Bandit Alley
GENERAL MOTORCYCLE FORUMS => GENERAL MOTORCYCLE => Topic started by: Ray Mooney on November 16, 2008, 01:58:08 PM
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OK, maybe it wasn't the bars themselves...
But just after install, I'm leaning into an on-ramp and I reach to cancel the turn signal... but hit the horn button instead because the controls are in a slightly different position now. The Stebel roars its presence, scares the shit out of me, and wobble, wobble, wobble as I nearly jump out of my skin. Yikes.
Anyway, just a short ride with the Daytonas, so the only impressions so far are that the wider bars makes steering a little easier, and the awkward bend that was killing my arthritic thumb is gone. We'll see if the thumb pain eases up after continued use.
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It could be the bars. If you change the front of a bike, weird things can happen. I had "crash bars" that stuck out on an H2 Kawasaki that caused similar and I hung them in the basement and got others.
Still, check your front tire and pressure. If you don't have a tire gage, buy one. The pump gages are nuts. The main thing is the tread. Run your hand over the segments. Is the leading edge lower than the trailing edge where the tire meets the pavement? It's called cupping and It'll cause low speed wobble. It won't happen at high speed, just 30ish mph stuff but you can likely dampen it out with your hands.
I would be curious to know what the model and number there are printed on the side of your front tire.
Slider
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Nah, dawg (as my daughter would say). It was being scared by my own horn, which made me jump and enter too much steering input onto one side. Zero problems since then as I haven't honked at anybody I didn't mean to. :grin:
The bars are great. More comfortable on the wrists and I like the wider stance.