Is it even necessary to static balance or have the wheels and tires spin balanced jsut for off road application? Can you get away with some lube and tire irons?

thoughts

 

For offroad only then yes you will be ok without balancing. No one balances off road only bikes. If you are going to do any pavement at all I would suggest getting it balanced.

 

I have never balanced any of the on, or off, road knobbies I have mounted. If you are talking about SF wheels / tires, then maybe get them balanced. Knobbies or DS tires, I wouldn't worry about it unless you have rimlocks installed.
Dan

 

You're pretty much right about off road only bikes and balancing, but occasionally the front tire with a rim lock can definitely bounce a little too much without some balancing. Now, this can usually be accomplished by just adding some spoke-crimp-on or tape-on weights opposite the rim lock until the bounce goes away. Even off roading in the mountains of CO last month, I was at 50-60 mph occasionally on many straight, smoother sections. Before a rudimentary home balance, the front end would shake pretty good from an imbalance at anything above 35-40. Even though I use the Tubliss system, it still has a rim lock system. Some folks just install 2 rim locks, opposite from each other, but I wouldn't want to wrestle with 2 rim locks during a flat or tire change. Weights are easy.

 

I agree. I balance all of my tires both on and off road but it is not absolutely necessary.

I have a NoMar/Cycle Hill changer and balancer set up in the garage. Makes changing tires a breeze.

 

Balancing it for the added rim lock. This is what I found at a tire shop, any other options available?

 

Another recent thread shows the weights that crimp onto the spokes. Way less likely to get knocked off. And reuseable.

Found it
https://www.kawasakiforums.com/forum...55/#post454210

 

I just use the spoke weights, and put on 2-4 opposite the rimlock. If it still bounces while on the road, I add or subtract one or more weights, depending upon how bad it bounced. Never had one I couldn't get to run smooth using this very, very crude method.

I sure like the setup pictured above, though. NICE!