Lamonster Approved Wheel Balancers for your Spyder

[Lamonster]

We have good stock now.

Lamonster Garage has been working exclusively with Centramatic in developing a wheel balancer for the Can Am Spyder. This project has taken over a year with many prototype units and redesigns. When we first started the project there were a limited amount of wheels on the market for the Spyder. The first set we made worked great on some of the wheels, but not all of them. There were clearance issues with the caliper and taper of the back of the wheel. After we worked that out we had to determine the right amount of weight to add to the rings to get the best effect and to overcome a tire that needed a lot of weight to balance. It's not unusual for a Spyder tire to take 3 to 4 oz to balance out. I had two front tires on my F3 that had a bounce I couldn't get rid of. I could see it in my fenders and sometimes it shook so badly, I thought it was going to break my fender supports. After changing to new tires it was better but still had a shake and that was with 3.5 oz of weight. After getting the finished product a few months ago I was pleased to see the fenders no longer shook and the ride was smooth as glass. Both Joan and I have ridden many thousands of miles since then will great results.
http://www.lamonstergarage.com/lamon...cers-full-set/

[trikermutha]

I have my set and getting ready to install soon.

All I was worried about was the rear clearance.

[Bob Denman]

This looks like a very interesting and useful product!
I have never been comfortable with pumping a tire full of beads or goop. to balance them. I sort of figured that changing that tire would always be a huge mess!
This solves that issue completely!

[Igofshn]

BB's are a lot cheaper and do the same thing.

[Y Rider]

I have a 2011 RTL with 14" front wheels. According to your video the wheel balancers won't work on 14" wheels. Is there going to be a version that will work?

[jcthorne]

BB's are a lot cheaper and do the same thing.

No,
they do not.

First they wear and end up as steel dust in the tires. Second they settle out each time you slow or stop and cause shimmy each time you take off or speed up as they rebalance. There was a lot of research that went into these balancers and the product has been on the market in the heavy equipment and other motorcycle markets for years. Its well proven. Not a new fad. Read up. Your comment and ones like it have been hashed out over and over in other markets where these have launched. They eventually fade as the product proves itself in yet another application. The difficulty was fitting these to the Spyder, took a great deal of trial and refit and testing.

The centramatic balancers are a one time permanent solution.

[Igofshn]

No,
they do not.

First they wear and end up as steel dust in the tires. Second they settle out each time you slow or stop and cause shimmy each time you take off or speed up as they rebalance. There was a lot of research that went into these balancers and the product has been on the market in the heavy equipment and other motorcycle markets for years. Its well proven. Not a new fad. Read up. Your comment and ones like it have been hashed out over and over in other markets where these have launched. They eventually fade as the product proves itself in yet another application. The difficulty was fitting these to the Spyder, took a great deal of trial and refit and testing.

The centramatic balancers are a one time permanent solution.

Definitely not speaking from experience.

[wyliec]

I'll stick with RideOn. That was the flavor of the day when I first came on here, and my ride has been smooth all that time.

[armyspydervet]

BB's are a lot cheaper and do the same thing.

Thanks, but no thanks.

[papanorm]

I had them on my Goldwing for years and never had a problem. I enjoyed wheels that were always balanced as well as a more stable bike. Centramatic makes a fine product.


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[papanorm]

I remember reading that Ride On doesn't recommend reusing their product out of an old tyre


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[jcthorne]

Final version Centramatic balancers installed!

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[bmccaffrey]

YIKES

THE GLASS HALF FULL OR HALF EMPTY

[Lamonster]

Joan and I rode over 400 miles yesterday and the ride was smooth as glass. Remember I went from thinking my fender mounts were going to break to this. I'm very pleased with the results.

We good stock now too if you've been waiting

[Bob Denman]

Hi Lamont!
The front ones look pretty easy to install.
If the rear one hides behind the disc; I'm guessing that it's a chore best undertaken during a tire change?

[bodymanpainter]

Joan and I rode over 400 miles yesterday and the ride was smooth as glass. Remember I went from thinking my fender mounts were going to break to this. I'm very pleased with the results.

We good stock now too if you've been waiting

Thanks, I just ordered one set for my F3-T.
Toby

[donnellpj]

Joan and I rode over 400 miles yesterday and the ride was smooth as glass. Remember I went from thinking my fender mounts were going to break to this. I'm very pleased with the results.

We good stock now too if you've been waiting

Lamont, I had some questions about these balancers before I had found your video, so I called Centramatic. I spoke to a gentleman who said that it would be OK to dynamically balance the wheels/tires first as the weights would not play havoc with the wheel balancer's, that they would work in tandem. He did say that using tire beads is a no no, that they would definitely work against the balancers, but dynamic balance initially was okay, especially when putting new tires on.

Thoughts on that? Thanks.

--Pete