Sea to Sea to Sea

Igofar said:
I'm guessing it was liability issues from your Dark Side Choice :rofl1:
Pick up a bottle of Ride On, remove the schrader valve from the front tire, and squeeze in the whole 8 oz bottle of ride on then air the tire back up.
This should balance your tire for you.
You do not need to remove the tire to balance it.
Are you sure its the tire?
Make sure nothing loosened up on you! Check your axle nut, pinch bolts, triple tree bolts, etc.
Don't worry about that shop, put it behind you, and keep enjoying the journey of a lifetime, don't let them upset your journey.
Ride safe my Friend.
Larry
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For the sake of the viewers out there, Larry and I talked last night and he thinks the “additional gear” may be giving the suspension a rear bias. Going to increase the preload, ride and see. Will report back. I already use Ride On.
And for you out there that are new to the show, everyone here helps everyone. This place is great!
Thank you Larry!!
My campsite in the middle of the night.
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Interesting, I've seen you load a lot on an ST.. however, perhaps the car tire is magnifying the need for more pre-load. Hoping that resolves your issue, good on Larry for the call.

Doesn't look like you got much sleep, already back on the road. Hard to sleep with an issue on your mind.
 
Mellow said:
Interesting, I've seen you load a lot on an ST.. however, perhaps the car tire is magnifying the need for more pre-load. Hoping that resolves your issue, good on Larry for the call.

Doesn't look like you got much sleep, already back on the road. Hard to sleep with an issue on your mind.
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Good morning again!! Manage to get up to speed sooner than I expected. All is good, so much for better gas mileage :rofl1:
 
Igofar said:
I'm guessing it was liability issues from your Dark Side Choice :rofl1:
Pick up a bottle of Ride On, remove the schrader valve from the front tire, and squeeze in the whole 8 oz bottle of ride on then air the tire back up.
This should balance your tire for you.
You do not need to remove the tire to balance it.
Are you sure its the tire?
Make sure nothing loosened up on you! Check your axle nut, pinch bolts, triple tree bolts, etc.
Don't worry about that shop, put it behind you, and keep enjoying the journey of a lifetime, don't let them upset your journey.
Ride safe my Friend.
Larry
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Pre load was the ticket Larry!! Thanks a bunch, don’t want to call you this early to thank you. I’ll send you a picture when I skinny dip in Arctic. :rofl1:
 
I also hope you can work things out and get back to having a great trip. So, my first use of the BT46 on front was all roses. It required no balance weights, lasted forever. My second BT46 mounted since we talked in Suches was not the same. It's required a bunch of balancing, maybe 5 ounces I'm not sure what the weights weigh each. You have a tire that's almost double the amount of mass from normal spinning up front with the BT46. It might be shaky as heck if unbalanced.

Go find some of those stick on weights (tire store or tractor supply?) since the Honda rim centerline weights are hard to source and expensive. If you think your wheel is rotating mounted up super free put the bike on the center stand and judge balance by where it stops randomly (mine doesn't stop randomly). Add weights, possible a lot, and go for a mile ride at 60 to 70. Add, remove, move weights around. You'll know when it's getting better or worse. Trial and error while riding. I have 5 clip on weights and it took me a half hour of trial to get it good enough to ride.

When you get it good put some good stick weights on the wheel if the "test use" weights are not sticky and get back to riding and smiling!

Or go back to a regular tire for the front and cut your losses. Just another challenge to overcome which you can overcome. You've got grizzlies waiting to sniff you!
 
W0QNX said:
I also hope you can work things out and get back to having a great trip. So, my first use of the BT46 on front was all roses. It required no balance weights, lasted forever. My second BT46 mounted since we talked in Suches was not the same. It's required a bunch of balancing, maybe 5 ounces I'm not sure what the weights weigh each. You have a tire that's almost double the amount of mass from normal spinning up front with the BT46. It might be shaky as heck if unbalanced.

Go find some of those stick on weights (tire store or tractor supply?) since the Honda rim centerline weights are hard to source and expensive. If you think your wheel is rotating mounted up super free put the bike on the center stand and judge balance by where it stops randomly (mine doesn't stop randomly). Add weights, possible a lot, and go for a mile ride at 60 to 70. Add, remove, move weights around. You'll know when it's getting better or worse. Trial and error while riding. I have 5 clip on weights and it took me a half hour of trial to get it good enough to ride.

When you get it good put some good stick weights on the wheel if the "test use" weights are not sticky and get back to riding and smiling!

Or go back to a regular tire for the front and cut your losses. Just another challenge to overcome which you can overcome. You've got grizzlies waiting to sniff you!
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Yea bears… what PSI are you running in the back. I think it’s all sorted up front. Just have to start out slow and let the Ride On disperse slowly.
And I’m smiling no matter what, I’m on the bike. :bannana:
 
Great morning. Made it to Canada. All went well save a guy towing a boat, it looked sketchy so I passed and seconds later a piece of flooring about 6’x6’ flew off into the left lane. Wow!! Then there was the world’s largest hot dog?
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Super cool bridge
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and a lighthouse to match
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Apparently I came in the only border without a Welcome sign.
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