An aggressive riders opinion on Dyna Beads. Survey says...?

just use normal lead weights, 100 million bikes and a billion cars later, they work

 

So to use the product, are you suggesting that you can use air from a compressor with a water filter? That hardly seems convenient. Especially for a product with questionable benefit, and any outside person has been able to confirm any benefit....

 

I remember reading somewhere (auto mag maybe) that California does not allow lead weights to be used for wheel balancing. Their idea is that the weights sometimes de-mount from the wheel and can end up in the sewer and then to the drinking water supply, thus contaminating it.

But you can use the dynabeads, change the tyres as needed and sweep the dynabeads (which are probably plastic) into the yard, street, sewer, trash, etc. No ill effect there right?

 

I think I started noticing the shake once I was approaching about 90mph (uncorrected speedo). They are fine around town, never got any real chopping from balance issues, but if you like to hit triples Dyna Beads are not the way to go IMO

 

I'm not certain as to the condition of the beads or the inside of the tire. I just knew that I wanted them gone. Fortunately the same tuner that installed the beads in the first place was able to remove them and re-install using a static balancer; problem solved.

As to your question, Parker: No, I do not believe that adding more weight will resolve the issue. Many posts in other threads have stated that the problem remained after the addition of more weight. I believe that GuitarX discovered as much in his attempts at a fix. Even if you don't ride fast enough to notice the headshake, you may want to consider going back to traditional weights if for nothing more than tire life.

 

From this latest collection of random words thrown together in the above quote we learn that non sequiturs arise as quickly as other things when herbal remedies are abused, and that maybe its true that one hundred monkeys put into a room with one hundred computers could come with up a post as good as anything on VFR World..........it must say somewhere on the bottle that anything lasting more than four hours is dangerous to health and needs medical attention. Either give up the enlargement pills, or stop eating Dynabeads, you've been going at it since Sept 2007. You have become completely that which you sought only to enhance, and you're probably way out of balance.

 

That is actually how some "no flat" car tires worked back in the day, you essentially put a large foam donut around the wheel, then mounted the tire over it. (not the current "run flat tires" mind you). The foam filled tires you still see on kid's bicycles and wheelbarrows.

 

If the wheel is unbalance, it is unbalanced at any speed. You may only notice it at a certain speed, but it is always unbalanced. The Dyna beads don't work.
IMHO, they just count on the fact that even with nothing added, most people wouldn't notice a small unbalance, and tire manufacturing has gotten so good, that unbalance isn't a BIG issue. That does not mean however that I don't beleive you should have your tires balanced, as it will only help your handling and tire wear.

 

Correct, actual lead is being phased out of wheel weights, and just another metal substituted. I think they are going national with that, but not sure.

And yes, not everything can be controlled, but likely if you were caught, and someone wanted to bust your chops, you could be cited for disposing of Dyna Beads in the sewer, street, etc.

 

lol - I was actually kidding about the 75mph (why would anyone buy a vfr and not break 75 SOMETIMES?). Anyway - I changed my front tire last night - inserted 1 oz dyna beads, and test rode it today. Rode 100+ miles and did manage to hit 95 a few times. The thing rode great IMO at every speed and every road condition. Curves, interstates, country roads - did not matter. For me - and I am not even close to being a 'serious' rider - the beads work great. But if I were a serious rider that wanted that perfect balance, no way would I use the beads. If you have something that is proven - just use it.

Ride safe.

 

Very cool, I'm glad you're not experiencing the same shake issues that Dave and I did.

 

Hello first time writing and love the forum.
i mounted pr3 on a 97vfr, took off the old weights dumped in dynabeads 1oz front 2 oz in the rear. Same results as most here. I get up to 90 and I get a nice shake, at 105 my radar detector is bouncing around nice at 115 and up mirrors are useless. I had Avon storms on before this and never had problems at any speed and the pr3 are absolutely great tires. I drive a 60 mile round trip commute on a smooth turnpike. I put another .5 oz in front with same result and then taped old weights back on just to see if any changes weird but none.
I called up dynabeads and they said they weren't for racing (anything over 90)..... so that ended their explanation.
So now I will do the process again without the dynabeads.
Waste of time product at least in my experience.

 

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