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The marc parnes wheel balance assy showed up yesterday, so I had the opportunity to rebalance a couple tires and compare it to the harbor freight piece. Marc parnes advertises his cone to rod play as .002. That is what I measured. The harbor freight piece measured .007. The MP cone is of...

Economies of scale. I was at the grocery store the other day, looking at ketchup, they had the same brand, with less sugar and less salt, same size, cost $1 more per unit. That didn't make sense either.

May the magnet gods be with you!

Did it sound anything like this? https://youtube.com/shorts/yapLpRCrinQ?si=h8mVsFxROgpSt-CE

I think the spec’d torque from the manufacturer on a lot of the stuff is optimistic, I most always discount some amount. Unless IM building an engine or something similar and there is a reliance on bolt stretch.

Ride them both and report back.

Just an fyi and observation. I was curious where the center of gravity was on my bike, so measured distance between front and rear wheel axle. It is located about a third of the way forward from the rear of the tank. Which means most everything put on the bike goes onto the rear suspension...

I’d say the cause would be something you’re picking up off the road since it appears to be on either the leading or trailing edge. If it was in the water it would affect the circumference. Something abrasive like sand. Or maybe it’s in the water you encounter while riding. Also, you know...

I consider the jis a subspecies of the phillips but I guess I need to change that. I’ve got a couple reed prince drivers that I would use by name and not phillips. Then I got curious. There are a lot of different drivers out there. And anything is better than a blade which I still see...

I have a '23 with half the miles yours does. My spokes still look like new and I might have wetted her down once. Didn't know they were a wear item:).

I knew somebody would bring that up. I use JIS.

After all the holes are lined up and everything bolted together I don't think there is much room for adjustment. Since my bike was new and I was anticipating multiple oil changes I took it back off. I don't have the tools to cut into that type or thickness of aluminum to make the adjustment to...

I buy and sell odds and ends, and I have come to the conclusion that it is the owner that has a major factor of whether the product has been taken care of.

You a 747 driver?

I was curious and tried a torque wrench on mine, couldn't keep the phillips head in the screw to bring to spec'd torque. So relied on the tried and true good nuff.