feels like a flat tire
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From: Bedford UK
Billy, check your tyre ages and brands. If they are aftermarket check the brand's website for the correct tyre pressures. If you are very heavy, or for that matter very light, adjust your normal pressures to suit. Also if your bike is low mileage it is possible you still have the original tyres, so change them pdq!
We have solutions for 'bagger wobble', however they only work if your bike is in tip-top shape, so give it a thorough check over.
We have solutions for 'bagger wobble', however they only work if your bike is in tip-top shape, so give it a thorough check over.
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Welcome to the forum.
Great time to start thinking about TPMS. Some road conditions will lead me to think I have a low tire, TPMS allows me to rule that out on the fly. Mine is the Garmin offering.
I advise you to get the bike up on a jack and safely start checking for looseness somewhere - and examine that tire! Good luck!
Great time to start thinking about TPMS. Some road conditions will lead me to think I have a low tire, TPMS allows me to rule that out on the fly. Mine is the Garmin offering.
I advise you to get the bike up on a jack and safely start checking for looseness somewhere - and examine that tire! Good luck!
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Agreed. While I do not expect the bike to handle better with the trunk reinstalled, it's simple enough to check and take that variable out of the equation. Or find out that indeed this is somehow the cause.
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Welcome to the forum.
Lots of good advice above. I would also suggest putting the Tour-PAC back on and see what happens even thought I do not think that is the problem.
I would definitely check the tires. A buddy rented a Limited last year with only 15k miles and the front tire was separating but you could not see it from the outside. He almost lost it in an easy curve under 60 MPH. Took it back to the dealer and they were totally stumped. Finally they pulled the tire and presto.
Good luck
Lots of good advice above. I would also suggest putting the Tour-PAC back on and see what happens even thought I do not think that is the problem.
I would definitely check the tires. A buddy rented a Limited last year with only 15k miles and the front tire was separating but you could not see it from the outside. He almost lost it in an easy curve under 60 MPH. Took it back to the dealer and they were totally stumped. Finally they pulled the tire and presto.
Good luck
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Ditto! I think it's a tire. My son's Roadking was wobbling. He pulled everything apart and checked it all. I told him to put his stock wheel back on back and see if it resolved the problem. It did. Was a bad tire. Also check sidewalls for a slight bulge. I had a Dunlop that developed the bulge (unknown to me) and it blew the sidewall out while wife and I were riding along in the desert. Luckily it was still controllable and we were able to get a tow and all worked out fine. But if you look there were some lawsuits about Dunlop sidewalls blowing and causing severe accidents.
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Ditto! I think it's a tire. My son's Roadking was wobbling. He pulled everything apart and checked it all. I told him to put his stock wheel back on back and see if it resolved the problem. It did. Was a bad tire. Also check sidewalls for a slight bulge. I had a Dunlop that developed the bulge (unknown to me) and it blew the sidewall out while wife and I were riding along in the desert. Luckily it was still controllable and we were able to get a tow and all worked out fine. But if you look there were some lawsuits about Dunlop sidewalls blowing and causing severe accidents.
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