It feels like the front end is light.
Does your batwing front end wiggle......
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From: Retired and living in the mountains of NE PA
I've never noticed any front-end wiggle at speed, but I don't normally cruise for extended periods of time at much over 70 mph or so
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+1....if I had to describe it I would say its more of a light feeling (on my 08' SG) rather than a wiggle. I do not experience it all the time though.....even under same load and road conditions. I think I may change the front tire over to a Metzler ME880 Marathon. I have them (front/rear) on my SE-Deuce, and that bike is rock solid, and she moves out....late at night out with friends we will push the bikes a bit....not too much over 100, but into the triple digits for sure, and still feels solid with the Metzlers on.
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From: Monroe, Louisiana
Wiggles in cross winds and wind from trucks at highway speeds. I don't stay near trucks any longer than I have to. It's not safe to be around them on a bike.
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You guys are describing my Road King Classic, so I don't think it is a bat wing thing so much as it is a touring bike thing. I like the discription that it is more like a light feel than a wiggle. And it really depends on the surface of the roads for me because I only get it on highways with rain grooves surfaces, which it seems Oklahoma City is doing all around town.
I have not tried it with my windshield off, but I will try that this week and let you know if it is a windshield thing. I say that because the Road Glides don't seem to complain about it and they don't have the windshield attached to the forks.
Beary
I have not tried it with my windshield off, but I will try that this week and let you know if it is a windshield thing. I say that because the Road Glides don't seem to complain about it and they don't have the windshield attached to the forks.
Beary
