Rear tire balancing

[redsled]

I've changed my own tires for about 5 years now, but have never done a rear from a single-sided swingarm bike. What's the best way to get the tire balanced? Can I just substitute something for an axle and roll it on jack stands like I've done in the past? I need help here guys. I'm *not* paying through the nose to have a dealer change my tire and it NEEDS changing bad.

Thanks in advance.

[Legman]

I have always been of the opinion that static balancing (as you described it) is a poor substitute for dynamic balancing as done by a machine that spins the wheel up to high revolutions, especially for a front wheel. A small inaccuracy in balancing can show up with severe consequences at speeds the S3 is capable of. I don't buy my tyres (tires?) from my dealer as we have specialist motorcycle tyre retailers here (in Australia) and most of them fit tyres for next to nothing, as there is quite a bit of competition between the retailers.

With something as important to my safety as tyres I'm prepared to pay a few bucks extra to get a good balance job. ( I've seen a poorly balanced wheel flapping around on the end of the forks at high speed....scarey stuff)

Cheers

[crudmop]

Red - just did my tires last nite, and it hadn't really occurred to me how difficult it would be to balance that rear wheel until I got it off

As the hub plate will offer some headache - thankfully, my buddy with the tire gear has an older speed triple and a few hawks, and was used to this nonsense Grab a piece of pvc pipe, wrap it in duct tape so that it fits snugly into the rim - run the balancer bar thru that, and snug up the ends to the rim (with the end flange and washers), and to the small section of pvc pipe. Works like a charm.

Oh, and in case you were wondering - those radial brake calipers force you to pull the calipers to get the front wheel off. You might be able to rotate te fork tubes away, but it'd be close.