Tire change question

[DEMMYM]

 

[StromBusa]

Remember to wash all the lube off the tires prior to hitting the street.... I still remember doing a quick 90 degrees pulling out of a garage ... not good, lucky save,

 

[BA BUSA]

The front wheel can go on both ways.
What is the purpose of a direction marker on it?

It will bolt up either way, and if you flip flop your brake pads (correctly)...then it really doesn't matter.

 

[BA BUSA]

The front wheel can go on both ways.
What is the purpose of a direction marker on it?

Gen1 Busa's '99-'07 have a 3 spoke wheel, where the spokes go straight from the center hub to the outer rim...Gen2 Busa's, the spokes angle out. So on a Gen2, wheel only goes on one way...on a Gen1, you want to get the rotors and pads matched back up...unless you're gonna do brake work (re bedding or replacement) every time you change your front tire.

For whatever reason the engineers did put the rotational mark on the front wheel, why not do the job correctly ???

 

[mike1180]

It will bolt up either way, and if you flip flop your brake pads (correctly)...then it really doesn't matter.

Thanks.
That is sort of what I figured.

 

[Bird Hunter]

Ahhh, uuummmmmmm.... I'm not at liberty to discuss this topic any further...

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[BusaWizard]

I mount mine up at work.

 

[VFRcanada]

Ahhh, uuummmmmmm.... I'm not at liberty to discuss this topic any further...

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[VFRcanada]

I static balance the rim before I put a tire on to find it's heavy spot. Mark it then install the tire by matching the paint mark(if the tire has it)to the rims heavy spot.

I static balanced only the rims and found I had to add 21 grams (3/4oz) to the rear tire and 28 grams (1oz) to the front. Is that normal?

 

[R1000]

Yes it is nothing strange with those figures. When I bought the GSX R1000 -03 new I noticed that there was 50 grams of balance weights on the rear and thought - what a ****ty tyre. The bike consumed many tyres over the years, and always required about 50 grams on the rear; it was the rim unbalance that was dominant. It may be the same on your bike. Modern tyres on bikes do not usually require a lot of weight, unless it is cheap budget tyres.