materials have a proclivity to either give-up or accept electrons. Rubbing insulative materials together, friction, or contacting and separating them generates a static charge. That charge results from the interchange of electrons between the two materials.