Well it's beyond me Ken, but there certainly must be something to it with all the positive
reports that have been posted here. In four pages now I haven't heard of one bad
experience from anyone that has actually used them. Think I might jump over to the
Triumph forum and see what the biker boys have to say.
But, I know when I’m beat, so I’m gonna throw in the towel and I'll get enough from
Dyna-Bead to do the rear tires and put them to the real life test.
I've had, as you describe it, (the axle hop) ever since I brought Bluebelle home in '05.
She’s a total stock 3604 and I’ve got the hop when she’s empty and loaded. One time just
out of curiosity I stopped by the local lumber yard and bought eight 100lb bags of play
sand to see if a load made any difference, it didn’t. The hop comes in right around 40mph
and is gone by 45mph. It was there with the brand new set of bias plys on the split rims in
spite of balancing by several different tire dealers. That lead to my replacing them with
later single piece rims and Cooper Radials and the 40mph hop was still there. I've
indicated the hubs and the rims and the tires themselves and they are well within specs for
run out and out of round. Had the radials also balanced at several dealers the last time on
a brand new Hunter Road Force balancer and the 40mph hop is still there. I've run the
pressure low at 32psi and up to 65psi which is where I run it now and that makes no
difference, she still does her dance at 40mph.
So as a last resort I think I might just give them a try, worst case scenario is that they
don’t work for me and I'll be out a hundred bucks and an afternoon spent at the tire shop
cleaning out the tires and putting the lead weights back on.
Good discussion and just think, nobody addressed me using three or four letter words.
Thanks for the input guys.
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL
