How to Balance Your Motorcycle Wheels
Wheel balancing and rotation is a common practice on cars and it's easy to see why - the vast majority of cars have equal sized wheels and rubber on all four points - that means that when one or more tyres are out of balance it can cause major handling issues. On motorcycles it's not such a big problem but nevertheless, it's still a good habit to ensure your wheels are correctly balanced. And if you change your own tyres, balancing is an easy task to do.
Many people scoff at buying a wheel balancer - they see the price and think it's not worth it. But if you've developed the skills to change your own tyres it makes sense to be able to balance them as well. And given the prices charged by most mechanics to do so, you'll recoup the money spent on a balancer within a few sets of tyres. We personally use a motorcycle wheel balancing and truing stand from Bikeservice. It's top of the line and probably overkill for most as it even includes the ability to measure runout. If you just have non-spoked wheels, a basic balancing only stand is sufficient.
Tools you'll need for this job are:
Wheel balancing stand (http://www.motoplace.com.au/wheel-tur...)
Wheel weights
Tape/Marker/Chalk to mark your wheel