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Post by powerzombie on Apr 6, 2016 6:03:15 GMT -5
That's right, not a typo.
I took off my front tire a while back and there were many several "flying saucers" made of rubber inside. They were various sizes. I wasn't sure if they were supposed to be there.
I have worked on and ridden bikes/scooters/motorcycles for 40++ years, and all I could think was "dynabeads". There was no visible rubber missing from inside the tire. The rear didn't have anything like that when I changed it.
Heck, I put 'em back when I re-installed the tire, they've been in there for 14 years, why remove them now?
Sorry, no pictures of them...
Anybody have any insight on this?
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Post by hillbillybob on Apr 6, 2016 15:40:03 GMT -5
Well I have Dynabeads in my tires....but they don't resemble flying saucers, they're little tiny spheres, all the same size, and made of some kind of ceramic material. There are other brands made of different material.....Don't know what someone put in the tires you have....sounds kinda weird though.
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Post by powerzombie on Apr 6, 2016 19:46:06 GMT -5
I use dynabeads, so I am familiar with them. I got the scoot new, so if anybody put 'em in, it was Yamaha.  |
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Post by rockynv on Apr 7, 2016 5:19:12 GMT -5
There were a number of different brands out there along with the use of bb's and buckshot. Tyra, Equal, Dynabeads, Counteract and a number of Chinese KnockOffs. Some were saucer shaped too.
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Post by powerzombie on Apr 9, 2016 4:45:24 GMT -5
Thanks rockynv.
These are different sizes too, and there are at least 12-15 of them. I would say from 10mm to 20mm in diameter.
I didn't actually measure size or count them, though I did bite one just to test it, (sorry, don't own a durometer). They were
made of a fairly soft rubber, almost tar like, but without the stickiness.
Sorry ahead of time is this is considered "barnyard mechanics", lol.
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Post by JerryScript on Apr 9, 2016 20:13:15 GMT -5
Sorry ahead of time is this is considered "barnyard mechanics", lol. It's in the cow's best interest to keep the tractor running right! |
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Post by scoot08 on Apr 10, 2016 15:27:21 GMT -5
Hi, I've seen these many times in motorcycle tires some look like balls some like flying saucers .my theory and it's just a theory is that it's just left over rubber from the time the tire was mounted and as the wheel rotates as you ride and the tire heats up the left over rubber kind of vulcanizes to it's self and creates the mystery flying saucers or balls.(lol)when ever I came a pond them changing a tire I just scooped them out and mounted the tire no harm done.later
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Post by powerzombie on Apr 10, 2016 18:31:46 GMT -5
Thanks for the insight!
When I change the tire this summer, I will save them as souvenirs.
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