• 4 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Austria - About 2014 & Newer
     FE = 4st Enduro & FC = 4st Cross

  • Hi everyone,

    As you all know, Coffee (Dean) passed away a couple of years ago. I am Dean's ex-wife's husband and happen to have spent my career in tech. Over the years, I occasionally helped Dean with various tech issues.

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FE/FC 14-15' FE501s wheel and tire balancing

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Husqvarna
A Class
I am getting extremely bad vibrations at 45mph, on the street, that are driving me crazy.

I just paid a bike shop to balance my wheels and tires $80 and all they did was put Dyna beads in the tubes. 1oz in the front and 2 in the rear. Am still getting vibrations but much less.

Any suggestions? Please help.
 
Stay off the road and you won't notice it.;)

I added a couple stick on weights opposite the rim locks and mine is fine for the very little road miles I do.
 
I just used to put the wheel and axle between some raised blocks or on the bike with brakes unbolted and hanging and spin them and see where they stop and repeat. This was on my road bikes. Tape on weights or ones you used to clamp on the spokes is what I used. Between the valve and bead locks and a tire that may not be marked for position, not unusual. I've been lucky without a balance issue I notice anyway.
 
Johnrg said:
I just used to put the wheel and axle between some raised blocks or on the bike with brakes unbolted and hanging and spin them and see where they stop and repeat. This was on my road bikes. Tape on weights or ones you used to clamp on the spokes is what I used. Between the valve and bead locks and a tire that may not be marked for position, not unusual. I've been lucky without a balance issue I notice anyway.
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I added 1oz on the opposite side of the rim lock and it got better. I will add .5oz on top of that and see how it behaves :)
 
Mine was pretty bad also at the front. I normally don't worry as off road you don't feel it but I need to ride it on the road a bit to get to a place where I can play.
Problem is that Husktm put the rim lock and the valve next to each other. I talked to my dealer about it and he didn't believe me till we put the wheel in a balance tool. The valve- rim lock side dropped down like a hammer and stayed at the bottom.
Put 2 x 25 g of weights on and still did it. We pulled the front tyre off and swapped it around a bit and realigned the wheel (was out by 5 mm) and that helped a lot together with the weights.
Now I run a mousse so the valve is gone and it's way better.
 
Check out No Mar for spoke wheel weights. Price is a bit better than above. They offer a variety of sizes/weights and packages...finished in chrome with a set screw. They fit down over the spoke nipple nicely and look good on the bike...as far as wheel weights go. Added 2oz on my front, needs 1 more for pretty smooth pavement. Bummer but I've gotta do pavement to get to the dirt.
 
bikesparky - Moose on a DS??? How does it hold up to the pavement heat?? Drill a hold and place the stem on the opposed side like other bikes.
 
Weantright said:
bikesparky - Moose on a DS??? How does it hold up to the pavement heat?? Drill a hold and place the stem on the opposed side like other bikes.
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So far so good. On the road I don't do huge distances and keep the speed legal, lubed them up properly as per recommendations and it's fine. I got a deal on these technomouse enduro ones, free rear with a front for limited time only in Oz.
Good feel on them, the weight is very good, medium HD inner tube was 860 grams and the mousse 1500 grams. A bit hard when you start off, they get softer after a bit of heat in them.
The usual struggle the first time you fit mousse...(luckily I can swear in several languages :censored: ) but otherwise good first impressions.
Due to funny working hours I do ride alone a fair bit and want to minimise the risk of getting stuck here in the bush at 34 degrees C by myself and these fit the bill.
 
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