aloha, just got a used harley the other day its a 1997 fatboy and ive noticed that at very slow speeds the front shock shakes / vibrates back and forth realy fast and noticable..ive had other fatboys and cont renember this happening.any ideas what to look for or is this the norm ? ty

 

Ihad this problem with my Heritage Springer a few years back and thought the worse, that it was possibly the neck bearings. All it turned out to be though was the front tire had unevenly worn and was causing the shaking at low to mid speeds. Thefixwas to add more air pressure and the problem was gone, so, it may be an air pressure problem you got there. I would suggest that you try this first. Hope this helps.

 

Mine was a steering neck adjustment, it was fixed during my 10K, runs great now!

 

McMark,

I have had the same problem with my 97 Heritage.


Probably a slightly loose head. Make sure the steering head has grease and adjust the "fall away" - steering head bearing torque.

Mine will also shake when my rear tire is worn to the point of needingto be replaced and if I have loose spokes (doesn't apply to a soild wheel Fatboy).

Glenn

 

THANX FOR THE INFO, BIKES GOING IN FOR 1000K TUNE-UP ON NEW ENGINE SOHOPEFULLY THIS WILL SOLVE MY PROBLEM.ALSO NOTICED MY FRONT TIRE IS REALLY WORE SO WILL PUT A NEW ONE ON AND HOPE THIS WORKS..