Anyone used dyna beads?

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Got my tires mounted last night and the guy swore by these things. He said he has them in every bike he owns and they work great. Anyone on here ever use them?
 
i have not, but have also heard good things about them.
I heard at slowspeeds you can hear them until centrifugal force 'sticks' them to the tire. I assume they cant be used on innertube set-ups.
 
I just had mine balanced today with dynabeads. I have tubes. As far as how great they are, I don't know. My motor is still sitting on the floor. But it rolls around the garage nicely. Especially now that the wheels are back on.
 
I haven't used them in a bike but I use the dyna beads in my Dick Cepek crusher tires on my Jeep and I love them ... Never out of balance even with mud stuck on one side of the rim
 
I've been running them on my VTX1300 for a few years. Work great, and no ugly weights on my pretty custom rims.
 
I have them in the Harley and the 75 XS. In the Harley the improvment was barely noticable. On the XS it was dramatic. I highly reccomend them.
Not only will they work in tubes but when you put on new tires they can be transfered to the new tires.
I have never heard them in the tires.
Leo
 
The shop who installed my tires, called them "snake oil". Said that he wont discount for not balancing, and would charge $50 to remove them when they don't work, and has done so many times.

The price of the dynabeads is actually more than what I paid for balancing. So in the end I saved money, and didn't have to take a chance and trust (I apologize to those who like them, I am just expressing my opinion) 'internet hearsay'.
 
i have not, but have also heard good things about them.
I heard at slowspeeds you can hear them until centrifugal force 'sticks' them to the tire. I assume they cant be used on innertube set-ups.
you cannot hear them...I use and sell them...lol...in a Harley sized tire, you only use 2oz...and sometimes they are a real pain to get into the tire...especially HD
 
The shop who installed my tires, called them "snake oil". Said that he wont discount for not balancing, and would charge $50 to remove them when they don't work, and has done so many times.

The price of the dynabeads is actually more than what I paid for balancing. So in the end I saved money, and didn't have to take a chance and trust (I apologize to those who like them, I am just expressing my opinion) 'internet hearsay'.

that is a first!!....sounds like a uniformed shop owner...or one that doesn't bother to stay on top of things...jus sayin!!
 
Locally guys want $30 to balance. I checked into Dyna beads and I found them for $8 a pouch. One pouch per tire = lots of savings. So if they work, screw the guys who charge through the nose to balance!
 
I paid $12 per kit. That's a 1 ounce pouch for the front, a 2 ounce pouch for the rear and and a bottle and a piece of hose to put them in with.
When putting them in a tubeless tire, before you put the second bead on just drop a pouch in the tire. Put on the second bead. Inflate and go. The pouch disintegrates in the first few minutes of the tire rolling.
You use the bottle and hose to put them in a tube. You put the beads in the bottle, hook the hose to the bottle, with the valve core out you hook the hose to the stem and slowly pour the beads in the tire.
If you go to fast then the beads jam in the stem and you just roll the tire up so the beads run back in the bottle.
I bought a 2 foot long peice of clear hose to use. It makes it easier to roll the tire around to pour them in and back when they jam.
Big thing is go very slow.
The place I got mine, www.innovativebalancing.com Reccomends using one of those electric engraving pencils to vibrate the stem so the beads won't jam.
Bobbernick, if those are 1 ounce pouches you need one in the front tire and two in the rear.
On some bikes that have the real big tires you need more. Like the touring bikes with a 130 front will need two in it. Tires like the 180 and up need three.
When you change the tire, on a tubless tire scoop them out and put them in the new tire. A tube, cut the tube open and pour them in the bottle.
The only thing they warn about is be careful when mounting the tire tubeless to not get anything wet inside the tire. Wet can clump the beads. That may be why the one tire guy don't like them. Got the beads wet and they clumped up. Not a problem with a tube.
Just checked the site. The kits I bought have gone up. They are $13.40 now. 1 oz $3.70, 2 oz $6.50.
Leo
 
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