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Help needed: Al Hoceima motorcycle tyre workshop
We are looking for a tyre workshop in or near Al Hoceima to balance a motorcycle front wheel. Stopped at several car workshops but none were able to balance motorcycle wheels.

All tips welcome!

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You may be more demanding than I am (many people are), but I've balanced wheels by spinning mounted wheels, noting the lowest point when they come to rest, adding weights opposite, and repeating until I get random results. You can do this with an unmounted wheel by spinning it on, for example, a stick or a pen held up by a pair of hard luggage cases, or whatever else is handy.

For a mounted wheel, brakes can't be rubbing, bearings must spin freely, and chain needs disconnecting to do the rear. Weights can be proper spoke weights or almost anything else; bits of lead sheeting, car wheel weights taped/zip tied/wired in place, whatever. I don't think I've done rocks and duct tape, but I would if that were my only option. Just be sure they're attached securely so you're not spitting weights in random directions at highway speeds.

Hope that's helpful. Note that I'm not a high-performance kind've guy--more the dull, plodding sort.

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Honestly I think you may have a bigger problem, if you're concerned about wheel balancing in Morocco?

Dented or bent rims? Dodgy bearings?

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I’m with Mark on this - if you really need to balance the front wheel a quick and dirty version with the brake callipers removed will get you pretty close. As he says, spin the wheel, mark where it stops and add weight opposite the heavy spot (the bottom!) until it stops at random. If you’ve found a car place just buy some car weights and tape / cable tie them to the spokes. Failing that, use anything heavy - stones, spanners, nuts and bolts etc. As long as your taping is secure that’ll work.

There’s an even cheaper and easier version, which is to ignore it and just ride slower to the point where you can’t feel it. Even with a front wheel on one of my bikes 100gms out of balance (an unbalanced rim lock) - which is massive - I could still ride at 80- 90kph before it became obvious.
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Thanks for the replies do far
Today we have 1 spare day before leaving. When our boat arrives in France, we are on a tigtht schedule to cross France: 1100kms of fast autoroute That's why we prefer proper balancing over a DIY solution.
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I'd be looking for moto workshops rather than cars. Probably best to explain the problem rather than dictate the solution. Moroccan mechanics are excellent—see what they come up with and whether you can live with it.
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The reason why I use balance beads (tubeless only of course though) Stuffing around with weights is obsolete for mine. That said, I would definitely go for the methods described above if I had tubes
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