Magic Beads! (tire balancing beads - yay or nay?)

[Grimly]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...A30Y4L9JQQFW6Z

$29.99/16=$1.875 shipped.

Glad you found that - they will also ship to Ireland (price remains to be seen).
Not really much luck with the Alibaba suppliers - only one replied and the beads are cheap enough @ $30/kg, but the shipping is a killer @ $60 via DHL and they can't seem to get their head around the idea of simply bunging a small package in the normal cheap postal system.

[Scout]

I fitted hundreds of tires in Harley shops and a lot of the H-D guys do not want weights in their rims. Many choose no balance, many others opted for the beads. Never heard a complaint about the beads in my 3 years in the shop (s). We use to get them in 2 gallon sized bucket, can't remember who from. PITA getting them in a tube

[RGM]

Glad you found that - they will also ship to Ireland (price remains to be seen).
Not really much luck with the Alibaba suppliers - only one replied and the beads are cheap enough @ $30/kg, but the shipping is a killer @ $60 via DHL and they can't seem to get their head around the idea of simply bunging a small package in the normal cheap postal system.

try searching dhgate. everything i get come over by post.

[shwaz]

Nice, except you could have got them cheaper over here

http://www.tirebalancebeads.com/

FYI: Just got off the phone with the seller and mentioned that I don't have a scale to figure out how many to insert.
per the seller, 2 level teaspoons of his brand beads = 1oz

[tkent02]

Found some for $6 a pound, bought three pound. He will ship overseas.
I'll post a link when I can....

These guys:

http://foxindustries.com

[Grimly]

Found some for $6 a pound, bought three pound. He will ship overseas.
I'll post a link when I can....

Excellent, ta.
The Amazon seller would ship to Ireland, but the Amazon shipping calculator stuck its oar in and screwed the pooch.

[tkent02]

I'd get a tire changer but I have no room. I go through at least three sets of tires a years.

My tire spoons will fit in the silverware drawer.

[tkent02]

Found some for $6 a pound, bought three pound. He will ship overseas.
I'll post a link when I can....

These guys:

http://foxindustries.com

[posplayr]

These guys:

http://foxindustries.com

.........................If you would be so kind as to tell us what product you bought?

[tkent02]

0.8 - 1.0mm Zirconium Silicate Beads.

[Grimly]

These guys:

http://foxindustries.com

Thanks.------

[tkent02]

He said to spread the word around to you guys.

[Scout]

You serious? Stick with the ceramic beads, much more durable

[tkent02]

These are ceramic beads.

[tkent02]

Why I like using beads:



That's right, 31 weights at 1/4 oz each, nearly 8 ounces of weight to counterbalance one cheap Suzuki rim lock on a DR 350 rear wheel.
What are the odds of all of these weights actually staying put for a few days of bouncing on rocks and roots, jumping waterbars, blasting as fast as it will go on gravel roads, general hooliganism and falling down a few times?
Probably not very good.