Need information on the Dot on a new tire. On my Goldwing the dot on the tire is lined up with the air valve when mounted and then the tire is balanced after that. The dot position to air valve ( some bikes have a mark on the wheel) is where the Factory wants balance to start. New tires on my 2012 RT Limited (18000) miles now are 180 out and there is so much weight on the wheel. There is a Dot on the wheel but I think the dealer mounted them wrong. Any Help thanks.
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Mounting Tire on wheel?
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jthornton
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I don't know anything about multi dot tires either but if you balance the rim (with all the weights off) and find the heaviest spot (usually near the valve stem) and put a dot there (Honda started doing this in 2009) and line up the dot on the tire with the dot on the rim you will use less wheel weights.
My RT has a line of weights like I've never seen before and I wonder about that.
JT
My RT has a line of weights like I've never seen before and I wonder about that.
JT
billybovine
Active member
On my new ST Limited on which I think I can assume the tires are factory mounted.
The rear tire the yellow dot lines up with the valve stem.
The front left tire the yellow dot lines up with the valve stem.
The front right tire the red dot lines up with the valve stem.
The rear tire the yellow dot lines up with the valve stem.
The front left tire the yellow dot lines up with the valve stem.
The front right tire the red dot lines up with the valve stem.
NancysToy
Motorbike Professor
Are there additional dots on the two where the yellow lines up? If not, they are correct. If the other has a red and a yellow dot, or a red dot only, it is also mounted correctly.
scooterexpress
New member
she wore a itsy bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka DOT bikini:roflblack:.wow never new there were dots.as they say here on base "your going to learn today"!..
billybovine
Active member
All three tires have both a red and yellow dot.
NancysToy
Motorbike Professor
According to standard protocol, then, two are improperly mounted. Although the lightest spot is mounted near the heaviest (valve) part of the rim, it is the highest spot that should be near the valve if one is marked. I had this on some of mine, too, and it really makes the tire hard to balance. No wonder some of them have problems...although maybe BRP has found the protocols don't work well. Perhaps they are going with whichever is the worst...imbalance or runout.
Bob Denman
New member
:shocked: I guess it's time to crawl around under the bike looking for dots now.. 
NancysToy
Motorbike Professor
They are on the sidewalls. If you clean the tires thoroughly or regularly, they are probably long gone by now. They are only real obvious when brand new.:shocked: I guess it's time to crawl around under the bike looking for dots now..
Thank all of you for the Help. I think the dealer mounted two Front tires wrong. I will recount the number of weighs but I think it is 18 on the right front. No dot is at the valve stem. it is 180' out. will update next week after I talk to dealer.
NancysToy
Motorbike Professor
This is a common problem. Steel wheesl, which are the most common, are different from aluminum wheels...basically the opposite. On an aluminum rim the valve stem is heavier, due to the steel valve stem. On a steel wheel, the valve stem is lighter, due to the hole in the wheel and the rubber valve stem. A steel wheel also has a dimple at the wheel low point.
