1st let me start this off with the fact that I am a"novice"

Today duringrush-hour traffic keeping pace with traffic (65-70mph) on a three lane highwayturned into a "grooved pavement" for about 4 miles was pure hell. It was really intense, at times the front wheel had a mind of its own. In my case the 1st escape exit, turned out to be after the 4 miles of white knuckles.

What is the proper way to handle grooved pavement?

 

Relax...the more tense you are, the harder it is to ride the grooves.

 

Found it very hard to relax when the front wheel had a mind of its own. Kept telling myself; relax, don't fight the handle bars, keep a steady throttle, with head and eyes up.

Was a very interesting ride.

 

Been there, done that!

Like he said, relax. When I first starting riding I tensed up a lot on the grooved roads. During a long road trip we hit about 100 miles of the stuff. I finally just loosed up and let her rip. Aftera while I did not even really notice.

A previous post I read here discussed the merits of running different tires to remedy some of the wobble on grooved roads. If I remember right the majority of the posters believed that the Metzler (sp) tire made the bike handle better that the OEM Dunlops.

Just curious, what bike and what tires are you running?

FD

 

Relax and get rid of the Dunlops. I used to ride over several bridges that had steel decking for a surface-Absolutely brutal! The front end felt like it was on ice and subject to wash out in any direction. My BMW with Metzlers is completely oblivious to it.

 

Yep,like the other's said don't fight it.If it bothers you that much then get off and find a different route.A lot offreeways are paved that way now.

 

The bike always ends up where it's supposed to be on the grooves if you relax, because the grooves always come back to where they started. If that makes sense.

 

Just kind of cup your hands loosely around the grips and it will do what it should. Sometimes experience is hard on the mind. Knuckles should never be white, that is two intense.

 

Yep,
Just relax, let er wobble a bit, it will essentially track pretty straight. I do hate the steel grate bridge decks though.

Yes, Metzelers wil track straighter on grooved roads as they dont have the circumferential grooves like the Dunlops.

 

07 FLHTCU Dunlop D402F and as another poster said "at times felt like I was on ice"