Motorcycle mechanics and shop owners: Wheel balancers

No, not like Dunlop has at the track, but shop balancers....

What are yall using?

My trusty snap-on took a dump and its time to bite the bullet and buy one.

I am looking for one that works with jap and euro wheels so I am sure there are adapter kits and whatnot.

Needs to be able to hod up to use on the daily as well.

Any suggestions? Or any that I should stay away from?

Thanks

 

Did you ask the Snap-On man about repairing it or did it get run over by a truck?

 

Just curious....what's the benefit of a shop balancer vs one like Dunlop has at the track?

 

LOL its 20 years old....

 

I'm not saying they'd fix it for free but they do repair those old balancers.

 

2 Floor Jacks and a Marc Parnes.... www.marcparnes.com

 

I have a spin balancer I use for car tires, but prefer my old bubble balancer for mc wheels.

 

Somebody messed with the settings overnight.

 

Manual static ballancers are the best every time

 

gravity never breaks. i use a static balancer every day.

 

This is exactly what I have, he makes a good balancer.

 

This.

My NoMar hasn't failed me in almost a decade.

 

+3 on the Marc Parnes..... it's what I have at the house.

t

 

Time.....a "shop balancer" is faster, and time is money.

I use a static balancer.

 

Man I don't know, if you know what you're doing a static balancer is quite fast. Plus they are ~$100 so much easier to see a return on your investment.

 

Guys, no. Just no.

I specifically didn't ask what you're using in your house garages.

Not only that but a lot of bikes use single sided swing arm and I'm not gonna explain to a guy who bought a 20k bike why I'm using a $100 tire changer that can be buikt from harbor freight.

Again, actuall shop owners or mechanics please.

 

The Parnes balancer is a very high quality product - don't know what bearings he uses, but they are very low sticktion bearings. He has cones for SSSA wheels.

t

 

Well I worked in a shop for 4 years and changed 100's of tires, many with single sided swingarms. We used the Parts Unlimited balancer which has the adapters for all the different wheels.

 

http://www.klsupply.com/WHEELEQUIPMENT/WHEELBALANCERS.aspx

 

exactually. The electric ballancers are only good for saving a little bit of time, static is best