What are you guys using?? I have the POS harbor freight one and I swear it’s warped. Any suggestions?
We use the NoMar Pro model. https://www.nomartirechanger.com/Professional_Motorcycle_Wheel_Balancer_Static_p/bl-pro-wh.htm
The Marc Parnes look nice. About the same price as Motion Pro and Bike Master. You guys would choose Marc Parnes over those?
if youre gona get another... tusk makes a nice unit with the adjustable legs and truing capabilities. The MP unit is nice but incomplete imho... and Ive never seen a tire vendor use one
So I took my wheel to the Indian dealership by my house to have them balance it. It only too 14 grams (and a 6 pack). That's almost negligible right? On my stand I was getting that it was balanced with no weights.
My street cred says that's .5 oz. Not much weight at all. I find static balancing and spin balancing usually end up being a little different. In my experience that's not enough weight to matter much, unless said weight was put on the wrong place.
Get a proper stand with bearings and toss the included rod. The rod/cone setup might work for a while, but eventually they fail. Wear, flex, set screw dimples, etc. all combine to throw them off. You'll know it's trash when you hold the wheel, spin the rod 180º, and the balance point changes. Some do this from new. Buy some metric drill rod in the size of your axles and use that. You will need to put it in a lathe and polish it with emery cloth so it's not an interference fit, then cut it to the desired length. You will end up with some cut offs that make perfect tools for aligning one side of the wheel in the fork/swingarm and retaining any loose spacers while you work the axle in from the other side.
The benefit of the Parnes... All Metal cones and all... I had someone actually give me the Parnes I have 15 plus years ago.. I don't think the Motion pro's or Harbor freights were out there.
Just received a Tusk balancer Saturday. Seems to work great. It did take 2 oz's to get it balanced though. Probably due to all of the marine grade silicone and tape sealer I used to make them tubeless (17" spoked supermoto wheels).