I came across this article and wanted to share. I am sure this topic has already been covered though ... I don't know enough about the big-twin Harleys (I ride a Sportster) but this article concerned me a little bit. Did any of you (folks with BT Harley) experience anything similar?

http://www.kpho.com/story/14896060/s...LJp0g.facebook

 

This article was written in 2011, and is about pre-2009 touring bikes (it looks like 2007, 2002 and 2006 are given as examples).

I think the pre-2009 touring bikes (the new touring frame was introduced in 2009) had a very bad wobble in some circumstances.

I've had my 2010 Road King since new, and sometimes like to push it hard through twisties and sweepers and can tell you with all honesty I have never come close to even thinking the bike felt at all wobbly. I can't speak for the earlier models.

 

Ugh... double post!

 

My bike doesn't have any of the so called 'death wobble' effects when I ride and if I felt it in the slightest, I'd have it taken care of, simple.

 

Yes I have, but not with my Harley, it was with a Yamaha. You can ride out of it if you keep your cool. Lose grip on the bars and get into the throttle. That's what worked for me. Just search youtube, there's a bunch of videos on there.

 

Really old news. Where have you been?

 

I've ridden and road raced a buncha motorcycles. Some people wobble on their bike, some don't. Same exact bikes. Some guys would wobble out of turns or over short hills, someone else would take the bike out and could never get it to wobble. There are a lot of things that come into play with those two little wheels. One bike that I had wanted to wobble while accelerating over a short hill. You learn how to deal with it before you crash, hopefully.

 

True ... the article is around 3 yrs old but I never felt this thing on my Sportster and I grind pegs more than I should on the corners ... My concern was, is it something related to bit twins or Sportsters also have this issue?

 

A motorcycle is a machine and as a machine things of this sort can happen to any of them at any time. Just because it happened to 1 person out of 100 million doesn't mean it's a problem. Who knows what happened. Could have been a million things. I ride mine 100 miles per hour on a regular basis on the highway. I've had sport bikes my whole life, so I'm used to riding fast. Harley or Jap bike, I'm riding it fast. I don't care what it is. I've had tank slappers with my sport bikes before and that's what they make steering dampers for. For this exact reason. http://www.ohlins.com/Our-products-n...eering-damper/ if you're worried, by one of these. Ohlins isn't the only one who makes them. Here they are on JP Cycles http://www.jpcycles.com/search/searc...012733&Ntk=All

Dennis Kirk has a huge selection https://www.denniskirk.com/search/st...lizer.q/40.ipp