Still have slight wobble
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Still have slight wobble
The other day I took my 2012 Fatboy to the dealer for a front end wobble when decelerating between 42 and 38 mph. The wobble is really only noticeable with my hands either lightly on the grips or my hands off the grips.
They made a head bearing adjustment and this made an improvement, but I still have a very slight wobble on deceleration with my hands slight on or totally off the grips at the same speed range 42 to 38 mph.
Now as we all know Harley's answer is to not take your hands off the grips, and even thought this head bearing adjustment improved the wobble by 75% should I expect to be able to completely eliminate this slight wobble ?
Also after the head bearing adjustment the bike did seem to handle more solidly overall. I may be imagining this but that is how it seems to me.
I am running the manual recommended tire pressures of 42 rear 36 front.
This bike has 700 miles on it so I wouldn't think tire wear would be the cause of the wobble. I see many others here with similar wobbles in the front end. So I am just wondering if I should leave well enough alone or try to have them (the dealer)totally eliminate this wobble?
They made a head bearing adjustment and this made an improvement, but I still have a very slight wobble on deceleration with my hands slight on or totally off the grips at the same speed range 42 to 38 mph.
Now as we all know Harley's answer is to not take your hands off the grips, and even thought this head bearing adjustment improved the wobble by 75% should I expect to be able to completely eliminate this slight wobble ?
Also after the head bearing adjustment the bike did seem to handle more solidly overall. I may be imagining this but that is how it seems to me.
I am running the manual recommended tire pressures of 42 rear 36 front.
This bike has 700 miles on it so I wouldn't think tire wear would be the cause of the wobble. I see many others here with similar wobbles in the front end. So I am just wondering if I should leave well enough alone or try to have them (the dealer)totally eliminate this wobble?
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I have a 2010 Fatboy with the same problem. ( as do many other FLSTF owners ) I bought mine in march with 1500 miles on the clock. Just as you I brought mine to the dealer and they checked tire pressure and wear, checked balancing, and re adjusted my head bearings. My bike improved some what but the wobble is still there. WTF!!
The funny thing is one of the mechanics at the Harley dealership that test drove my bike has a $35000 CVO edition Fatboy that he claims wobbles 10 times worse than mine. He claims he has not been able to fix his. Again WTF!!! Why is this so common with Fatboys? I have owned around 20 different bikes in my 40 plus years of riding. Some Harleys and some other brands and I have never had this issue before. From what I have read on here this is a very common problem. You would think Harley would address it.
The funny thing is one of the mechanics at the Harley dealership that test drove my bike has a $35000 CVO edition Fatboy that he claims wobbles 10 times worse than mine. He claims he has not been able to fix his. Again WTF!!! Why is this so common with Fatboys? I have owned around 20 different bikes in my 40 plus years of riding. Some Harleys and some other brands and I have never had this issue before. From what I have read on here this is a very common problem. You would think Harley would address it.
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Get rid of the Dunlop tires if you still have them on...I had the same problem on an 08 once I changed the front tire from Dunlop to Metzeler and Michelin I havent had the problem....I have the extended warranty and had a tire replaced after I had a nail in one...they could only replace the tire with Harley Specified Dunlops...once the tire had some wear on it the wobble started again....
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my link is nt working - I assume its because it links to a thread in another forum? I will pm you
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Get rid of the Dunlop tires if you still have them on...I had the same problem on an 08 once I changed the front tire from Dunlop to Metzeler and Michelin I havent had the problem....I have the extended warranty and had a tire replaced after I had a nail in one...they could only replace the tire with Harley Specified Dunlops...once the tire had some wear on it the wobble started again....
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