2009 CVO Road Glide Front end Wobble
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2009 CVO Road Glide Front end Wobble
Picked up bike 2/24/09, put approx 2000 miles--no problems, except seat(prefer seat on '01 Eagle-corbin). Put chopped tour pack on, have not kept it on the bike it since I bought it home from dealer in Feb, put it on when we went on road trip......now bike has bad wobble @ approx 50-55
dealer checked steering head---still has wobble even without tour pack, tire rebalanced....no help.....bike has 2500 miles on it...
dealer checked steering head---still has wobble even without tour pack, tire rebalanced....no help.....bike has 2500 miles on it...
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This seems to be a common problem with these bikes. I get it with mine as well while decelerating through 45-40 with no hand pressure on the bars. Maybe some others can chime in and explain this common problem.
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09 frond end wobble
There is a HD service bulletin out to dealers addressing this issue. While it is not considered a safety issue they have found the early tires have a tread pattern direction that causes a low speed wobble. Dunlop has updates the tires to reverse the tread direction that cures the wobble. The dealers have the authority from the MOCO to replace tires that have caused problems with the newer reversed tread direction.
HTH,
Bob
HTH,
Bob
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Mine came stock with the Dunlop 408. The problem is with the 407. They cup out and look like a knobby in about 5000 miles. Theres a bunch of info on the forum about this issue. I have no wobble problem. Seems like every bike has a point during deceleration that you can feel a shimmy or wobble depending on the bike.
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i have an 09 rg with rc 21in up front and it wobbles wit no hands on at low speeds i thought i was out of my mine with this problem but obviusly not.
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I have a 2001 SERG and never have felt a wobble. This bike is very smooth even behind a semi. I have the Dunlop D402 on my bike. Maybe the wider tires on the new bikes have some effect but if so it would occur on the ultas too. Note: I also leave my lowers on which may help, do you have lowers to put on and try?
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My RG is not a CVO but experienced the wobble from day one, I tried a new tire because I did not want to tell a dealer I took my hands off the bar. The steering head needed to be adjusted, took two times to get it right.