Hey guys,
Long time no talk!!
I just got my bike back from the mechanics today after having its 7500km service and whilst I was at it I decided to get them to powder coat my wheels. The only thing is, on the ride home things felt a little uneasy. Possibly due to the fact that I haven't ridden in over two weeks, but then I realised that they had not attached my new foot pegs that I gave them to do whilst everything else was being done to the bike (I had the rearsets powder coated too - hence why I didn't just put the foot pegs on myself and they were being used for colour matching purposes at the powder coaters).
Anyways, then I got to thinking - if they forgot to do this, perhaps they forgot to balance my wheels too. So I go and check my bike and there are no wheel weights present anywhere. Thus, my question is to you guys as I am a noob when it comes to these things - will balanced motorcycle wheels ALWAYS have wheel weights? Or is it possible/common for wheels to be perfectly balanced WITHOUT wheel weights? As, if it is always the case that wheel weights be used, then I know for sure that they have not balanced my wheels. Just thought I should shoot the question out there in case anyone else has the same question!
Cheers all!
Long time no talk!!
I just got my bike back from the mechanics today after having its 7500km service and whilst I was at it I decided to get them to powder coat my wheels. The only thing is, on the ride home things felt a little uneasy. Possibly due to the fact that I haven't ridden in over two weeks, but then I realised that they had not attached my new foot pegs that I gave them to do whilst everything else was being done to the bike (I had the rearsets powder coated too - hence why I didn't just put the foot pegs on myself and they were being used for colour matching purposes at the powder coaters).
Anyways, then I got to thinking - if they forgot to do this, perhaps they forgot to balance my wheels too. So I go and check my bike and there are no wheel weights present anywhere. Thus, my question is to you guys as I am a noob when it comes to these things - will balanced motorcycle wheels ALWAYS have wheel weights? Or is it possible/common for wheels to be perfectly balanced WITHOUT wheel weights? As, if it is always the case that wheel weights be used, then I know for sure that they have not balanced my wheels. Just thought I should shoot the question out there in case anyone else has the same question!
Cheers all!