Help please with the wobble issue
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I no longer have the wobble but I sure like that rear stabilizer. Where do I get one and what is it called? With the mods my bike has the motor jumps around a lot, especially at idle. A rear stabilizer would help a lot I think.
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I thought that the wobble was fixed with the 2010 line up. I had a 12 street glide and never did I have a wobble with 35,000 miles on the clock. The handling definitely deteriorated as the tires got older but never a wobble.
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They made a very noticable change to the motor mounts with the new frame. It is certainly not emulating what the tru track and others do but it did significantly change the way the bikes handle. It's more suspension related when it comes to handling improvements.
Last edited by todd-67; Jul 22, 2016 at 07:11 AM.
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They made a very noticable change to the motor mounts with the new frame. It is certainly not emulating what the tru track and others do but it did significantly change the way the bikes handle. I do understand the need for you to justify your purchase but to a lot of us it's not really an issue. It's more suspension related when it comes to handling improvements.
You not experiencing the issue doesn't mean the issue doesn't exist.
And once more, here's Erik Buell's patent showing the rear link that Harley deleted from the final design.
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That's great, but those motor mount changes don't do anything to prevent lateral movement from the motor deflecting the swingarm laterally. The improvements made do help (a 2009 handles better than a 2008), but they don't address the root of the issue. Y'all keep mentioning the suspension, and that makes a world of difference, but that's addressing a completely different chassis movement (vertical versus lateral).
You not experiencing the issue doesn't mean the issue doesn't exist.
And once more, here's Erik Buell's patent showing the rear link that Harley deleted from the final design.
You not experiencing the issue doesn't mean the issue doesn't exist.
And once more, here's Erik Buell's patent showing the rear link that Harley deleted from the final design.
My point was that with the latest changes this is a whole lot less of an issue than it was before.