How to balance a motorcycle wheel
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I’ve wondered if a perfectly trued rim needs weights? Is there such a thing as a balanced wheel without weights? Any experience with building a wheel and balancing?
A perfectly true rim by itself is not the time to think about weights until a tire is mounted.
If a tire and rim combo just happen to be in balance (possible, but very unlikely), there wouldn't be any need for weights.
If a tire and rim combo just happen to be in balance (possible, but very unlikely), there wouldn't be any need for weights.
So it’s always going to at minimum boil down to how perfect the tire is?
The tire and the weight of the valve stem.
So in a perfect world there would be one weight opposite the valve stem?
In a perfect world, yes.
In the real world it can vary.
Thanks. I’ve been thinking about a trueing stand. Perhaps I’ll give it a try one day.
