Bagger wobble exposed!
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A lot of people don't like the comment I'm about to make. How fast are you going in this sweepers that you get a wobble? Serious question, are you driving like a Grand Prix driver?
I've never experienced this on my 07
I've been told it's because I'm not going fast enough 
I've never experienced this on my 07
I've been told it's because I'm not going fast enough Speed has something to do with it, but more importantly something else is worn or not aligned. I rode an Ultra Classic that had it bad, it was no fun. The bike felt loose
I had a Honda CBX that had it bad, it was fixed by new rear shocks.
My Road King does not have the wobble and rides great on stock shocks.
If you are riding the bike and it feels like something isnt right, then something isnt right.
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this is amazing
after all of these years, this thread is still alive, the OP painstakingly layed out, ad nauseum, every possible detail and fact he could find about wobbling
just so that after 12 years, a stranger like me could come along and say...
"**** that, I'm not reading that much!"
after all of these years, this thread is still alive, the OP painstakingly layed out, ad nauseum, every possible detail and fact he could find about wobbling
just so that after 12 years, a stranger like me could come along and say...
"**** that, I'm not reading that much!"
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Originally Posted by foxtrapper
It didn't take a lot of speed to set my 04 to wobbling. Basically heeled over in a sweeper turn and then hit some expansion joints to bounce the bike a bit sideways since it was leaned over in the turn.
Was, and wasn't, a simple issue and fix, on my bike.
One is the was too loose steering head. A whole lot of the wobbling the bike had was right there, flopping easily around that hinge joint. Judicious use of arm strength damping helped a whole lot, as did a mildly tighter set to the free play. Never did install a steering damper, but it certainly could have helped.
Another was the built in oem slop in between the swing arm pivot shaft and the inner bearing inserts in the swing arm. Easily and obviously detected with the belt slack, but invisible with tension on the drive belt. That slop let the rear wheel turn side to side, with the belt acting as a rubber band. Eliminated that play and the bike never acted up again. Not on the highway, not on the track.
Was, and wasn't, a simple issue and fix, on my bike.
One is the was too loose steering head. A whole lot of the wobbling the bike had was right there, flopping easily around that hinge joint. Judicious use of arm strength damping helped a whole lot, as did a mildly tighter set to the free play. Never did install a steering damper, but it certainly could have helped.
Another was the built in oem slop in between the swing arm pivot shaft and the inner bearing inserts in the swing arm. Easily and obviously detected with the belt slack, but invisible with tension on the drive belt. That slop let the rear wheel turn side to side, with the belt acting as a rubber band. Eliminated that play and the bike never acted up again. Not on the highway, not on the track.
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From: Ottawa, Ontario
Originally Posted by Highway Handler
My Road King does not have the wobble and rides great on stock shocks.
If you are riding the bike and it feels like something isnt right, then something isnt right.
If you are riding the bike and it feels like something isnt right, then something isnt right.
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From: San Diego, CA
this is amazing
after all of these years, this thread is still alive, the OP painstakingly layed out, ad nauseum, every possible detail and fact he could find about wobbling
just so that after 12 years, a stranger like me could come along and say...
"**** that, I'm not reading that much!"
And yet you felt the need to take the time and make a negative comment about it....
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From: Ottawa, Ontario
Originally Posted by hattitude
And yet you felt the need to take the time and make a negative comment about it....
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