corner sway/wobble

[bigfish_Oh]

   I did just notice while riding single I get a little sway/wobble in a curve, 60mph or over. I assume it has to be tire pressure(CT) or shock setting because I am 180 #'s light ? I feel perfect when 2 up.

any ideas?   thanks 

[sugerbear]

shock bushings ok?

[Black Dog]

Check your upper shock bushings...  Bolt should be 'dead center' in the upper shock eye.  If not, they are worn, and should be replaced.

There are a couple of VRCC members that offer replacement 'lifetime' bushings.

Gary, through Chet's Rattlebars store, but looks like he has retired;

http://www.rattlebars.com/

Or Daryl, at Xf6 Customs;

http://www.xf6-custom.com/partpages/bushings.html

Both great guys!

Black Dog

[Farther]

It has been reported that Hondaline VTX poly bushings work too.

[valkyriemc]

I have those and I like 'em so far, VTX that is.

[bigfish_Oh]

but the bushings would work fine with 2 people riding?

are shock bushings wore out even when they are hard to take on and off?, I've had shocks off many times, building trailer hitch hitch and solving rubbing.

  I can make bushings, the shocks are the short list of upgrades

thanks

[tank_post142]

weight directly over the shock will keep them from moving around on the stud as much.

[fudgie]

Check to see if the rubber bushings look oblong around the bolt.

[Ricky-D]

   I did just notice while riding single I get a little sway/wobble in a curve, 60mph or over. I assume it has to be tire pressure(CT) or shock setting because I am 180 #'s light ? I feel perfect when 2 up.

any ideas?   thanks 

I don't understand every response "going off" about the rear shock bushing but I think you are correct about it being possibly connected to air pressure in the rear tire, also I would say tire pressure in the front tire is even more of an influence.

A lot of that (sway/wobble) can also be rider induced due to road condition and "the rut" which is ever present on the road.

You have to keep in mind that a bump on a road curve will cause the bike to feel like it's wobbling/swaying and this is only due to the fact that the bike is leaning over and the forces from the road are vertical while the bike is not!

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[fudgie]

   I did just notice while riding single I get a little sway/wobble in a curve, 60mph or over. I assume it has to be tire pressure(CT) or shock setting because I am 180 #'s light ? I feel perfect when 2 up.

any ideas?   thanks 

I don't understand every response "going off" about the rear shock bushing but I think you are correct about it being possibly connected to air pressure in the rear tire, also I would say tire pressure in the front tire is even more of an influence.

A lot of that (sway/wobble) can also be rider induced due to road condition and "the rut" which is ever present on the road.

You have to keep in mind that a bump on a road curve will cause the bike to feel like it's wobbling/swaying and this is only due to the fact that the bike is leaning over and the forces from the road are vertical while the bike is not!

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My CT did this 2 up in curves, esp on bridges. It would 'bounce/ twist. Would not do it 1 up. I up the PSI and its perfect.

[sugerbear]

   I did just notice while riding single I get a little sway/wobble in a curve, 60mph or over. I assume it has to be tire pressure(CT) or shock setting because I am 180 #'s light ? I feel perfect when 2 up.

any ideas?   thanks 

I don't understand every response "going off" about the rear shock bushing but I think you are correct about it being possibly connected to air pressure in the rear tire, also I would say tire pressure in the front tire is even more of an influence.

A lot of that (sway/wobble) can also be rider induced due to road condition and "the rut" which is ever present on the road.

You have to keep in mind that a bump on a road curve will cause the bike to feel like it's wobbling/swaying and this is only due to the fact that the bike is leaning over and the forces from the road are vertical while the bike is not!

***

sorry but i didn't "go off" just asked a simple question.  ???

[Walküre]

   I did just notice while riding single I get a little sway/wobble in a curve, 60mph or over. I assume it has to be tire pressure(CT) or shock setting because I am 180 #'s light ? I feel perfect when 2 up.

any ideas?   thanks 

If I recall, you are running a CT, correct? I'm running the General Tire Altimax, at between 38 and 44 psi - still playing with it a bit. I have one pretty nice sweeper, that I go on about twice a week, and notice that I feel a similar "sway/wobble". I have new shock bushing, the harder ones here on the forums (Gary comes to mind). Still have that feeling, though. I have decided that it has more to do with the fact that I have to actually hold the tire in the turn, so I feel it more in the handlebars, than a MT. Don't know how yours feels, mine is very slight, just enough so I know it's there. I do know that I have to have a heavier hand, with the CT, and I think the same amount of wobble, wouldn't be noticeable, or AS noticeable with a MT.

I could be wrong, but it's not enough to sway (pun intended) me to go back to a MT, to find out.

BTW, you mentioned in a thread that you made your own trailer hitch - do you have pictures posted anywhere?

R