Has anyone tried balancing beads in their tires?

[the conservative atheist]

Thinking of changing my own tires. I don't have a machine but should be doable with spoons. On the issue of balancing I can either buy a balancing stand and place weights at the light end, or was thinking of trying the beads. Anyone have any experience with beads on motorcycles? I do a fair bit of highway and routinely go over 100mph.

 

[FlexyTJ]

Got 'em in both the SV650 and the Tracer 900 at the moment. Triple digit approved on both bikes. They seem as smooth as the best balancing job using weights I can detect. The only thing I can notice and only occasionally is if you loft the front tire from a standing start (or get it real light under heavy accel from a standing start), there is the briefest of moments you can feel a slight imbalance until the rotational speed of the wheel 'catches up' and distributes the beads in the tire. Probably a non-issue for most bikes and riding styles anyway. I'll use them again on the street, FWIW.

 

[willis_racing]

Being dead honest, I changed my own tires on my VFR800, didn't do jack shit to balance them and never noticed any hop or wobble. YMMV on spoke wheels and stuff though.