RE: [ST] BT 020's and a Little Dragon Blog

["James Goldston" <jgoldston@xxxxxxxx>]

 1.  Good idea.  Yes, there was originally a wheel weight on the front and
one on the rear.  The rear is still there.  I have no idea when the front
fell off, but I think it fell off only recently.  However, there is NO
difference between the day I rode out on the tires and today (i.e., still
feels like being in a semi's backwash).

The bike is NOT vibrating like you would expect from a wheel being out of
balance.  Nor is it head shake in anticipation of an up and coming tank
slapper.  (First time this happened I very carefully ran up the mph to see
if a tank slapper would happen.)  The backwash symptom sometimes settles
down, but is pretty much always there--it's only a matter of degree.  I
can't nail down if it occurs only at specific speeds, but I do know there is
no specific speed at which it stops and I can ride comfortably.  I've tried
to check for areas on the speedo in which I can depend on it to settle down,
but I can't find any such sweet spots.

One thing I will do from now on is make a mark on the center of the rim to
show me where the old weight was when I get new tires.  I'm also going to
ask for the wheel weight size for the new weight and mark that as well.  I
threw a wheel weight on a run from Kershaw, SC (three of us from the KRATs
were flag boys at an AHRMA vintage race) back to Knoxville, TN.  In the
first leg, I was able to go as fast as I wanted and the bike was smooth as
silk.  Somewhere on the 2nd leg I threw the rear wheel weight.  It was
immediately noticeable.  I had to drop speed to 95 mph to stop the shaking.
The bike shook like a Buell sitting still.  Could barely see  myself in the
mirror and couldn't focus on the road ahead due to body being vibrated to
death.  Made for a long, peaceful, view-the-scenery cruise home.

 2.  No, I don't know if the tires are mounted to spin in the correct
direction.  I'll check on this, tonight.

James '02 ST


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-st@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-st@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Keith
Winter
> Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 10:51 PM
> To: James Goldston
> Subject: Re: [ST] BT 020's and a Little Dragon Blog
> On Monday, September 8, 2003, 7:03:51 PM, James Goldston wrote:
>
> > Checked my front wheel while I was comparing profiles.  NO
> > WHEEL WEIGHT on the front!  Wonder when that disappeared?
> > This could explain the weaving, I think.
>
> Was there ever a wheel weight with this tire?  You indicated
> they were new; perhaps the balance was OK without any
> weights.  I've had that occur a few times.
>
> -Keith
> '00 RS



> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-st@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-st@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Bryce
> Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 4:43 AM
> To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ST] BT-020 question (but not really I don't believe)
>
>
> Are they mounted correctly direction wise?
>
> Bryce


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