[Longboater]

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Anybody know anything about this wheel balance system? The ad in the Sept 09 Wing World gives a website that does not support the GL1800 or any other bike. The magazine picture with arrows depicting the hidden balancers, does not help much either.



It's tire time again and I like to stay currant with the techies.



Longboater

 

[ding dong]

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I don't know anything about the ceramic balancers but you might look into Dyna Beads. I have them in my 1500 and they have proven effective. 9k miles and no appreciable wear or cupping.

 

[sandiegobrass]

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The centramatic uses the same principle only the extra "beads" are inside of the bolt-on ring that you add.. and costs $250 more... I suppose one could be made for a motorcycle wheel, but it would be visible..

 

[Longboater]

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sandiegobrass wrote:

The centramatic uses the same principle only the extra "beads" are inside of the bolt-on ring that you add.. and costs $250 more... I suppose one could be made for a motorcycle wheel, but it would be visible..

Interesting,

Just knew there must be a story behind the non-story. This can now be a closed issue with me and many thanks for the heads up.


Longboater,

 

[AZgl1800]

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those 'centramatic' type wheel balancers were the first of that type. the type, not the brand name. they showed up on heavy trucks and 4x4s several decades ago. I used to use them on my 4x4s out in the oil patch where the roads were either mud, snow, or muck....

worked good for a while, then the tubular ring would fail after a few months.

 

[cbx4evr]

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+1 on the Dyna Beads