Wobble
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As for the True-Track kit I have an S&S 107" engine in my bike, with just over 100 HP/TQ. The indy who installed it said at the time it was the only big engined bike he had ridden that he trusts in the rain (he is in the Welsh mountains!). You should find your bike feels and handles better, even before you get into top gear the first time!
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So, I have heard of the "wobble", but thought that Harley had made adjustments to new touring frames to prevent this. I thought it was BS,..... but I experienced it this weekend at high speed and luckily recovered. I was making a slight left turn, when the bike started swinging side to side like a pendulum. I had no control over it. It is like a trailer that is being pulled and starts to side swipe. I did nothing out of the ordinary. I was accelerating into the turn when it happened. I did not brake, but slowed and after a several minutes, the violent swinging slowed. I thought I was done. What makes me upset is that I was did nothing technically wrong and wham... I was lucky. I didn't panick, but it is unsettling to know that I can be riding, and yes I ride hard but safely, and have the bike basicly try to buck me off. Anyone with this experience on new touring frames? My bike is a 2013 Street Glide. Any words of advice? Happy to have made it out ok, thank you brothers.
On a serious note, grbrown has a great thread on this!
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I took my bike in to have 1000 mile service and am having then install a True Track. Ok, it was probably a minute, but seemed like an hour. But, the wobble and gyrations of the bike lasted after the the turn that started it. Until you have experienced a true wobble, a severe pendulum swing back and forth, not a little wobble you get in the wind or after passing a truck, you will not understand. I think there is confusion on what a real wobble is. I understand the skepticism, I felt this way also, having never experienced it. There is no doubt it is from the rear end, read GRbrown's previous thread on wobble, it is right on with what I experienced. I will let you know how it goes with the True Track. Thanks for all the comments.
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