hi, just fitted a nutech tubliss 18" on my exc300. Had a quick blast up the road and found the rear wheel well out of balance, anyone else found this?

any thoughts?

fm :ride:

fixerman said:

never used a tubeless tire, but if its out of balance just buy some weights for it. i needed about for ounces on my rear to get it balanced...

hope this helps:ride:

Funny, Ive never seen a dirtbike tire that was in balance. Mine wobbles like holy hell all over the place from not being true, but dont notice it at all when riding because your in the dirt, your not gonna notice it.

Yeah I've had the same problem with Michelin's and Maxxis getting on the highway. Dirbike tires are very rarely balanced well without adding weight. Off road you will never notice it though.

I've always had ballance problems with dirt bike tires, as a result I always take the time to ballance them. I've used lead wire (fishing supplies) wrapped on spokes, crimp on lead fish weights on the spokes, and adhesive backed weights from a tire shop.

Here is the process: remove the chain if you're balancing the rear wheel, pry the brake pads away from the rotor if you have disc brakes. Rotate the tire and observe how the tire settles to one position, mark the low point. Rotate the wheel 90 degrees and add weights to the opposite side until the wheel will not rotate. Any vibration left will be cause by tire, or rim, runout.

cheers guys, have crimped on some fishing weights will try it later.

fm:ride:

Where did you find an 18 incher, Im waiting for my 18 and 21 to get here from overseas, they are no where to be found in the states it seems. I guess the last shipment that came in was of poor quality and Nuetech sent them all back and had to find a new manufacturer.