Is it true softails are not tha prone to wobling at hi speeds as are touring models?I cam across a lot of isues touring owners are experiencing with tank slaps.......softails not tha much unless you drive really fast and there are bumps on the road......can a stabilizer really make a diffrence......or speeding up to get out of it...?

 

Changing your worn out engine mounts will make a bigger difference.

 

I rode a Road King across the land and back often at a high rate of speed for long periods of time. I could have laid down on the seat and taken a nap. I have ridden a softail for hours up and down I-95 at a sustained high rate of speed. Never an issue on either bike. Obviously, it has happened or there wouldn't be stories about it, but I would say keep your bike in good repair and you'll be fine. I would worry more about the teenie bopper on the cell phone than the death wobble.

 

Tank slappers are not model specific - it's a result of an underlying fault regardless of the bike - in my case loose rear spokes.

 

Only time I experienced it was when using the throttle lock and riding with no hands (its cold up here at the start and end of the season) eeven then just putting a hand on the bars stready out the wobble, and that is on a springer. I would chalk that one up to my own stupidity.

 

Softails are solid mount.

 

Softails can still have problems, but are usually caused by loose steering head bearings or worn parts in the rear suspension, loose spokes, ect.
But not near the problems the touring bikes are having.

 

Wasn't he asking about touring?


Good reading:
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/touri...e-exposed.html

 

Yea sorry

 

What are you considering "high" speed? I've been up to 85-90mph on my FLHTCU and it's still like riding a Cadillac.