Front End Wobble - Street Bob
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RE: Front End Wobble - Street Bob
ORIGINAL: iblakely
Hounddog, the only thing I needed was AIR IN THE TIRE..........WOBBLE GONE!!!!
Thanks.....
Hounddog, the only thing I needed was AIR IN THE TIRE..........WOBBLE GONE!!!!
Thanks.....
I found this to be true................AIR
I never experienced a high speed wobble, but rather a low speed wobble. I always kept 34-36 lbs in the front tire, and 40-42 in the rear.
Surprisingly, after lowering the front tire pressure to HDs 30lb spec the low speed wiggle seems to have gone away, and the bike, of course is much smoother. The low speed thing only ocurred with a load on the back. Keeping the back tire pressure 36-38 psi now.
Also the Superbrace did not have any affect on wobble one way, or another.. The bike does track in the twisties better with the brace installed, though.
I would think if the front tire is low on air, itmay get too hot at high speeds and begin to distort, and cause some wobble.
DougJ
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RE: Front End Wobble - Street Bob
You need a center stand or engine jack to do this. You must be able to keep your front wheel in the air with the bike immobile.
[ol][*]Put the bike on its center stand. Do whatever is necessary to get the front wheel in the air. ½" is fine.[*]Remove the fork caps so that your springs are loose and your front end moves up and down freely.[*]Loosen the front axle, the fender bolts, and all the triple clamp bolts. If you have a fork brace, loosen that too.[*]Lift the front wheel, sliding it up the fork tubes until you hit the bottoming stops inside the forks. Use a tie-down to hold the wheel up in this position, with the forks bottomed out.[*]Now, with the forks bottomed out, the fork sliders are inside the fork lowers as much as they ever will be, and the forks are lined up as perfectly as they can be. Now is the time to tighten everything, the triple clamp bolts first, then the axle, then the fender bolts. If you have a fork brace, tighten that last.[*]Release the front wheel so that the forks extend fully, topping out. Replace the fork caps. [/ol]
That's it, that's as good a front end alignment as you can get.
[ol][*]Put the bike on its center stand. Do whatever is necessary to get the front wheel in the air. ½" is fine.[*]Remove the fork caps so that your springs are loose and your front end moves up and down freely.[*]Loosen the front axle, the fender bolts, and all the triple clamp bolts. If you have a fork brace, loosen that too.[*]Lift the front wheel, sliding it up the fork tubes until you hit the bottoming stops inside the forks. Use a tie-down to hold the wheel up in this position, with the forks bottomed out.[*]Now, with the forks bottomed out, the fork sliders are inside the fork lowers as much as they ever will be, and the forks are lined up as perfectly as they can be. Now is the time to tighten everything, the triple clamp bolts first, then the axle, then the fender bolts. If you have a fork brace, tighten that last.[*]Release the front wheel so that the forks extend fully, topping out. Replace the fork caps. [/ol]
That's it, that's as good a front end alignment as you can get.
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I personally have been riding a Sportbike for over 10 years, and when I first rode the Street Bob,l I found it to be quite shaky in comparison obviously. I think in time I will get used to it, but a stabilizer might not be a bad idea since I am used to being able to use my weight to stabilize the steering, but while hanging from as opposed to leaning on the handlebars,the dynamics tend to change a bit...
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You need a center stand or engine jack to do this. You must be able to keep your front wheel in the air with the bike immobile.
[ol][*]Put the bike on its center stand. Do whatever is necessary to get the front wheel in the air. ½" is fine.[*]Remove the fork caps so that your springs are loose and your front end moves up and down freely.[*]Loosen the front axle, the fender bolts, and all the triple clamp bolts. If you have a fork brace, loosen that too.[*]Lift the front wheel, sliding it up the fork tubes until you hit the bottoming stops inside the forks. Use a tie-down to hold the wheel up in this position, with the forks bottomed out.[*]Now, with the forks bottomed out, the fork sliders are inside the fork lowers as much as they ever will be, and the forks are lined up as perfectly as they can be. Now is the time to tighten everything, the triple clamp bolts first, then the axle, then the fender bolts. If you have a fork brace, tighten that last.[*]Release the front wheel so that the forks extend fully, topping out. Replace the fork caps. [/ol]
That's it, that's as good a front end alignment as you can get.
[ol][*]Put the bike on its center stand. Do whatever is necessary to get the front wheel in the air. ½" is fine.[*]Remove the fork caps so that your springs are loose and your front end moves up and down freely.[*]Loosen the front axle, the fender bolts, and all the triple clamp bolts. If you have a fork brace, loosen that too.[*]Lift the front wheel, sliding it up the fork tubes until you hit the bottoming stops inside the forks. Use a tie-down to hold the wheel up in this position, with the forks bottomed out.[*]Now, with the forks bottomed out, the fork sliders are inside the fork lowers as much as they ever will be, and the forks are lined up as perfectly as they can be. Now is the time to tighten everything, the triple clamp bolts first, then the axle, then the fender bolts. If you have a fork brace, tighten that last.[*]Release the front wheel so that the forks extend fully, topping out. Replace the fork caps. [/ol]
That's it, that's as good a front end alignment as you can get.
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From: Sweden
Have had that effect too but it was the wind and loose jacket..worst I had was a high speed long sweeping bend when the bike started going into tank slapper mode..hairy to say the least!Had to accelerate through it..and that was'nt a loose jacket causing that!
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From: long island.ny
a good tip
Just put on a SE fork brace. Not sure if it will make a differance yet as the weather sucks right now.
I did get some front end wobble between 90 and 100 but my eyeballs were rattlin around some much, I couldnt tell what it was from. Heres a good tip when traveling in excess of 90 on a harley.
Get your body down real low, put your head between your legs and kiss your *ss goodbye. Happy Holidays everyone.
I did get some front end wobble between 90 and 100 but my eyeballs were rattlin around some much, I couldnt tell what it was from. Heres a good tip when traveling in excess of 90 on a harley.
Get your body down real low, put your head between your legs and kiss your *ss goodbye. Happy Holidays everyone.