[Wingstuff.com]

"To Centramatic" or "Not to Centramatic"

What are YOUR thoughts?

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[joe in calif]

Those that have used them give them great reviews, a few have had problems with the front forks being pushed apart, but they probably installed them wrong. Also some have said that the rear wheel lugs comes loose after a short time and need to be re tightened. Some like dyna beads and say they do the same thing. I don't have them so I can't say from first hand experience, I know that since I switched from Dunlops to Bridge stones 709/702 my 08 feels like a totally different bike.

 

[RKP000]

Am I a little nuts here? If your rims and tires are balanced properly from the factory or after you replace them, why would you need these? I see some buyers love them, but is it just in their heads? Trying to keep an open mind here, but I am having a hard time understanding how these are better than correctly balanced rims/tires?
Rob

 

[tfdeputydawg]

Am I a little nuts here? If your rims and tires are balanced properly from the factory or after you replace them, why would you need these? I see some buyers love them, but is it just in their heads? Trying to keep an open mind here, but I am having a hard time understanding how these are better than correctly balanced rims/tires?
Rob

Balance changes as tires wear. These are an alternative to rebalancing when changing tires.
I happen to use Rideon which is a tire balancer and sealant. Can attest that it does balance. Can't attest to it as a sealant, haven't found anything stuck in a tire yet. Oh, by the way-it cleans up using water and does not "attack" the wheel.

 

[joe in calif]

As said in the prior post, as the tires wear they become unbalanced, thats why they recommend you rotate and balance your car tires every 5,000 miles, which I do. My last set of tires had 40,000 miles on them when I picked up a bolt so I just replaced all 4 tires but the old ones still had plenty of life in them.
On my last rear tire install on my Wing I had them put in Rideon, we will see how it helps.

 

[dryriver]

In my gold wing and my SUV, I run dynabeads. Why pay for lead weights hammered onto the rim, when these little beads work great.

Used centrimatics on my class 8 over the road truck for several years. They worked fine, but not better than dynabeads on the bike.