• 4 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Italy - About 1989 to 2014
    TE = 4st Enduro & TC = 4st Cross

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Can stock front tire on TE be balanced

eel125

Husqvarna
A Class
Can the stock DOT knobby front wheel be balanced ? After 50 mph the front end shakes on a paved road . Just wondering if it can be balanced or if anybody has tried it.
 
sure it could be balanced.i am sure it would help.also is your sag set properly? it would be easier to balance the tire if you used the motion pro light weight rim locks.dan
 
I put 2 spoke weights on my front wheel 2.5 years ago, they are still there, front wheel has stayed balanced thru about 5 tires.

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I try not to forget to check my wheels for runout and spoke tension too.
A slight imbalance effect is amplified when the wheel is crooked and the spokes are loose.
 
does it 'wiggle' or shake? The handlebars/steering likes to shake at high speed on the road, just the way it is. A steering damper fixes that, though
 
does it 'wiggle' or shake? The handlebars/steering likes to shake at high speed on the road, just the way it is. A steering damper fixes that, though
It's more of a bounce that's why I'm thinking it's more of a balance problem
 
Ok , so after a closer look today while cleaning my rims I see there is a small dent in my front rim . Small enough to barely see but I felt it while wiping down the rim . I m guessing this is what is causing my front wheel to bounce at speeds above 50 mph . I know I probably did it about a month ago on a ride where I hit a few big rocks . It's not bad enough where the bead of the tire is compromised so I'm not looking to replace the rim. So my question goes back to balancing . Would balancing it the way it is with the small dent help with the bouncing ?
 
I have a dent in my rim as well, I don't believe the dent has anything to do with it. You could have a bad tire. A guy one time gave me an almost new 21 inch tire and didn't tell me, it had a bad spot on it that made it impossible to balance, that's why he got rid of it in the first place!
 
Its not the dents - its the big honking rim lock!

My Husky dealer is mainly a big BMW dealer so they deal more with street bikes. They balanced the front for me (back doesn't matter much) and the bike is pretty smooth at 80 mph on the highway...well technically it was smooth at 92 which is all it would do. At 60 it felt like a street bike.

You surely can do it yourself, but any shop should do it for $10 - money well spent!
 
My front end used to shake on my 511 and it was geometry, had nothing to do with the tire or the wheel.
 
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