Hi all thanks for reading.
Recently my bike has developed a wobble under deceleration from ~48-41mph. If I keep my hands on the handlebars (which is always a good thing ) my arms dampen the wobble out but if I take a hand off I can feel the wobble. I'm just scared it will progress to a tank-slapping deal and would rather be safe and fix it ASAP.
My tires are inflated to about 35psi f/r and I've messed around with the pressures (28-35psi) to see if it helped any which it hasn't. I havn't flatspotted my front wheel nor hit anything that I think could bend it. Perhaps it has slowly squared up. From what I've read, this sounds just like my front tire is getting worn down. I'm not sure how many miles are on it since I bought it with the current tires from PO, but tread depth seems good and I see no flat spots. Normally I do all my automotive work myself, but will probably have to take it to a shop due to my crazy school schedule (about to graduate with a doctorate ;D ;D).
Besides tires, I didn't know if this could be related to the forks/shocks/bearings. I have also searched and haven't been able to find how much freeplay and bound/compression is acceptable in the front shocks. Although I have never seen any fluid leaking from them, the bike seems to have a lot of dive under braking and when I sit my 170lb self on it. Reading from another motorcycle forum, and applying my bicycling knowledge, I also didn't know if the front end wobble could be related to the bearing and if this is readily serviceable.
Does this seem like a reasonable train of thought, or am I missing something obvious? Next step will likely be to call a shop.
Again thank you all for reading and helping me out.
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Recently my bike has developed a wobble under deceleration from ~48-41mph. If I keep my hands on the handlebars (which is always a good thing ) my arms dampen the wobble out but if I take a hand off I can feel the wobble. I'm just scared it will progress to a tank-slapping deal and would rather be safe and fix it ASAP.
My tires are inflated to about 35psi f/r and I've messed around with the pressures (28-35psi) to see if it helped any which it hasn't. I havn't flatspotted my front wheel nor hit anything that I think could bend it. Perhaps it has slowly squared up. From what I've read, this sounds just like my front tire is getting worn down. I'm not sure how many miles are on it since I bought it with the current tires from PO, but tread depth seems good and I see no flat spots. Normally I do all my automotive work myself, but will probably have to take it to a shop due to my crazy school schedule (about to graduate with a doctorate ;D ;D).
Besides tires, I didn't know if this could be related to the forks/shocks/bearings. I have also searched and haven't been able to find how much freeplay and bound/compression is acceptable in the front shocks. Although I have never seen any fluid leaking from them, the bike seems to have a lot of dive under braking and when I sit my 170lb self on it. Reading from another motorcycle forum, and applying my bicycling knowledge, I also didn't know if the front end wobble could be related to the bearing and if this is readily serviceable.
Does this seem like a reasonable train of thought, or am I missing something obvious? Next step will likely be to call a shop.
Again thank you all for reading and helping me out.
Read