bike is twitchy.....
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bike is twitchy.....
My bike isn't handling worth a damn right now for some reason. It's real "twitchy" when I'm solo. But when the wife is on the back, it feels a lot more stable. Now how the hell can that be? Any ideas on what to check for, other than air pressures? I'm wondering if my swingarm bushings are taking a dump. Bike has about 51k.
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i ride 2 up 90%of the time the other 10 it handles really different, might not be anything wrong except for the lost counterwieght.
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Your rear tire squared off? Look at it from the rear and be honest about what a rear tire should look like. If it ain't round you have a problem when the road is crowned or when you lean the bike.
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I had the squared off tire problem. I was checking everything else and someone mentioned the tire and when I looked Yep was flat in mid section with definte edges Had a new Metzler 880 put on the back and now its back to handling like a dream Check the tire