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Corkboy

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Guys,
I have been thinking about this and can't see a flaw in my logic.  Here goes....

I don't have a balancer for my wheels. I've seen "bubble balancers" which are basically a cone with a spirit level in the centre.  You sit the wheel on the cone so it's centered, and add weights to the light side as indicated by the bubble.

So, as a "crude" balancer for the back wheel, what's wrong with resting it on a small ball, like a golfball resting in the centre and eyeing it to level by adding weights on the light side?


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Corkboy '87 K100RS SE (The black one - one of the two bikes I'm sorry I sold)
             '87 K100RS 0140995 (Gone)
             '97 K1100LT 0188024 (Gone)
             '08 K1200GT Wedge - but still a K
             '08 Transalp 700
    

Two Wheels Better

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Nothing's changed. Necessity is still the mother of invention.


Try this.
Balancing wheels using a ball/golfball Balanc10

And this.
Balancing wheels using a ball/golfball Balanc11


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1977 R75/7-100, '93 K11/K12 Big Block, '93 K1100RS, '95 R100 Mystic, '96 K1100RS, 2 x '98 K1200RS, '06 K1200R & '09 K1300GT
    

sidecar paul

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Neat TWB. Balancing wheels using a ball/golfball 112350 

Paul.


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'84 K100RS (0014643) (owned since '85), 86 K100RS (0018891) with Martello sidecar (built as an outfit in '88),
'51 Vincent (since '67),'72 Montesa Cota (from new), '87 Honda RS125R NF4 (bought 2015) 
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rosskko

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I don't understand how that can work?

I guess a heavy spot will roll to the bottom, but how do you know if it is weight on the left or right? Does it matter? And how much weight? trial and error?Balancing wheels using a ball/golfball 8157


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1986 K100RT VIN 0093801K100RT with summer fairing for a northern visitor

Basic/2 6308802K100CJ  05/1988

K1100RS 0194321
    

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That's a static balancer and they're surprisingly effective. The point is that the heavy 'spot' will drop to the bottom after repeated tries, in the same place. You then place a light weight (7 grams\1/4 ounce, for example) directly opposite and spin her again until she doesn't consistently come to rest in the same place - marking the spot or spots as you go. With the right amount of weight it won't ever come to rest at the same place. It takes trial and error but you get good at it after a while.

Is it as good as a properly set up dynamic or 'spin' balancer where the wheel and tyre combo are spun by motor at relatively high speed? Not quite, but good enough for racetrack and workshop work, good enough for me. Just be certain the stands are equal length and level.

Here's a renowned US company selling the kits:

http://www.marcparnes.com/BMW_Motorcycle_Wheel_Balancer.htm


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1977 R75/7-100, '93 K11/K12 Big Block, '93 K1100RS, '95 R100 Mystic, '96 K1100RS, 2 x '98 K1200RS, '06 K1200R & '09 K1300GT
    

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