Vibration in front at high speeds.
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Vibration in front at high speeds.
I have noticed a vibration in my front end when running 70-80 mph. I have put on a new front tire and had it speed balanced, didn't help any. Any thoughts what it could be?
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2012 Softail Classic. It was doing it with the old front tire that had started cupping. I thought a new tire would fix it. It was install by a professional bike shop locally. Today rode about 20 miles on the interstate at 70-75 and it seemed as bad as before. Below 70 or higher RPMS don't notice it
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Friend of mine has an older Heritage and he had similar to what your describing , turned out to be an untrue rim . When the new tire was installed did they check the spokes and true the rim ( I think that's what they call it ) ? Might be something to look into .
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I had a similar issue that I chased for a while.
It was so bad that my teeth would chatter at 70 mph.
Two things I didn't check were the trueness of the rims or perform a "fall away" test to adjust the neck bearing bolt.
I figured given the hassle of performing those checks they would be my last options.
I ended up putting Ride-On in both tires and the issue seemed to go away.
I'm not saying for sure that Ride-on was what fixed the problem but for $15 a wheel it might be worth a try.
I've been adding Ride-On on ever tire change since and the vibration hasn't returned.
It was so bad that my teeth would chatter at 70 mph.
Two things I didn't check were the trueness of the rims or perform a "fall away" test to adjust the neck bearing bolt.
I figured given the hassle of performing those checks they would be my last options.
I ended up putting Ride-On in both tires and the issue seemed to go away.
I'm not saying for sure that Ride-on was what fixed the problem but for $15 a wheel it might be worth a try.
I've been adding Ride-On on ever tire change since and the vibration hasn't returned.
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Check the rims for true and run out, My 16 Deluxe had a bounce at around 35-40 felt it in the bars but it ended up being a out of true(left/right movement) on my rear wheel, go figure. Good luck, Ride Safe.
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They didn't check the true of the rim as I could tell. They looked at it cleaned the inside but that was all. Thanks for the info. I was thinking maybe a wheel bearing or something wrong with wheel.
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I ordered a bottle of ride-on. Figured that would be the quickest and easiest to try. I will try other options if this doesn't work
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if the new tire didn't fix the problem. i don't think i would go the route of ride on. there is something wrong that is doing this. the shake might go away with ride on but the problem is still there.