Help, Shaking front end <40mph
Help, Shaking front end <40mph
Hey guys,
I have noticed something lately on my bike. I usually never let go of the handlebars - PERIOD for anything, I am just not that brave. One day i noticed you could let go for a brief period and the bike would drive like my old bicycle. I noticed though that once the decel of my bike got to below 40mph there would be shaking and i would need to place my hands back on the grips. Once I did this the shaking would go away and it would be easy to handle.
My bike has 13,000 miles and I was wondering if this is due to the steering head bearings need tightening? or if tires are out of balance? or ??
Any thoughts??
Thanks guys---and most of the work i do on my Bike i do myself.
I have noticed something lately on my bike. I usually never let go of the handlebars - PERIOD for anything, I am just not that brave. One day i noticed you could let go for a brief period and the bike would drive like my old bicycle. I noticed though that once the decel of my bike got to below 40mph there would be shaking and i would need to place my hands back on the grips. Once I did this the shaking would go away and it would be easy to handle.
My bike has 13,000 miles and I was wondering if this is due to the steering head bearings need tightening? or if tires are out of balance? or ??
Any thoughts??
Thanks guys---and most of the work i do on my Bike i do myself.
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Air pressure.
Loose spokes.
Tire wear (cupping), and or wheel Balance.
Have U ever greased the neck bearings.. the first time I did mine it took a lot of grease to get any to come out of the top and bottom.. Now I grease them at every oil change.
And get the neck bearing grease from Ur dealer,, Yes,, its a lot diff (heavier) than the Auto wheel bearing grease that most have in our grease guns.. In fact I bought a new grease gun just for greasing the neck bearings with the HD Neck grease.
I just checked my neck bearing 2 weeks ago with the fall test (JOKE), they checked out OK, then when I had new tires installed last week I had MY INDY check them also to make sure they were OK and they were.
So now with 39k and I think. but not 100% sure our dealer adjusted them at the 10K. If they did adjust them, that is the only time they've been/needed adjustment.
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Loose spokes.
Tire wear (cupping), and or wheel Balance.
Have U ever greased the neck bearings.. the first time I did mine it took a lot of grease to get any to come out of the top and bottom.. Now I grease them at every oil change.
And get the neck bearing grease from Ur dealer,, Yes,, its a lot diff (heavier) than the Auto wheel bearing grease that most have in our grease guns.. In fact I bought a new grease gun just for greasing the neck bearings with the HD Neck grease.
I just checked my neck bearing 2 weeks ago with the fall test (JOKE), they checked out OK, then when I had new tires installed last week I had MY INDY check them also to make sure they were OK and they were.
So now with 39k and I think. but not 100% sure our dealer adjusted them at the 10K. If they did adjust them, that is the only time they've been/needed adjustment.
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Last edited by oct1949; Sep 11, 2012 at 07:07 AM.
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Actually I'd say to do the grease first,, then do the fall away to see if she needs adjusted..
The bearings may not need to be tightened up
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The bearings may not need to be tightened up
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