Roadglide Wobble
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Roadglide Wobble
On the RoadGlide Forum many owners of 2010 RoadGlides are complaining about a severe wobble or shake of the handlebars around 45mph. Mine does it all the time. A friend bought a new 2010 last week...his third RoadGlide. Sure enough he noticed the shake the minute he left the dealers parking lot. He's not too happy about it. What worries me though is the other day I thought I could sense it going 65 on a smooth asphalted road. Sure enough I eased my hands off the bars and there it was...that violent shake or wobble. Scared the c$&@p out of me. I've had all the required maintenance and have it scheduled to be checked out next week. Most people say it is not a safety issue because it only does it when you take your hands off the bars...which I never do anyway. But way back in the corner of my mind as I'm going down an interstate at 75mph...I wonder what would happen if this thing started shaking violently and I lost control of the bike. Not a pleasant thought!
According to the flood of threads on the subject...in most cases HD either can't come up with a suitable fix or denies that they have a serious problem here.
Lot's of frustrated RoadGlide owners right now.
Any info on the subject would be really appreciated.
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RonC
According to the flood of threads on the subject...in most cases HD either can't come up with a suitable fix or denies that they have a serious problem here.
Lot's of frustrated RoadGlide owners right now.
Any info on the subject would be really appreciated.
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RonC
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I'm no expert on Baggers, but isn't the Tru-Track supposed to address this issue. Yeah, the fact you have to add money to a new bike simply to make is safe is a totally disgusting proposition to say the least, but people do rave about these systems. Not sure about the listing for 2010, but maybe call them and see what they say.
http://www.true-track.com/tt_home.html
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http://www.true-track.com/tt_home.html
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I'm no expert on Baggers, but isn't the Tru-Track supposed to address this issue. Yeah, the fact you have to add money to a new bike simply to make is safe is a totally disgusting proposition to say the least, but people do rave about these systems. Not sure about the listing for 2010, but maybe call them and see what they say.
http://www.true-track.com/tt_home.html
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http://www.true-track.com/tt_home.html
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Damn-it! Now there ya go, start trying to confuse me more than I have always been............
I was under the understanding that the true track was for motor stabilization and motor torque (you know like chaining a small block motor down to the upper control arm to stop motor torque).
And fork stabilizers were designed to assist in steering dampening
It is all about geometry and physics.
Side Note:
If the steering head bearings are properly adjusted (tightness or looseness) and no bearing failure is present. I would look at wheel bearings, wheel run-out (trueness) and balancing, along with proper air pressures in tires. Make sure tires are OK and not distorted. Calculate (check) fork geometry to make sure it is with-in factory specs or not.
I would most definitely be on top of this problem as it is a safety issue.
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I get this all the time on my Fatboy
I get this all the time on my Fatboy when I have the saddlebags on the bike. I figure it is due to the weights being uneven, side to side, because when I ride without the saddlebags, there is NEVER any vibration when I take my hands off the handlebars. Runs true at any speed.
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My '06 RG had different wobbles. Turning and going straight were different wobbles. When going straight, if I took my hands off the bars, sometimes (as you noted) around 45mph the handlebars would start to wobble. I took it to the dealer, who MAY have made it a LITTLE better. So I took it to my indee-wrench, who spent several ride-and-return-and-wrenches working on the steering bearings and cleared it up for me.
But the handlebar shake going straight didn't bother me NEARLY as much as the rear-wheel fighting the rubber motor-mounts going around curves at 70mph.
But thnks, I will make sure I look for this when I ride my 2011 RG before I buy it.
But the handlebar shake going straight didn't bother me NEARLY as much as the rear-wheel fighting the rubber motor-mounts going around curves at 70mph.
But thnks, I will make sure I look for this when I ride my 2011 RG before I buy it.
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