Hey recent thing i’ve noticed on my bike was… when i go liek 50mph or more and left off the throttle take my hands off the handle bars, i get the wobbles… not out of control but it happens bad enough to where u wanna grabd the handle bars before it gets crazy.
The front wheel is balanced, i just dont see or understand how/why the bike would do that… i havent crashed or dropped it since it started happening…
Even more so on a bike, 1 wheel vs 2 laterally holding them together. They are expensive but you will thank yourself hen you dont have road rash from you legs to your shoulder. Without them coming down from a wheelie or generally high speeds can become dangerous very quickly.
head shake and tank slappers are underpants ruiners, if you get into a crazy one dont fight it, it will only make it worse. Invest in a scotts dampner they are amazing, you could almost set a wheelie down completly sideways and get no head shake
if the problem has gotten worse I would try and find the source of the wobbles rather than just get a damper. I wouldn’t want you to get a damper to cover up the wobbles, then have the problem get worse but be masked by the damper, then tragedy strike.
the only wheelies i done were liek little first gear wheelies maybe 12 inches max at one time but everytime it was a smooth landing once i landed sligfhtly off and i got the wobbles but if that did it u gotta be joking me
The bike was probably left on those tires sitting over the winter and you most likely developed a flat spot, or you locked up the rear wheel and slid on it for a while developing a flat spot on the rear.
Either will cause that same feeling ~45-50mph.
SV used to do it on old tires, changed the tires it’s fine now.
636 is doing it now, I’m sure it’s the tires (original tires that it sat on for over a year)
the rear tire as you know is brand new, and there is def no flat spots, i would be pissed as hell if there was , i never slid on it yet, i did slip a bit when racing this camaro last week but that wouldnt make a flat spot
the front tire is brand new at least it still has the hairs on it when i got it
I’m looking into Dampeners too, Scotts are great, but for the 636 they require drilling into the frame which I’ll stay away from for now.
Tank slappers are very common on these bikes.
Either way, I’d say not worry about it for now, since unless you have had a serious accident with the bike that either bend the frame or the forks; it has to be an issue with the wheel itself (weights) or the tires (flat spots), either one of which is easily solved.
It doesn’t bother me much at the moment but if you’re seriously concerned I would just go and get the wheels spin balanced to be sure.
i did read that if the front and rear tires arent tracking straight it can cause the front to wobble like you explained. for example if the rear tire tensioners didnt get adjusted the same on both sides when you tried to tighten the chain. they say even though you follow the marks on the swingarm it can still be slightly off. just a thought hopefully you get it all figured out.