My wobble turned out to be the bearings. It started around 40 or so and was never bad but if I took my hand off one side I could really feel it. new bearings in the front wheel and it's solid as a rock again.
On Nov 7, 12:17 pm, "Allen Thomas" <[email protected]> wrote: > Check your slider bushing for wear as well. With the bike on its center stand > and someone holding the rear end down so the front tire is in the air. Push > and pull on the lower forks feel for slop if you hear any clicks or feel any > looseness then you have worn bushing, or possibly a loose head bearing. Now > do it at the tire to check the wheel bearings. > Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: marcel cerdan <[email protected]> > > Sender: [email protected] > Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2011 12:42:38 > To: Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!<[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Front Wheel vibration > > for those who are still on the road as the cold sets in, a question : > > On my 85 650 NH, I noticed that past 30 mph, my front wheel had a back > and forth vibration shaking the bottom of fork a bit. Now it is not > impacting driving (even at high speed I have no wobbling effects or > shakes in the steering). Just a back and forth motion, creating a > slight vibration even on plane roads. > > I'm guessing my front wheel is not properly balanced, but before I > have that checked ( not easy to do on your own :-) ) any experience on > the matter from the board ?! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
