No balancing weights – how!!?

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My 1250 GSA Rallye has no balancing weights at all on either of its wire wheels (fitted with A41’s). How the heck do they balance them at the factory?
 
Perhaps they didn't need any. The handbook lists the out of balance tolerances. It's something like 40g for the rear wheel, less for the front.
 
They probably just didn’t bother.........

If it was bad enough - the purchaser (PCPer) would get the dealer to sort it.
 
Perhaps they didn't need any. The handbook lists the out of balance tolerances. It's something like 40g for the rear wheel, less for the front.

+1 :thumb

When I changed tire on my front wheel I ended up removing all weights, and the bike is now running without any weights on the front wheel.
The bike came with weights on, but only 5g.
On previous models, wheels with TPMS seemed to be out of balance by 45g due to the weight of the sensor,
Now, the sensor looks totally different, and the naked wheel (with no rubber) seems to be fairly close to in balance.
 
mine had 20g on.

to be fair i always put 20g oppersite the TPMS sensor straight away when swapping tyres
 
I have almost always replaced my own motorcycle rubber. Never balance them ever. Never had a problem. JJH
 
The air might distubtite itself around to the lighter side as the centrifugal forces increase the faster you go. JJH

Hmmm...you're probably right.
It seems that they'd have to leave some air out on the heavier side, and once it's all moved around under centrifugal force the tyre will be balanced. :D
 
The air might distubtite itself around to the lighter side as the centrifugal forces increase the faster you go. JJH

They'd more likely have used nitrogen on the one side, as this is heavier than air.
 
Thought about this recently when I was refitting a new rear tyre. Noticed there was no weights on the wheel, and could see that there had never been any on it. (There are on the front)
Googled it, and general consensus was that as it’s the trailing wheel, it’s not as critical, and also tyre technology nowadays means Tyres are more uniform in weight all round the circumference.
Make sense?
Cheers
Dave
 
The latest sensors are much lighter than the previous ones.
 


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