New guy needs help with unexplained wobble
#11
10-09-2018, 08:01 PM
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#12
10-09-2018, 08:04 PM
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If it handled fine before you took it to the shop it had to be something they did. I’m guessing either low tire pressure or a defective tire or both. I’ve had new tires installed at Harley dealers more than once and got them back with 32 psi, which is way too low. I’m more inclined to believe you have a defective tire and the defect doesn’t show up until the tire gets good and hot. The dealer techs are not going to take the time to run it long and hard on the interstate unless you force them to. Their idea of a test ride is a quick jaunt around the block. I would go back and make them prove those tires are inflated to 36 psi front and 40 psi rear cold. Then make them take it for a long run at 70 on the interstate before they tell you there’s nothing wrong with it. I can almost guarantee they did not duplicate the conditions. As for being scared of the bike I don’t know what to tell you. I’d be more scared of that dealer’s service dept. if it was me.
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10-09-2018, 08:07 PM
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Not rode it yet.
They just called me at 6pm to let me know they could not find anything wrong with it and I could not get over there in time to pick it up. I have asked them to order me wheel bearing and replace them ASAP. They say bearings will be in and installed Friday so hopefully I can ride it then. I know the bearings are a shot in the dark, but I’ll try anything at this point. I can tell you that if i can’t figure this thing out I’m going to have one less toy in the garage.
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10-09-2018, 08:17 PM
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#16
10-09-2018, 08:23 PM
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I dunno man....I am not you, but seems like you're throwing money at the (now non-existent?) problem.
Even being pretty new to bikes, I would've rubbed my hand on the tires (to see if they were slick) and used an air tire gauge (that I have on the bike) to check both pressures
before calling the ol' ball n' chain and a dealer.
Easy peasy. You could do that on the side of the road.
Why do I feel like we're being slowly sucked into a thread that's not real?
Even being pretty new to bikes, I would've rubbed my hand on the tires (to see if they were slick) and used an air tire gauge (that I have on the bike) to check both pressures
before calling the ol' ball n' chain and a dealer.
Easy peasy. You could do that on the side of the road.
Why do I feel like we're being slowly sucked into a thread that's not real?
#17
10-09-2018, 08:34 PM
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For your own safety just give me the goddamn bike before your hurt yourself. Now if you have at least half a nut left between your legs your bike is fine. New tires have a mold releasing agent on them...makes them pretty damn slick for a while. Go ride carefully for awhile gradually increasing how far you lean over in corners, go easy on the throttle too. It doesn't take very long, couple miles to scrub them in if you're trying.That's all it is, the " techs" should have warned you about that when you picked up the bike the first time. So go ride or or ship it to me...i like new tires.
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10-09-2018, 08:49 PM
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#19
10-09-2018, 10:05 PM
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Wait a second here, have you rode the bike since the tech's checked it out? They may have fixed something they didn't want to own up to when they said it was ok. Please let us know. It may be ok now.
From your first post, sounded like low tire pressures, that's pretty easy to check.
From your first post, sounded like low tire pressures, that's pretty easy to check.
But he has to go ride it again. Could be a case of magical being fixed... because they didn't want to own the problem.
