The past few weeks my bike hasn't felt as stable in high speeds turns. Checking the bike I felt the steering stabilizer and could move it around a little bit, it felt loose. Could this be part of the problem? Please respond with any ideas you could have. Thanks, Richard
Steering Stabilizer
- Thread starter NoFearSpear
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Richard, when you say it feels loose you mean it moves around or you mena you can move the handle bars from side to side two easily?
Both,,with my hand i can wiggle it some,,and when driving "over 80 or so" i dont feel safe on even sweeping turns.It's hard to explain.
If you take the upper inners off, do you notice any oil? Maybe take out the pannels and turn the handlebars - see if you have some kind of seepage or leaking...
Will do,,,still should i be able to move it with my hand? or should it be solid on bike?
It will move up and down (turning around the bearing) but you are looking for how it actually affects the steering...
Instead of spending $$ on an after market steering stabilizer, I replaced the oil in mine with 80W gear oil. It is very stable at high speeds now and solid as a rock in hard corning.
Don
Don
what kind of tire pressure do you run in your tires? This may sound like a dumb question but underinflated tires can make the bike fell loose too...
Everytime i cross something off my list,,a add two more! Will that work with my set up? Or need to go back to stock?
you'll always have to remove the top mount damper anytime you need to lift the tank... gets old quick. Try and find one that mounts back in the stock location.
Problem solved,,,front tire had a flat spot all around about 1 to 1.5 inch wide in center ,,when going into hard turn was feeling that lip,,new pp installed "thankx to rubber2burn"fixed it!! Feels solid again,,,still get'n the GPR a.s.a.p!
