I had severe early wear on my OEM ST tires and after getting the alignment corrected, I put ceramic balancing beads in all the tires. Can't say if it helped the OEM tires or not, but the new Maxxis have the same bead in and I have not seen any perceptable wear in the first season of use. Not empirical data, but as of now they seem to work. I swear from the first I could tell a difference in how the rig rode and handled, but being a highly subjective thing, I wouldn't swear to it. Probably subconsciously trying to justify the cost and time. Cost about $60 to do all tires.