I have to thank everyone for all your input. Tomorrow is another day and I will be out there putting all your suggestions to use. Hope to be back on the road soon before my PMS kicks in. ( Parked Motorcycle Syndrome ).

 

I have over 250K miles on 2 wheels with Dyna Beads, they work better than wheel weights. If you put the correct amount in for your size tire AND the inside of your tube is clean (no goop) then you can eliminate that as an issue.

Most common causes of wobble on a sporty-

Neck bearings
Bad tire (front or rear)
Bad suspension (front or rear)

It seems from your posts that nothing changed in the last 4 days except tire and dyna beads instead of wheel weights.

If you are sure you have the proper amount of dyna beads, then I would inspect the tire.

 

This is one of the hardest things for a wrencher to admit.......let alone a newbe wrencher. If things were fine before you touched it and not working fine after you touched it, you have a 99.9% chance the reason for the problem is something you touched.

Though all good advice about checking neck and wheel bearings, fork oil and such. I doubt those things went bad in one day. Though it is possible I guess that a new tire amplified a previously unnoticed problem. You said you changed the tires yourself, can you put the old tire back on to see if the problem goes away?

 

Rog48 thanks you just made me remember the actual reason I changed the front tire in the first place. Was getting a slight wobble in long curves at freeway speeds. Checked tire and found it was cupped along the whole diameter of the the tread. I assumed that was causing the instability. Fresh start today, going to go through it today and change the fork oil and check out the neck bearing.

 

Sikdvlz,

This phenomen is a unique characteristic of two wheeled vehicles; please check this 80's clip on this subject @4:10, . This happened to me on a brand new 2013 Iron XL883N from 70 mph, slowing down, towards an offramp; concerned me, and started looking into it, and much more than realized.

 

Only wobble I have ever experienced was on a bike with loose spokes.

 

Tire pressure ?

 

Following my offramp wobble/weave adventure, I checked the tire pressures, and measured at F = 40 psig, R = 35 psig; the manual specifies for Michelin Scorcher 31's at F = 35 psig, R = 40. Once I set the correct tire pressures, I did not experience wobble/weave; it appears the higher front tire pressure allowed the tire to "skip" (wobble/weave) over minor bumps on the road. From what I've been reading, wobble/weave is a characteristic that can only be reduced, and not completely eliminated. Check for correct riding pressures for your bike; specific to your tire type, vehicle, riding style, and ancillary loads.

 

I just put the RSD Fork Brace on and it seemed to help A LOT! Check it out...I found a good deal on DennisKirk.com

Good luck!

 

I'm selling all of my bikes!