Gave myself a bit of a fright yesterday. Was rounding a nice long right hand sweeper bend at about 55 mph, touched the front brake lightly to take some edge off my speed and the front end started wobbling like mad and continued for a bit ( 3-4seconds) after I let the brake off. First time it's happened.
Anyone else experience this and where could I start looking to perhaps find a solution?

TIA, 8's

 

Before the "you have to spend a $gazillion on something" people pipe up, just check the front wheel's fallaway as per the manual

Oh - and checking the tyre pressures wouldn't hurt.

 

Tyre pressures are good, checked before I went out and again on return, was the first thing that came to mind.
Thanks for the fall away tip, will look at that ASAP.

 

Most motorcycle safety courses recommend against using the front brake while turning ... take off speed with the front brake before going into the turn ... if needed, use the rear brake while in the turn ....

R/
'Chop

 

Big mistake.

 

+1. Basics.

 

+2, I did a face plant on the pavement after I hit the front brake in a turn! Lesson learned, only touch the rear brake in a turn, stand the bike up if you have to apply anything more than a touch!

 

There is a big difference to grabbing a handful of front brake in a corner to feathering the front brake in a corner, but that is not the real issue. You should not get any wobble when braking period.
Krazy8s, do you get and sort of wobble when lightly applying the brake in a straight line or at any speed in a straight line? Besides checking the fall away, I would take it to the dealer and have them make sure your rotor is torqued properly, check to see if there is excessive runout of the rotor with a dial indicator, check to make sure the bearings are not loose/failing and that the axle is properly torqued.

 

Maybe check for a warped rotor, too ....

 

Tires first (wear) then pressure then fall away then bearings neck and wheel