Almost lost it! Need help please
Road Captain
Joined: Sep 2011
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From: Sherwood Park AB Canada
That would be my guess if the tires and spokes check out.
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From: New York
Just had the same thing happen to me last week. Turns out the rubber valve stem failed, causing rapid tire deflation. Evidently because it took me several seconds to realize something was dramatically wrong and several hundred yards to safely pull over, I also had a tread separation. One tow ($150) and one "discounted" tire later ($350+) and I'm back on the road because of a 5 cent part.
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From: Rockwall,TX
I had a 07 road king that I hardly had 15,000 miles on. It shook real hard one day while riding with a friend that really knew his stuff about bikes , we checked the neck bearings , they were good but so loose it was shocking .
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Joined: May 2015
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From: mid Michigan
I went into the death wobble at 102. I have read the whole wobble thread on here that's like 50 some pages. There is a 70s video in it that's shows that leaning on the tank will bring it out of it. More gas will make it worse. Earlier in the year my stearing bearing was super loose so I tightened it up before I owned a manual. The other day I finally adjusted it to the book after reading that to loose can make it hard to recover from wobble(front) & to tight from weave(rear).mostly everybody calls both wobble, but the weave is the one that can make you lose control. I eventually will be installing a true track link to make the rear more stable before trying that speed again, but the bike seams alot better now with the bearing set right with the correct fall away.
Last edited by xcbullet; Oct 23, 2015 at 10:29 PM.
I had an 07 softail that did that and it turned out to be the neck bearings. The lower one was all chewed up. Harley had installed it dry from the factory. Went bad about 15k to make it wobble but I had been unhappy with it for a long time before.
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From: Southern Illinois
I just suffered the same ride. Got home and checked the air in both tires and both low. Had just picked it up from shop after having both tires replaced. Aired front to 38 and rear to 40, then another ride and she tracks true, like she's on a rail again. Check your air pressure!
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