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the_mongrel
12 years ago
Check the simple things first and go from there.
I have a slight wobble at low speed but is either from my rake or my new wheel is out of balance enough to effect it. I am thinking its the rake, but I have dyna beads coming, so they might help.
tussuck
12 years ago
I had a wobble at high speed - a steering dampner sorted that problem out.
phil01
12 years ago
yep sounds like balance
tussuck
12 years ago
Yeah...i mentioned the rear end earlier...Folks always assume the problem is the front yet the bike has two wheels..lol
the_mongrel
12 years ago
That's why the first and easiest thing to check is the tyre pressure of the rear wheel.
Colstah
12 years ago
When I first got my softail, I couldn't take my hands off the bars 'cos it would veer very quickly off line to the centre of the road. After a while I replaced a worn rear tyre, and subsequently checked the alignment and realised it was quite significantly out of alignment with the front, and it had come from the dealers like this. After I set it up, all was good.
So the moral is, do consider the rear end, and don't assume anything.
careyman
12 years ago
was 3 things, front wheel bearing was on the way out, stem head needed adjusting and 3rd, (which is a lesson to me) the tyre pressure on front end was low as fuk, i`ve been using a local petrol station filler... which I now know is fucked...
thx for the help guys
Colstah
12 years ago
Well, wasn't simple! Good work. And on the tyre pressure, I've always understood not to trust servos, I've got a tyre gauge I trust.
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