Low speed wobble

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Larry xlax Lovisone <netters2 RemoveThis @nospamcomcast.net> wrote:

 > So my question is,
  > > could this be a symptom of an overtightened steering head bearing?
 >
 > Yes... if a bike will not naturally seek a center of balance then I
 > would suspect to much resistance at the steering head bearings...

Before you check anything else, make sure the tires are inflated
properly. Then look at the steering-head bearing tightness.

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"Larry xlax Lovisone" <netters2.TakeThisOut@nospamcomcast.net> wrote in message
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 >
 > So my question is,
  > > could this be a symptom of an overtightened steering head bearing?
 >
 > Yes... if a bike will not naturally seek a center of balance then I
 > would suspect to much resistance at the steering head bearings...
 >
 > Larry L

Almost guaranteed steering head bearings, especially when a mechanic has
just "tightened" them.
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 > "Larry xlax Lovisone" <netters2 RemoveThis @nospamcomcast.net> wrote in message
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  > >
  > >
  > > So my question is,
   > > > could this be a symptom of an overtightened steering head bearing?
  > >
  > > Yes... if a bike will not naturally seek a center of balance then I
  > > would suspect to much resistance at the steering head bearings...
  > >
  > > Larry L
 >
 > Almost guaranteed steering head bearings, especially when a mechanic has
 > just "tightened" them.
 > B

I thought it was a high speed weave that signalled steering head bearings
being to tight?


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Thanks for all the replies.

Larry X, thanks for your reply especially. You described my symptom
much better than I did. The bike seems to have a hard time finding
it's natural center of balance. I checked my tire pressures yesterday
and they were about 2 psi low on both ends, so I don't think that was
the cause. I didn't notice the bike was acting a little funny at
speed on the the way home from the shop due to blustery crosswinds and
shivering from the cold. Once I got back into town and out of the
wind it became more apparent. I definately need to take it in and get
it checked out. The problem is that my "trusted" mechanic is 100
miles away so I don't know if I want to take it back to him or let the
local idiots take a shot at it. Before everyone flames my "trusted"
guy, I'll say that he had adjusted the steering head freeplay on my
old Daytona several times and I never had this problem. Besides that,
he's the only Triumph mechanic that I know of in Iowa that actually
rides Triumphs and works primarily on new Triumphs. Everyone has a
bad day once in a while I guess.

Thanks again everyone!

Aaron McConeghey
'02 Triumph Daytona CE
'01 Suzuki SV650
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