HD wobble

[Vincent.vanGinneke]

First comment : If their engineers were as good as their lawyers then their bikes would be great.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gmw6QppXnEY

[adrie.degraaff]

The Harley is to HEAVY .......for the rear tire.

[Mick D]

I always thought the Harley Weave was something favored by tonsorially challenged owners

[allan.walker]

Play fair - the film is from 2006

The newer ones are supposed to handle a lot better (although something weighing over 700 lbs is always going to be a handful!)

Full marks to the tester though. He kept going back for more!

[Bob.Murphy]

Call that a wobble . . You should have seen my Square cornering at speed when loaded with camping gear !!

Bob.

[chris.vredenbregt]

A friend of mine crashed one of these monsters a 2014 model, at 110 km/ h in a straight way he was Lucky to be trown of before it started to role sideways

[john.mitchell]

I think I have mentioned this before but back in the fifties "tank slappers" were fairly commonplace. I don't know what caused them - speed was involved and as I remember, not necessarily cornering. It happened with girders and teles. It was a common subject for discussion. The perceived wisdom at the time was to try to accelerate through, but easier said than done.
I can remember it happening three times at least to me. Surely some other of you old fogies will remember it.
I had a fairly long break from riding from 1956 until the late 60s and since I started again on just the same models of bike
I have never heard of it or experienced it at all.

[Simon.Gardiner]

25mph and below my BM (R100RT) will 'slap' the bars violently if you try riding with 'fingertip control' (I've had it over 25 years/200k miles and I think it's always done it notwithstanding anything I've done that might make it more stable - rebuilt/changed forks, new rear dampers, umpteen new tyres).

Doesn't do it at speed fortunately although you can make it a bit unfriendly by putting load and loads out on the back....

SG

[Vincent.vanGinneke]

About your BM, try giving it a bit more then standard pressure in the tires.

[Simon.Gardiner]

About your BM, try giving it a bit more then standard pressure in the tires.

Quite often run with 36/42 (psi - f/r) Vincent!

SG