Im wondering if not balancing my rear rim/tire will make a difference for say 50mph wheelies on the streets and such.
I know it wont make any difference in the parking lot, but what about higher speed wheelie wobbles?

 

Ive never had my rear wheel balanced because we always change our own tires. Doesnt mean its right though!

 

i never noticed any off balancing till arround 90mph

 

+1

 

cool, i dont wheelie more than 50-60 mph anyways

 

its just alittle vibration anyways, in a straight ur good to go, but through turns during the worst of the wobble will make ya alittle uncomfortable.

 

whats balanceing as long as it holds air ride it

 

what about the front? i changed one the other day and if i let go of the bars over 55 i get bad headshake. balance prob?

 

stem bearings, stem tightness brake drag, rotor round out

 

it was fine the day before . and i already changed the bearings out

 

did u tighten it correctly, alot of people to change bearings don't tighten the stem correctly and tighten it with a pivot. also check your front rim for warpness

 

i'll balance it tomarrow and see what happens

 

gsxr rims bend easy from drops.

 

how do you tighten the stem bearings? is there a post of it around here? mine are mad loose and i keep riding wheelies on it cuase the stealership is closed when i have time to do it

 

+1 mines bent

 

send me a pm and i'll give u my phone number and walk you through the process if you want, its pretty easy, i will try to explain here first for you though.

#1: Take the top tripple bridge off (ignition holder) u gotta loosen up the bolts on the left n right that clamp onto the forks and the center nut.

#2:now under there is a thin spacer/locker inbetween two spanner nuts, bend the
lock notches straight then take off the two spanner nuts. (screw driver "flat head"+ hamer + chizzle effect) will work with removing these spanner nuts

#3: Now the best bet is to susspend the front in the air with tie downs warped arround the front of the frame on both sides then lift the front wheel off the ground from the celling.

#4: now have a friend stand infront of the bike bent down holding the front wheel firmly pushing back and forth while lifting the front wheel and u chizzle tighten the lower spanner cup till u worked out the play in the stem and tighten it just alittle over that.

Its best to have a friend that puts alot of effort into things to help you with this, cause it sucks putting everything back together and then testing it and it clicking again.