High Speed Wobble...When?
Cruiser
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 220
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From: Out there some where
Man you guys got me thinking. I have yet had the experience but it is not uncommon for me to be running down the highway on cruise control at 75 mph with only one hand on the bars. I have done this many times in the long sweeping turns and never went to two hands on the bars. I may change that now because I damn sure don't want to have a wobble start and have only one hand on the bars.
Road Captain
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 735
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From: australia
Any bike will flex when pushing hard through corners under brakes even GP bikes. Harleys have rubber engine mounts to stop the vibes so they will flex and wobble or wallow or what ever you want to call it. I have felt this many times but its not like the death wobble where you get the bars ripped from your hands when slowing down. I will fit a str8 or true track just in case I over shoot a corner and need to grab the brakes to slow down better safe than sorry.
Road Master
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 862
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From: Western PA
Anytime I put my 07 ultra into a sweeping bend I feel the wobble or wallow that others have noticed. I don't think 80 mph is pushing the issue on a top of the line touring bike. After all the speed limit is 75 mph in many states and 80 mph in Texas.
The engineers at the MCO must feel the same way or they would not have made the changes in 09 to fix this problem. I love my 07 ultra but guess who's looking at a new frame and fatter tires in the near future!!
The engineers at the MCO must feel the same way or they would not have made the changes in 09 to fix this problem. I love my 07 ultra but guess who's looking at a new frame and fatter tires in the near future!!
Tourer
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 309
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From: SoCal
I ride a 2007 Road King Classic am another that has not experienced the wobble. I have tried to make it wobble using the suggestion that ACFTDR mentioned and still no wobble. I was begining to think I was the only one that hasn't experienced it, so I am glad to see that I'm not. I do however beleive allot do have it or else there wouldn't be so many stabilizers on the market. I guess those of us who don't should be thankful.
Does anyone know if a certain model is more prone to this problem? Does milage (8,500 on mine) make it more noticable?
Does anyone know if a certain model is more prone to this problem? Does milage (8,500 on mine) make it more noticable?
Road Master
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 944
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From: Tennessee
Pump your shocks up like I did to around 30psi. My bikes rides like its on rails and doesn't change track like it did at 25psi. I think the frame mod was more for their trike conversion and cheaper to produce. Kaw sells its 1500 for $9K and it's frame is built the same way.
Advanced
Joined: May 2008
Posts: 75
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From: Land Of Lincoln
Coming from my two previous bikes a Buell XB12S and a Yamaha R1 i always tried to push myself . So when i got my 02 RK i wanted to see how this thing would handle , i took a familiar corner at around 65 or so and got the dreaded wobble , woke my *** up real quick , didnt panic just let out off the throttle and the bike settled itself right down .
I couldnt agree more , i like to ride my bike hard so ill probably be looking into a rear stabilizer soon .
Originally Posted by greg09997
"It all depends on your ridding style. Some will never experience it, because they don't push their bikes hard."
Tourer
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 349
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From: United States of America :-)
Been riding since the early 1960's .......... all harleys from pan heads, to sportsters to Glides to Ultra and never had any wobble problem.
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Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 41
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From: San Ramon, CA
I've felt it too...just like most, its during high speed (80+) sweeping turns. it does wake you up, but as long as you have the room to roll off the throttle, its all good. maybe in the future I'll look into the fixes...