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Offline COGnosticat0r

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Re: Tire balancing options
« Reply #20 on: July 15, 2011, 10:21:56 AM »
Quote from: gonzosc1 on July 14, 2011, 01:28:19 PM
this your first set of connti motion tire???  Im at about 3000 miles on mine set and they are still rolling strong. mega tread left still!!

Yep, my first set of them.  I will be installing in the morning.  I hope I can get 6k from the rear and I will be happy.  I ride like an idiot and don't get much mileage with any tire.  So far the Pirelli Angel was the longest at 6k.
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Offline Conrad

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Re: Tire balancing options
« Reply #21 on: July 15, 2011, 10:28:28 AM »
Quote from: VirginiaJim on July 15, 2011, 04:22:02 AM
Fred will not be along...

Quote from: JetJock on July 15, 2011, 08:58:19 AM
That's a shame. Did we offend him in some way?

I came right out and asked him this, Fred said that he didn't have enough time to be on this site and the COG site...
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Offline Mister Tee

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Re: Tire balancing options
« Reply #22 on: July 15, 2011, 12:00:00 PM »
Quote from: So Cal Joe on July 14, 2011, 08:22:27 AM
on a car you are suppose to rotate and BALANCE your tires every 5,000 miles.

Okay now is there anyone that actually balances their tires more than once, let alone every 5,000 miles?

Personally I rotate them once about halfway through their life and that's it.  If I rotated them every 5K I'd be doing it once a month.
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Offline cablebandit

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Re: Tire balancing options
« Reply #23 on: July 15, 2011, 06:56:19 PM »
Quote from: Conrad on July 15, 2011, 10:28:28 AM
I came right out and asked him this, Fred said that he didn't have enough time to be on this site and the COG site...

Yeah it's hard to keep up with the 20 posts a day over there.  ;D
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Offline just gone

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Re: Tire balancing options
« Reply #24 on: July 16, 2011, 09:24:02 AM »
Quote from: Conrad on July 15, 2011, 10:28:28 AM
I came right out and asked him this, Fred said that he didn't have enough time to be on this site and the COG site...

Hmmm...strange that he would pull out completely....rather than just cut back.  ???

Sorry, Ok, back to tire balancing stuff...
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Offline kdm

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Re: Tire balancing options
« Reply #25 on: July 16, 2011, 02:31:49 PM »
Don't have a horse in this race either way ,but DO NOT use any liquid or gel in your tire with tpms .I see car tire sensors (just like ours ) ruined all the time.

As for the dyna beads ,Motorcycle Consumer News tested them,and according to them they do not work .For what it's worth.

Weights work good. ;D
« Last Edit: July 16, 2011, 04:17:09 PM by kdm »
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Offline SVonhof

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Re: Tire balancing options
« Reply #26 on: July 16, 2011, 03:13:46 PM »
I did go with the standard weights. I figured that I have been riding since 1996 and have always used them and they have never failed me. They may be old-tech, but they work.

Oh, and I have never had a tire removed and re-balanced, especially front tires as they always seem to go about 5k before needing to be replaced.
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