front end wobble
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Cruiser
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front end wobble
I just bought a 08 fat boy last week. It has about 150 miles on it. It was bone stock, and everything was fine. I had some drag bars installed yesterday. Now, when I'm going about 45-50mph and let go of the bars the front end starts wobbling/bars start thrashing back and forth. Any idea of what may be going on?
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Buddy of mine put drag bars on a bike that normally would have almost beach bars and it did the same thing. The only answer he got was the stock bars kind of balanced the front end like a high wire walker using a long pole.
He never got it sorted and put the stock bars back on.
It wasn't the wheel, I guess the rake and such was just designed for bigger bars, don't know.
Could try adding weight to the bar ends, lead weight and such.
He never got it sorted and put the stock bars back on.
It wasn't the wheel, I guess the rake and such was just designed for bigger bars, don't know.
Could try adding weight to the bar ends, lead weight and such.
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I'm wondering if the steering head nut needs to be tightened up. I'm hoping it's that, would be nice if it's a nice simple fix. I had drag bars on my old fat boy with no problem, but those were 8" straight risers with drag bars. These new drag bars I'm running are 6" rise with probably a 3" or 4" pullback.
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I'm wondering if the steering head nut needs to be tightened up. I'm hoping it's that, would be nice if it's a nice simple fix. I had drag bars on my old fat boy with no problem, but those were 8" straight risers with drag bars. These new drag bars I'm running are 6" rise with probably a 3" or 4" pullback.
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Road Warrior
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When the front end is moved slowly to either side, there is a specific amount it moves before it "falls away". It's like an inch and a half or something.......it's explained in the softail manual, I'm throwing things out from memory.....don't quote me on it. It's a way to correctly tighten the stem nut for the correct friction.
Tourer
Joined: Jan 2008
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my night train did the same thing earlier this year and had the dealer tighten my neck bearings. did you also replace the bushing with the poly urathane ones? i've seen pullback drags shimmy because of the stock bushings before too.
