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Old Sep 3, 2021 | 12:58 PM
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I have had some issues with my steering starting to wobble pretty good right about 80 mph. At 85 it's getting a bit hairy. I checked the steering stem and seemed like it was good, maybe a little on the tight side. Is there a steering damper I can get. All my life a rode super bikes and always upgraded my damper.

Or is there something else I should be looking at? I live in SoCal, if I'm not driving at least 80 mph on the freeway I'm getting tailgated.
 
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Start with the rear suspension swing arm bushings for age, wear, looseness, wheel alignment, tire condition, motor mounts.
 
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I have added swing arm stiffener already. And there is a swingarm bushing stiffener on it when I purchased it. Tires are new, but an off brand I never heard of that the previous owner installed. I have only owned this for a few months. Motor mounts I have not checked.
 
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check alignment per service manual . If you have spoke rims check all spokes good luck
 
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Just for giggles (and peace of mind) add a bottle of Ride On to your tires. It does double duty as it balances tires and prevents flats.

Otherwise do you have spoked wheels? If so check your spokes. Had a couple break on me and like to kill me.
 
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After I did the swing arm bearings and bushings on my 07 flhtc it rode like a new bike at 90000 miles
 
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It is a spoked wheel bike, I will check these with he tuning fork style method, Check the alignment and double check the swing arm bushings.

thanks for all the advise!
 
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I had the same symptoms on my '00 FLTR at around 100,000 miles. Installed these bushings and the bike still steers true and holds a correct turn in a sweeper 70,000 miles later. (I used only the swingarm bushings. The smaller support biscuits transmitted a bit too much vibration IMO.)

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