Wheel weight question

I balanced my front and rear 72 Commando wheels yesterday and today. The rear used .5 oz to balance and the front used 1.0 oz. Are these amounts of weight typical? I was using adhesive steel rim weights but am going to order spoke weights. Thanks.

Hi Ben - my rear wheel took 3oz - no tire clamp - may as well have tied a brick on ...

Thanks Richard. When I started shopping for spoke weights it became clearer.

FWIW, we used to use solder wrapped around the spoke(s) as needed. Worked great, easy to do, cheap to buy! Only works with spokes, though.

MexicoMike said:

FWIW, we used to use solder wrapped around the spoke(s) as needed. Worked great, easy to do, cheap to buy! Only works with spokes, though.

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I use solder to determine weight needed - in the past I turned weights on the lathe out of old bronze propeller shaft and then faced and weighed on postal scale to match solder

I use chrome plated spoke weights. They crimp to the nipple.

I use fishing leads (the olive one with a hole in center) cut in half .........

I use the same 1/4 oz zinc plated steel adhesive weights. Used to use the lead ones and just trim them to the right weight, but they have been illegal to install in California for almost 10 years now. And the fine can be as high as $2500 PER DAY of use!

Anyhow, I have had to use anywhere from zero to two ounces. Taking a quick look at bikes in the shop, I get 3/4 oz front and 1 1/4 oz rear on the MK3 with 19" Avons on spoked wheels, 3/4 oz front and 1/4 oz rear on 961 with 17" Dunlops on CF wheels, zero front and 1 1/4 oz rear on Triumph Speed Triple with 17" Dunlop tires on cast aluminum wheels, 1/2 oz front and rear on MK3 with 18" Shinko tires on cast mag wheels, and 1/2 oz front and rear on TDM 850 with 18/17" Bridgestones on cast aluminum wheels.

Based on that, your weights look pretty typical to me.

Ken

the state of comifornia is worried the children will eat them just like the time you could not buy a small motorcycle because of the lead in the levers.

lcrken said:

Used to use the lead ones and just trim them to the right weight, but they have been illegal to install in California for almost 10 years now. And the fine can be as high as $2500 PER DAY of use!

Ken

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polished adhesive ones (with a tiny dab of silicone) about 1/2oz to 3/4 oz per wheel on all my bikes. that's what I do.

Thanks all. I thought something was wrong as I kept adding quarter oz weights to the front.

1 1/4 Oz or 35 gram on my rear wheel with a new 410-19 TT 100 tyre.

I’m always a bit unsure about American measurements weights and ounces etc. You use them for volumes too I think ????

See figure below.

But I know also the good answer to this diagram.

Number of men on the moon from the USA. - 12

Number of men on the moon from everywhere else - Nil