Thats "FUCKIN " scary !!!!!!!!!!!

Just experienced the" WOBBLE " that people talk about on the pre 09 tourers.

I have an 08 Roadking , never ever had a problem, but last night took a quick bolt after work on a very familiar road (Albury to Tallangatta)  on the way back took the same fast long right hand sweeper at approx 130.....ish (which ive done about 100 times before) and almost SHIT, around 3/4 thru the bike had a massive fit which almost felt like a rear steer cat loader.

So now i am a beleiver in the "WOBBLE" and dont ever want to feel it again.

Checked tyre pressures-engine mounts ..all good.

Started reading up on it as soon as i got home...... (after 3 bourbons). Seems like theres a heap to pick from.

Any one had any experience with stabilisers ?

Cheers.

 

Know how you feel, few years back at sydney drags i got to 160kph & well before speed traps my dyna got a death wobble, i opened throtle full got worse almost threw me so backed off no improvement, so opened her up wide & used rear brake at same time improved so kept rear brake on and slowly backed off till it stopped ( fuck it was bad ) tried tyre pressure change checked her over. went out again same thing so went home, later found broken studs on rear engine mount. this was a 01 dyna not same as what u have still rubber mounts. never ever had those problems with old ridgid mounted motors so check your mounts again & the stabilizer

good luck

TruTrak and a steering Dampner!

Got the same on my FXR on along very fast sweeper - fabbed up a Steering Damper and all is well now.

front fork springs way too soft & damper oil  also check rear tyre could be squaring off from toooo much touring straight , lean her over a hit ta throttle that will wear the tyre for corners

Cheers,
Might re-check those mounts , must have been something that's just changed , cause I ride around nice NE/VICTORIA (as in snow country) roads every time I ride ,so definetly not my rear tyre squared off.

Hi Coz
My 07 King was the same, every thing ok to a point then all hell breaks loose!! Like Rodeo ridin a bull!!!
I went the Progressive system, a brace for the rear mount and springs for the forks with Screamin Eagle oil . Probley should get the shocks too, but,,,,,$$$$$ Did make a big differance, but i don't have the confidence in it, especialy on rougher sweepers, if you hit a pot hole half way round it shakes its head violently. But hay, every thing has its limits, an its a huge bit of steel held together by bits of rubber, gotta have flex. Riding the back brake does help pull the whole shebang straight.
Hope That helps a little.
By the way the new frames although better still have flex issues. May be the should have put the B motors in every thing, an piss the rubber mounts off.
Duge

I chased the wobble for a few years on my 07 bagger and got it very good compared to stock with progressive heavy fork springs preloaded at 1 1/2 inches with a 15 weight castrol fork oil. I also fitted progressive 416 air shocks with the progressive stabilizer brace. I also spent a few days setting up the wheels both vertical as well as horizontal to get the best from the frame and the piss poor tripple tree's and swingarm. My bike handles great with these mods but where only putting lip stick on a pig.

Cheers Guys,
Have ordered Progressive stabilizer, and doing the race tech front springs. and getting a quote on some Ikon rear shocks (made locally) see how we go.

Mate of mine had an off on a road king because of the wobble. We were only talking true trac the day before. But it was too late. Unlucky to have come off but lucky to have lived. Still recovering and it was months ago. Best $500 plus fitting you can spend on a rubber mount harleys even the newer ones.

yep had dat on my fatbob gave me da shits ,ive had all sorts of remidies but firstmost and goin back 2 racin days even now all dis talk about dis an dat bla bla ,i went with wat we all had on our big roadies a bloody steering damper ,if that doesnt fix prob then ill look into this stabilzer shit but not cheap 4 sunthin that may or may not help ,i went online bought steering damper from states made for fatbob cost 300uks or sumthin made 2 fit 49mil forks and rear piece clamps onto frame this quality unit with fittings machined alloy an fits neatly and hardly noticeable an fully rotatable knuckle joints ,now its on off we go bald tyre as well now this will be able 2 giv me heads up of improvement working or not ,well rok solid 200k plus even baking off instantly and flat out threw gears big sweepers never had any sign of dat wibbly wobbly shit ever since always hav damper highest settin this fixed my bike without all this other parafanalia of other things that hav been mentioned 3yrs been on bike doesnt look like much and is not riged after fitting like u can move up an down on ball joint fixations but thats 2 allow unit 2 absorb all that is thrown at it bad roadfs vibrations etc smart dudes made this  , highly recomended and would be first step dont try gettin threw dealer coz he,ll jus go on net an buy unit hit u another 60 J&P CYCLES is were i purchased and comes 2 house or u pik up post office easy 2 fit u need sum locktite sum tape around frame were rear clamp attaches is in half u will av 2 turn an then u will find were 2 pieces can be bolted togther an seem 2 fit frame bestshingles