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Nov 21, 2021 | 08:54 AM

Stevoknievo68

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I got a Stupid Question

Ok I am prepared to take some flak on this but hope i do get at least 1 sincere answer... Ok I recently hat an event with a small suv it slightly bent my mustache bar on my 2021 48 now when i checked it all out nothing seemed bent on my bike itself after taking off the bar. the tabs are perfectly straight that the bar mounts to. I take it out and it rides good even at higher speeds. But I thought id try one more thing and see how it handled without holding the handlebars. It does fine up to about 60. at 60 and above when I let go it dont automatically go into a wobble pattern but it slowly gets there. This was with and without the memphis shade windshield... My question is <drum roll> Do sportsters, giving their less than tour bike level smoothness, just naturally do a jiggle at high speed with hands off the bars....

Nov 21, 2021 | 09:26 AM

Acedoc

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Not flaming but why would you want to take your hands off the bars at high speeds?

I may have done it at around 60 kmph but I don’t like the feeling .

Nov 21, 2021 | 09:34 AM

Stevoknievo68

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Originally Posted by Acedoc

Not flaming but why would you want to take your hands off the bars at high speeds?

I may have done it at around 60 kmph but I don’t like the feeling .

lol normally i dont but just thought it might be a way to check if my bike was still aligned proper... but no i dont do that as normal practice..

Nov 21, 2021 | 09:48 AM

ballbreaker69

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Always figgered you can get into enough problems with two hands on the bars in perfect conditions at 60MPH.?

Nov 21, 2021 | 10:01 AM

Stevoknievo68

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Always figgered you can get into enough problems with two hands on the bars in perfect conditions at 60MPH.?

Yes I subscribe to that line of thought as well😄

Nov 21, 2021 | 10:13 AM

Cruisinferburgers

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I have no answer. But I will say that a truck once dropped a drainage pipe in front of me so I hang on tight.

Nov 21, 2021 | 10:24 AM

Dan89FLSTC

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Originally Posted by Stevoknievo68

My question is <drum roll> Do sportsters, giving their less than tour bike level smoothness, just naturally do a jiggle at high speed with hands off the bars....

Is this how the bike behaved before the mishap?