I have never experienced a Speed Wobble, but was wondering how those who have,how did you deal with it, what did you do to stop the wobble.

Has anyone had a speed wobble and did not fair so good, tell us your story.

cheers

Rob

 

Loosen your grip on the bars.

 

loosen your grip, let off the gas, don't hit the break

 

It's kinda like when they broke the sound barrier. Once it starts getting sketchy, you either gotta let off or keep it pinned till it pushes through!

 

Hammer the gas. I'm a mx guy and just about anytime things go wrong people do the wrong thing and let off the gas. Guys who know grab more throttle to correct mistakes. I've never had a wobble issue on the street but if I did my instinct would have me twist the throttle.

 

My brand new bike had one from the factory. Took it back to the dealer and they checked it out and told me there was too much air in the front tire (it was set according to the owners manual) so they deflated it some and sure enough it went away.
Didn't have it again till I put new triple trees on the bike, and this time it was worse. 80-90mph wobble that would make you debrief after a ride. Sometimes easing up on my grip would help and sometimes no. I was always crazy about almost letting go of the handlebars at near 100mph...
I let off the throttle because it was so bad that if it got worse, I would have been on the pavement. It wasn't a shimmy, it was a bucking bronco.

 

I'm an MXer as well, after having spent many hours aboard early 90's CR250's, I'm definitely a proponent of standing on the gas when they start to shake their heads.

 

Happened to me once on my VTX 1800 C doing 80 mph on I 95. It happens so fast hard to say what you will do. From what I remember I just let off on the throttle and the wobble stopped. I do not remember hitting the brakes. I pulled off on the next exit and checked the tire pressure. The front tire was 10 lbs under inflated. Running a tire under inflated too long can can cup a tire which will cause "The Wobble"!

 

Not, alot of experience with bike, but in trucks you can sometime get whats called a "Death Wobble" Ive gotten through it before by letting off the gas an stopping the vehicle and also increasing the throttle... Guess it depends where the wobble originates from, if the tire is at fault on a rig then adding gas doesnt work well... If the suspension is to blame then adding gas is the answer, or stopping, depends on the speed.

 

From what i read so far is either give her the throttle or back off the throttle, but one thing seems constant, do not apply the brakes.