Put a new front tire on my recently acquired '08 gl 1800 yesterday. Took the wheel off and went to a local shop to change tire, picked it up and went home to reinstall. When rolling it to the trike to put wheel back on, I was hearing a swish noise like there were balancing beads in tire. I had not asked for balance beads so ruled that out.
I also noticed that the shop had installed four 1/4 oz weights right under the valve stem...their balance job.
Curiosity got the best of me so I started digging around on the web and found the centramatic balancing system.....went to my trike to see if by chance it was already installed....sure enough the centramatic balancing system had been installed on my trike by previous owner.
So my question to you guys.......is this a problem....centramatic balancer installed .....and the four 1/4 oz weigts also stuck on the rim? Should I remove the stick on weights or will the two balance systems work together?
My inclination is to remove the stick ons but would like to hear input from you guys.