on Thursday morning rolling down I-185 from Phenix City AL to Thunder Beach --- going about 95mph 6th gear the bike startsa serious wobble--- kind of snake like---let off the gas down to about 80 / 75 it comes out of the wobble---good road don't know why it did this.

 

I've had similar experiences with my '08 SG. I think the stabilizers that everyone has been talking about lately, like RideStr8 for example, are supposed to be curing these issues.

Am I correct in my assessment?


MM

 

It's all about rake & trail. SG's have shorter shockers than Ultra's etc, meaning the rake & trail will differ. That's why putting larger diameter front wheels in affects the stability. Add in factors like cross winds, tyre pressures, windshields etc etc & it's a minefield out there!!

 

If bags are loaded with more weight in one side it will affect it also,along with a whole lot of other stuff that could be wrong.

 

Check air pressures,steering head bearings ,engine mounts ,wheels,
axels, string line the bike if all good replace the fron't tyre

 

I omitted some info -- bike was fully loaded -- 160/18 metz on the rear 4.25 rim with 40lbs of air

 

May be you shouldn't go 95 mph....just a thought....

 

How was your load distributed? Should be in a triangular area of axle - axle - top of helmet. Loaded bags at the rear, high up are bad news..

 

Pfffttttt !!!!


All good advice here.

 

I'm sorry, but I don't think our bikes were really built to do 90+