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tonyduc:
I am looking for a quality wheel balancer that is versatile to do both double sided and single sided swingarms (such as what Guzzi CARC bikes would need). Tachyon sells kits which have adapters for both:http://www.webbikeworld.com/motorcycle-wheels/balancer/tachyon-wheel-tire-balancer/. Any recommendations?

Perazzimx14:

--- Quote from: tonyduc on March 21, 2015, 07:07:05 AM ---I am looking for a quality wheel balancer that is versatile to do both double sided and single sided swingarms (such as what Guzzi CARC bikes would need). Tachyon sells kits which have adapters for both:http://www.webbikeworld.com/motorcycle-wheels/balancer/tachyon-wheel-tire-balancer/. Any recommendations?

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Or just throw in some balance beads and be done with it. 2 Ounces in the front and 1 ounce in the rear. No more ugly wheel weights to look at.

I have changed about 80 tires for friends and mostly from an add I put on CL over the last two years. I have used exclusively Counteract Teflon coated balance beads and have not had one complaint. In fact when I get a repeat customer I keep their old balance beads for my tires and give them new ones.

If you insist on buying a static balance I suggest you get the least costly one you can fine that matches your needs. HF sell one and they also have a different cone that works on some single sided swing arm type that works just as well as something priced 5x as much/ It isn't rocket science. Its an axle, two wheel cones, rollers and a support frame.

At or even well above legal road speed a tire that is even remotely balanced will be smooth.

pyoungbl:
Although I use a balancer from No-Mar (http://www.nomartirechanger.com/product_p/bl-standard.htm) there are lots of very similar, and less expansive, options.  They all rely on ultra low friction bearings, a very smooth axle shaft, and some kind of cones to adapt to your wheel. 

No-Mar offers a wide range of delrin cones but I ended up turning my own adapters for both the Stelvio and V7.  The supplied cones were OK for the Stelvio (single side swing arm, large tapered hole in the wheel) but the one I made is less fiddly.  The V7 axle hole was too small for the cones I had so I made a sleeve to fit the .500" axle and the .640" wheel hole.  This was no big deal and allowed me to play with my lathe.

This same balancer has worked on my ST2, Multistrada, G650GS, R75/6, Norge, and a few friend's bikes.  The key is getting the cones you need for your application, no matter what brand balancer you get...or if you make your own stand.  As for the difference between single side swingarm and a traditional swingarm, that's really a matter of the size of the hole in the wheel.

Peter Y.

wrbix:
I've used Marc Parnes wheel balancer on older MGs and BMWs and newer single swing arm BMW for years, quality tool.
Don't bother w a fancy stand just put jack stands on your work bench.

Caffeineo:
I use Ride-on http://www.ride-on.com/ in the tires on my Bassa. Took off the old lead weights and it works great.  ;-T

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