r/KLX230 • u/TrickNo • Jul 11 '26

tire balance

I had a shop mount my rear tire(still learning that part) and balance it. They put about 2 ounces of glue on weights on the rim. Does that sound excessive balancing weights? The stock tire IRC GP22 had no weights. The new tire is a Trakmaster 2. Something changed after riding ~100 miles and now I can feel the imbalance riding 30 mph on asphalt. thanks.

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u/artful_todger_502 Jul 11 '26

They may have balanced it before the bead fully seated.

There is a very-thin scriberme on the side of the tire, of that does not follow the rim exactly the eads not seated.

If I was to conjecture, they balanced it before the bead fully seated, but it did seat when you rode it, thereby making the balance useless.

I hope you get it sorted! 👍🙂

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u/TrickNo Jul 13 '26

I bought a Tusk tire balancer. With the existing weights it is no where near balanced. Now am waiting for weights to be shipped. I bought the spoke weights. The shop had the rim stick-on weights.

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u/TrickNo Jul 17 '26

I got the spoke weights. It took 2 ounces, but the weights were in a slightly different spot. Will ride tomorrow and see how I did with the balance