- bigbird wrote:
- I had thought any bike shop could mount and balance Swing tires.
There are different tire balancers:
- static
Manually rotating tire and using gravity (or fluid) to identify the heavy side of the tire
- dynamic
Also known as spin balancing like your auto
tiresMost people do not ask if their motorcycle shop statically or dynamically balances their
tires. I believe (no facts) that most shops statically balance their
tires.
Different static tire balancers create different "cones" to deal with different
tires.
For example the No-Mar tire balancer ( http://www.nomartirechanger.com/products/9 ) has four sets of "cones". So if your motorcycle shop has the right right setup and "cones" they can balance your tire.
The Marc Parnes balancer provides the most "cones" compared to any other manufacturer (which I do consider a disadvantage)... but from what I have read/studied their balancer is
very accurate and easy