Happy Monday guys,
Don't know why pic is sideways, original file is not!!!
So I recently watched one of my buddies purchase new tires for his Z1 900, he then went to a local motorcycle shop to have the new tires mounted and balanced. All said and done, it cost about $50.00 bucks for mounting and balancing.
I've taken on the task of mounting my new tires myself and it is not too bad of a task, as long as you have the correct tools to do the job. The one thing I have not done to this point is, balance my wheels myself. I recently decided to replace my old tires on my 1994 KZ 1000P, mounting went fine, now it is time to balance the wheels. I was shopping around for a balance stand online which would cost between $35.00 to around $100.00 for a descent stand. The more I looked at the balance stands online, I began to wonder if my motorcycle stand might work. Well, I pulled out my stand, dusted it off, took a spare tire/wheel combo that I have kicking around and set it on the bike stand.
I tested out the setup and it works great... and the best part is that I ended up not spending money for a balance stand, or for having tires mounted and balanced. I bought wheel weights on Ebay.
Thought I'd share with you all.