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Marmalade
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PostPosted: 09:23 - 29 Oct 2013    Post subject: OMG!!!! Reply with quote
The quote below if from someone on a forum posting in regard to someone else posting about a wheel not being balanced and causing vibration after getting a tyre fitted.

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I am shocked to hear this , surely it would be a legal requirement as it is very dangerous especially on a bike for an unbalanced tyre. What if it was a complete noob, they wouldnt have stood a chance at speed.

Anyway, good to hear you kept it upright and have it sorted now. Have you got a balancing mach


I'm more shocked at this reaction than the fact the wheel wasn't balanced. How the hell would someone not keep a bike upright because the wheel isn't balanced?
Surely got to be a noob.
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PostPosted: 09:34 - 29 Oct 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
They probably read about unbalanced wheels causing issues somewhere and has never ridden with an unbalanced wheel.
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PostPosted: 09:51 - 29 Oct 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
yeah some one doesnt really understand centrifugal forces,

saying that im surprised at you marmalade, you big woman like gossip Wink
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PostPosted: 10:02 - 29 Oct 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
To have unbalanced wheels in motorcycle is not a safety issue really even at speed unless you strap a brick to your wheel. They get balanced only first time you put new tyres on your rims. As the tyres wear they get unbalanced anyway. I've never rebalanced my wheels with part worn tyres, never caused me any problem.
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Marmalade
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PostPosted: 10:59 - 29 Oct 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
hmmmnz wrote:
yeah some one doesnt really understand centrifugal forces,

saying that im surprised at you marmalade, you big woman like gossip Wink


This is true. Embarassed


Just a bit of a shocker at what some people will come out with when they obviously have no idea.
I'm surprised he didn't put 'And luckily no kittens were injured' at the end of the post.
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PostPosted: 11:04 - 29 Oct 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
I'd be shocked if my wheels were in balance - they're not even round Laughing
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PostPosted: 11:38 - 29 Oct 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
Pah, I rode my last honda for a year with unbalanced wheels, only noticed when I took it to get a tyre changed and the mechanic pointed it out!
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PostPosted: 11:39 - 29 Oct 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
Pah, I rode my last honda for a year with unbalanced wheels, only noticed when I took it to get a tyre changed and the mechanic pointed it out!
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PostPosted: 11:43 - 29 Oct 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
*cough*
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gixerladsw
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PostPosted: 12:18 - 29 Oct 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
I took my bike into the local suzuki dealer way back when it was new to get a new tyre put on and they didnt balance it. Was not impressed as there was a vibration over a certain speed, just shows incompetence as I paid them to do a job and they didnt do it properly and they should know better.

That said, it wasnt dangerous and I didnt even bother saying owt to them. Just showed me they were lazy cunts and found someone else to do my tyres from then on.

Sounds more like an article from the Daily mail than a bike forum!
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PostPosted: 02:05 - 30 Oct 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
My GSXR front wheel is buckled never mind un balanced. Never caused me a problem even at the whopping 70mph it can achieve on our roads
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PostPosted: 01:09 - 02 Nov 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
had a new front tyre on my 125, figured that its top speed, downhill with a following wind is an indicated* 62mph , it didn't need it.




......*as in really 52mph then!
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PostPosted: 11:42 - 02 Nov 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
what's wheel balancing? Question
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