Disagree all you want, but that's a first. And probably a different condition altogether.

 

The key IMO seems to be the speed, I've noticed 80mph is the magic number. I havent done my trakula kit yet, but I have noticed that Ester is a bit unstable at 80 and above.

 

Ester, you need to twist that man's arm and get him to fit Trackula soon! You'll both be fine. 100 is no problem.....

 

Guys, this makes it truly sound like maybe a rigid mounted motor (softail) might be less affected?
Like Cowboy Mountain, my Fats doesn't dig life much above 80. lol.

 

No! Back in 2005 one of the top UK bike mags voted the Buell Firebolt the best handling bike of the year - against Ducatis and all the Jap racers. The Harley rubber-mount system works, not least because Erik Buell invented it. The only thing wrong with our Touring bikes is that Harley cut corners. Fortunately True-Track provides us with the antidote.

 

Wheel is on its way and I will be ordering a trakula this week!

 

my softail used to do it. changed multiple things to make it go away. low profile tires, belt tensioners were vibrating loose, and put cut washers int he axle to lock it in place.

what i narrowed it down to was 2 things- rolling on to an angle to put stress on the rear axles with the adjusters vibrated just 1 thread out it gave room for the axle to shimmy.

im sure there multiple reasons it can happen but that was my case.

 

Only tryin to be helpful with a bit of input as most guys on this site do.
Sounds as if you know all the answers anyway.

 

So you got that...........

........from this?

I just don't think you're experiencing the condition known as "death wobble." I mean ALL OVER the place you can read case after case of the condition happening during right high speed sweepers. If you're experiencing a wobble while going straight, I somehow doubt it'd be dubbed as a "death wobble." However, I can see a cross wind causing a wobble, but just not that big a deal.

And just to set you straight, I have zero answers as I've NEVER experienced this condition before. I'm sure you can have a wobble on a straight. I get them from time to time on heavily textured pavement. But definitely not a possible death situation. In fact, if you'll do the tiniest bit of digging, you see that many have lost their lives or gotten seriously messed up while experiencing the "death wobble" on high speed right sweepers. Because it's very hard or almost impossible to recover from it. Can you say that about your wobble?

 

Glide Pro Stabilizing Kit.
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