Andrew Shadow
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At my next tire change I am considering balancing my wheel assemblies separately- that is without any tires installed. I have plenty of the stick-on weights. I also have collected a small array of various sizes of the clamp-on weights that Honda delivers the bike with. I will be using the clamp-on weights simply because it seems like they might be more permanent than the stick-on type. Once the wheels are balanced there should not be any reason to ever remove these weights so scratching is not an issue. Also because they install on the center-line of the wheel which is the best place to put wheel weights. If I were to use the stick-on weights I would apply them to the inside of the wheel before the tire is installed. While thinking about this I became curious to know if the stick-on weights stay adhered to the inside of the wheel. If any of you have done this with the stick-on weights applied to the inside of the wheel, do these stick-on weights ever come off due to a combination of time (the glue drying out) and centrifugal force always trying to force them off the wheel surface as it rotates? Do you find them floating around inside the tire when you remove it? I have had the stick-on weights fall off several times- usually after having been riding for extended periods in heavy rain. Being on the inside this would not be a factor of course. But what about glue drying out and the effects of centrifugal force? Do they stay put?