When I first bought my bike it had an old tire on it and I rode for about 5K and was surprised that the wobble got better but only for about 5k and then it got bad again. Had to replace the tire along with the bearings - both were cheep crappy tires which I will never buy again. I'm a believer in buying the right tires. I can't say which caused which but the end result was new tire and bearings. In the long run they coast me way more in maintenance and didn't last very long at all. People on the forum would probably agree - if you have any questions about your tires replace them - tire problems at speed are never good.
Sean On Nov 8, 6:31 am, marcel cerdan <[email protected]> wrote: > Well not taking chances with front wheel : ordered the bearings, and > will change the (aging) tire having it balAnced ... Even if it is only > a balance issue the previous owner must have been riding like this for > quite some time and the bearings must have suffered... > > To be followed > > On Nov 7, 10:33 pm, Hawaii Sean <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > 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.
