front brakes

[Officerzman]

I"m back! Not that anyone knows or remembers me...but wife made me sell my 99 i/s a couple of years ago when I lived in Colorado, may have seen some of you at Inzane in Frisco. She gave me "permission" to buy another recently, which I did. 2000 I/S, same fast blue/silver color.

The front brakes make a rubbing sound while driving. Hit the front brakes and it goes away until you release the brake again.
I think he put EBCs on, my memory-not good, but I seem to recall EBCs not being the best choice? Or could it be a warped rotor?

I haven't had the chance to really look into it...I have also noticed, and i can't remember it happening on my old bike, but when I let go of the handlebars, the front end goes into a side to side wobble after a couple of seconds

  Ideas?

Kevin- Officerzman

[Officerzman]

oh yeah, now living in the Phoenix AZ area

[Denny47]

It would be easier and more info for you if you will scroll to top of page, center of page, right side to search box. Enter   front brake noise  and there are a lot of posts on this, after that enter    front wheel wobble   , lots of info . Also you can enter where you live in your profile under  , location.

[PAVALKER]

Might not have anything to do with the brake pads/rotors.... could very well be that the front wheel wasn't installed or seated properly during a tire change maybe?

[old2soon]

Front end wobble-upper rear shock bushings-maybe. Welcome back and RIDE SAFE.

[Michvalk]

The wobble could be related to the brake problem. Search for installing front wheel and read up on the proper Sequence for installing the front wheel. If the front pads are EBC and the rotors are Honda, not the best combo. Maybe the best thing to do would be to just check everything on the front. Both problems could be caused by a bad wheel bearing as well.

Oh, and welcome back!

[Officerzman]

thanks for the responses, I'll check it out. And I am sorry to post a question. Next time I'll just read and hope I run across what I'm looking for.
 Back to the shadows...

[Officerzman]

I really do appreciate the info...I'll be checking all this weekend.

[9Ball]

Check the easy stuff first.

My suggestion is to check that the axel is properly seated.  Follow the shop manual's installation instructions and make certain the axel is all the way in.  There were some recent posts showing a scribe mark on the axel that help identify that the axel is in the proper position before tightening the cinch bolts.  If you don't have a shop manual, then post here and we can give you the sequence.

If you haven't changed the fluids recently or they appear dark (should be clear not tea color or coffee color) now is the time to do this maintenance.

Good luck....should be an easy fix.

[HayHauler]

Hay Officerzman, here is the link to download a pdf version of the Service Manual from our good buddy Dag over in Norway. 

http://valkyrienorway.com/download.html

Front Wheel removal starts in section 13-8.

Hope this helps!

Hay 
Jimmyt

[Officerzman]

Wasn't meaning to be rude by not posting progress. But one of the responses I got really soured me to VRCC. A new person (relatively) asks a question, even after seeing all the other questions that are asked and get good answers, then gets told to do a search. You all are still taking about the same darkside stuff that I read 4 or 5 years ago, and they are allowed to ask a question and people still discuss.
Maybe it's just the one person, but it really made me feel UNWELCOME. So congrats Denny, you ran another Valk rider off. I promise you if I do return, I won't ask any questions just so you don't have to read it. Pissed? yeah, I guess I felt I got slapped in the face.

 The people that offered real advice, thank you. I had checked prior posts, nothing related to what I'm feeling. I'll keep looking into it.  I sure as hell wouldn't bother to post another question.

[old2soon]

Wasn't meaning to be rude by not posting progress. But one of the responses I got really soured me to VRCC. A new person (relatively) asks a question, even after seeing all the other questions that are asked and get good answers, then gets told to do a search. You all are still taking about the same darkside stuff that I read 4 or 5 years ago, and they are allowed to ask a question and people still discuss.
Maybe it's just the one person, but it really made me feel UNWELCOME. So congrats Denny, you ran another Valk rider off. I promise you if I do return, I won't ask any questions just so you don't have to read it. Pissed? yeah, I guess I felt I got slapped in the face.

 The people that offered real advice, thank you. I had checked prior posts, nothing related to what I'm feeling. I'll keep looking into it.  I sure as hell wouldn't bother to post another question.

   If I may. ONE person doe's NOT represent the entire board. Like anyplace else on a computer it is damn near impossible to get the correct meaning that the poster meant in every response. From any ones point of view it is very black and white and NO grey. You were not the first nor will you be the last to get yer knickers in a bunch.  And as you are well aware of this is THE place for Valkyrie information. Ponder it a bit and give er another try!! Most of us ain't as hateful as we sound.  Some of us are lots worse!!  RIDE SAFE.

[Hoser]

I did'nt see any remarks in of Denny's post that would cause me to get upset, but have a fairly thick skin. I usually use a smiley to indicate my lack of malice, or, infrequently, my displeasure.  And tips on search function is a good thing.  And a location can bring someone to your door to help out. as you see from the pic, I have a tendency to get over my head once in a while.  Hoser  

[Ricky-D]

With any kind of a wobble (high speed/low speed) the first suspect should be the tires.

Always assume the bike has no problem that would cause this wobble except the tires.

So start checking the tires with the emphasis on the front tire.

By adjusting the air pressure in the tire, first a low pressure and then a high pressure
you may find that this attenuates the sensation you are feeling.

Voila, you are a whole lot closer to correcting the problem.

Doing anything mechanically to the bike, should be absolutely the last item on a list.

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[PhredValk]

After checking the axle installation, pull the caliper and clean the pistons. My rear is doing that recently, and I plan to clean it up this winter.

When I first bought my IS my front tire wobbled so much I could feel it while riding one-handed. After changing out the worn E3 for a D404 rear up front I can ride for miles without touching the bars at all (not that I make a habit out of it, just let go now and then to check for wobbles and pulls).
Fred.

[Denny47]

I did not intend to get anyone's panties in a wad. There is just so much information on this board that it would be impossible to post in one reply. Lot's of new guys on here don't seem to be familiar with the search function so I was just trying to help, guess some folks don't want good advise.

[The Anvil]

Always assume the bike has no problem that would cause this wobble except the tires.

No. Absolutely do not EVER do this. Assume that you don't know what it is and give everything a good looking over for obvious defects. If you find none then you can take a good hard look at the tires (assuming they weren't an obvious stand-out). These are motorcycles and if you lose something up there were are talking likely catastrophe.

And also do not assume that if it is the tires that there isn't something else causing it.