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nairb:
So I purchased a spanking new set of Michelin "road classic" tyres.   3.25x19 and 4.00x18 for a bike that has been waiting for new rubber for 5 or 6 years.  It says they can be fitted with a tube. 

I usually fit these by my self. I was surprised to find that there is no yellow/red dot on the tyre any more. 
And searching about on the net, it appears these tyres are so perfect they dont need them.

So I fitted them....... with a tube.  I then went to balance them.

The front tyre needed 60+ gram weights to get the wheel to be nearly balanced.  Utter tosh.

Anybody else had this issue?.  I will try to turn the fitted tyre on the rim and see if it helps.  The old tyre had just one 10g balance weight.

Ta
Nairb

Athame57:
I haven't got any balance weights on mine, tyres are from DSS but I'm not sure my local bike shop extends to balancing anyway. Considering I seldom ride with my nose between the clocks anymore surely it isn't very important?  :-\

nairb:
So, in the end, I needed nearly 70g to balance this wheel.  Something was not right.....  I removed the tube and put the tyre back on.
I kept moving the tyre around the rim to find the low and high spots.  I finally put the low spot at the valve point.
Then refitted the tube.  It did need to be balanced, but only needed 20g this time and was just right.  So it seems it's best to find the low spot on these "spotless" tyres when fitting a tube.

Nurse Julie:
How strange, we haven't got weights on any of our own Honda fours and never had to fit any to all the bikes we restored and sold 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

Spitfire:
Thats very odd, I have never had to balance a tyre on any of my Hondas, mind you one was slightly out of balance after a one rainy night when I had to mend a puncture by the roadside and a tyre lever managed to end up in the tyre.
I got home fine apart from some loose fillings
The next day I took the tyre off to find that the lever had left a perfect imprint on the inner tube.

Cheers

Dennis
   

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