Terrible wobble

[catman_4_ever]

On the way home from work last night my bike developed a terrible wobble. After giving the bike the once over, I discovered the right side trunk mount bolts were missing. Who would have thought that could cause the wobble in the steering. Replaced the bolts and back to normal.

[Yeah, Just Dale]

Was it at a certain speed? Accelerating? Slowing down? Hard to believe the trunk mounts could cause that unless it was really shifting around.

[catman_4_ever]

Usually when hitting bumps on the road. Wisconsin roads are pretty bad as soon as the frost comes out. It feft like the front tire was going down

[Yeah, Just Dale]

Lake effect snows wreak havoc on the roads here too. Ride safe.

[Eck]

Sounds like your Steering head bearings may be loose.

 

its a quick fix...

Look in tech section for adjusting steering head bearings..

 

Takes longer to jack the bike up then it does to fix it..

[Seaking]

On the way home from work last night my bike developed a terrible wobble. After giving the bike the once over, I discovered the right side trunk mount bolts were missing. Who would have thought that could cause the wobble in the steering. Replaced the bolts and back to normal.

 

very interesting.. I usually give my bags a tug and a shake once in a while as I had the bolts come off the bags on another bike before.. But I guess the winds catching in between the bags and bike would buffet a lot and make the bike wobble..

 

Another good reason to do checks on our bikes on a regular basis..

 

Thanks for the heads up!