davej
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posted May 10, 2008 09:27 AM
High speed wobble
Picked up a high speed wobble around 140 on the track yesterday. Running a stock Bridgestone tire on the front and pilot power on the rear. 3000 miles on the front tire 3 months ago. Steering is very light under hard acceleration, bike is lowered to the middle hole on the Muzzy link. A new tire usually fixes the a wobble. Have a steering dampner ordered but am I correct in assuming how to fix the wobble? Suspension is to spec. Only turned a 10.30 @ 147mph, overweight issue on my part, still improving the the 1/8 mile though 6.8 at 113 mph. 1.8 60'
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bigdtd
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posted May 10, 2008 09:43 AM
lets see you lowered it ran mismatched tires and wonder about a wobble, when you lower it you change the geometry of the whole bike and that could cause it, but most likely you need some matching rubber on balanced wheels for a start. also get someone who knows suspension to set your bike up like chad from kinetic motorsports. a damper just treats the symptoms.
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davej
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posted May 10, 2008 09:58 AM
Yes it is a bad deal to mix tires, suspect I just proved that, the BT020 rear broke loose at 9000 rpm prompting the hasty move to a pilot power solved that problem to pick up another. Wobble wasn't a big surprise and agree with you completely about treating the symptom, It will still wobble even with a dampner. Damn...... hate changing tires with lots of tread left.
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bigdtd
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posted May 10, 2008 10:01 AM
i dumped the battleaxes and put pilot powers front and rear, best mod yet, very solid. i could get the battleaxe front to wash out and it had plenty of tread. get the michelins and don't look back.
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eklipse636
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posted May 10, 2008 05:36 PM
why would different styles of tires make it go into a wobble as long as they are the correct size???
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