wobble question...
Alrighty, i was coasting down a hill earlier today and as i was doing so i took my hands off the bars to adjust my gloves. Now the handlebars started wobbling a bit. So i put my right hand back onto the handle bar and it immediately whent away before i even grabbed the grip. So this worried me, so i did this a few more times. I found that between 40-50 it does this. Slower and nothing, faster and nothing. Now bear in mind that as soon as even my fingers touch the grips it stops and the bike is as smooth as always. So when i got home i checked the torque on the fork clamps and the front axle nut. So im wondering if its anything that is worthy of worry, im wondering if my front tire might be just a hair out of alignment, when i dumped my bike a few weeks back i pulled the forks and made sure they were straight then just kinda eyeballed the alignment of the front tire as best i could. But the fact that as soon as i touch the handlebars makes me wonder if its just not worn tires or our awsomely crappy roads here in Spokane (we have huge ruts everywhere). So what say you? Keep riding and if it gets worse take it in or something?
A lot of bikes do it. Some bikes need you to jiggle the bars, others will do it on their own. My '06 250R does the same thing. That's why a lot of larger bikes have steering dampeners on them. If you get a wobble at 100+mph, you better hold on!
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Rickster
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Dec 3, 2007 10:47 PM




