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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Topeka, KS
Posts: 129
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Wobbbal. After tip.
You can tweak the front end. My son tweaked the front end on his Yamaha vstar 1100 classic when he wrecked it. It didn't wobble at any speed but it just didn't handle right. We put it on the motorcycle jack and took all the weight off the front end. Unclamped the triple trees, put the front tire between my knees, and my son twisted the handlebars till the front tire was perfectly in line. Fixed all the problem. Easily done. Nothing was bent or broken, just "twisted" slightly. I'm sure the same thing could happen to the Nomad. Get in a large parking lot, aim for a far off light pole, hold the bars perfectly straight and make sure it tracks straight.
My Nomad always had a had a "whole bike wobble" at high speed. A little puff of cross-wind or a slight bump in the road would case the whole bike to oscillate with a left lean and then a right lean, maybe three or four times. You could just see the top of the windshield move back and forth a couple of inches. Not scary or anything but it was just there. A couple of months ago I was riding the bike to work and something went "Clang" in the front end. No more problem. I think it was the same thing. One of the fork tubes was in a bind in the triple trees and finally relieved itself, at least I couldn't find anything else changed in the front end. Of course a week later I hit the deer and I haven't had the chance to take it on a long ride to see how it now handles! When you say it wobbles do you actually get movement in the handlebars or in the whole bike? Login or Register to Remove Ads |
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