Front end "wobble"

Mr T said:
Fred, much appreciated, i have a list of things to check this weekend. Running dyna beads in both tires, no problem so far with beads in my MT01
bike is as smooth as glass

T
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May want to take a skip on the dyna beads in the FZ. I had them and they worked up to about 110-115 or so. After that my front would start to bounce and get real really hairy.
 
lonesoldier84 said:
"front end wobble"

sounds like the next hip-hop dance craze!!
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Sorry :hijack: Nows your chance mate :needpics: Hijack over.:thumbup:

Back on track, could it be a blown fork seel? I had a great front end chatter with a blown seel.

Nelly
 
I was hitting a corner, left turn, right grade, with 8 other bikes. I was the only FZ6, the rest were all sport bikes. I was number 7 in line. Honda CBR behind me GSX-R in front. We're booking around 70, drop the speed to 50ish to setup for the corner, I'm hugging center line to give myself plenty of room to work it. I start drifting down, no prob, then it happened...front tire starts to skips. WTF, we're not going that fast. This is a brand new FZ6 with 3200 miles on it. Coined “The best sport touring bike in the world” by most. Why is it challenging me? I give it a little rear brake to slow down, pull a little lean out, to give me a little better CG, but now it's decision time. 20% chance of pulling it out with out laying it down, 30% chance of laying it down on pavement and 80% chance of injury. 50% chance of no injury if I pitch it, as we did growing up on MX dirt bikes when faced with this same decision. Pitching it or controlled wreck decreases your injuries by 80%. I pitched it, I saved my butt, dealt with the repairs later. My choice was the right one. With pitching it, and doing a superman dive into the ditch filled with leaves. I had zero injuries, with minor damage to the bike, even rode it home. All the way home I kept questioning my abilities to handle this bike. Since then I have ridden dozens of bikes without crashing them. But I will never push the FZ the way I did that day, like I do my R1, and my Ninja. There is a problem, it's not wear and tear on the tires. It's not the lack of experience. It's the bike. It's a sport touring bike...NOT a race bike. Treat it like one. Enjoy it. They are great bikes with great handling abilities. But I would be cautious.

Tony
 
Yeah blame the bike... it`s all the bikes fault... :shakehead:

When I crashed, it was all the bike... I had nothing to do with it..........
 
Sir Yarquest said:
I was hitting a corner, left turn, right grade, with 8 other bikes. I was the only FZ6, the rest were all sport bikes. I was number 7 in line. Honda CBR behind me GSX-R in front. We're booking around 70, drop the speed to 50ish to setup for the corner, I'm hugging center line to give myself plenty of room to work it. I start drifting down, no prob, then it happened...front tire starts to skips. WTF, we're not going that fast. This is a brand new FZ6 with 3200 miles on it. Coined “The best sport touring bike in the world” by most. Why is it challenging me? I give it a little rear brake to slow down, pull a little lean out, to give me a little better CG, but now it's decision time. 20% chance of pulling it out with out laying it down, 30% chance of laying it down on pavement and 80% chance of injury. 50% chance of no injury if I pitch it, as we did growing up on MX dirt bikes when faced with this same decision. Pitching it or controlled wreck decreases your injuries by 80%. I pitched it, I saved my butt, dealt with the repairs later. My choice was the right one. With pitching it, and doing a superman dive into the ditch filled with leaves. I had zero injuries, with minor damage to the bike, even rode it home. All the way home I kept questioning my abilities to handle this bike. Since then I have ridden dozens of bikes without crashing them. But I will never push the FZ the way I did that day, like I do my R1, and my Ninja. There is a problem, it's not wear and tear on the tires. It's not the lack of experience. It's the bike. It's a sport touring bike...NOT a race bike. Treat it like one. Enjoy it. They are great bikes with great handling abilities. But I would be cautious.

Tony
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probably one of the funniest post ever.... i say 75% of that post is probably wrong. 25% could go either way. 100% positive he doesn't have any facts to back any of that stuff up. lastly, 60% of the people that read that crap are probably going to believe he knows what he talking about.
 
Sir Yarquest said:
I was hitting a corner, left turn, right grade, with 8 other bikes. I was the only FZ6, the rest were all sport bikes. I was number 7 in line. Honda CBR behind me GSX-R in front. We're booking around 70, drop the speed to 50ish to setup for the corner, I'm hugging center line to give myself plenty of room to work it. I start drifting down, no prob, then it happened...front tire starts to skips. WTF, we're not going that fast. This is a brand new FZ6 with 3200 miles on it. Coined “The best sport touring bike in the world” by most. Why is it challenging me? I give it a little rear brake to slow down, pull a little lean out, to give me a little better CG, but now it's decision time. 20% chance of pulling it out with out laying it down, 30% chance of laying it down on pavement and 80% chance of injury. 50% chance of no injury if I pitch it, as we did growing up on MX dirt bikes when faced with this same decision. Pitching it or controlled wreck decreases your injuries by 80%. I pitched it, I saved my butt, dealt with the repairs later. My choice was the right one. With pitching it, and doing a superman dive into the ditch filled with leaves. I had zero injuries, with minor damage to the bike, even rode it home. All the way home I kept questioning my abilities to handle this bike. Since then I have ridden dozens of bikes without crashing them. But I will never push the FZ the way I did that day, like I do my R1, and my Ninja. There is a problem, it's not wear and tear on the tires. It's not the lack of experience. It's the bike. It's a sport touring bike...NOT a race bike. Treat it like one. Enjoy it. They are great bikes with great handling abilities. But I would be cautious.

Tony
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50mph isn't booking it to use your words. There are many factors involved road surface, tyre heat, tyre pressures. I think you made a dirt bike decision with a road bike issue.
I totally agree with you that a decision to bail results in less injuries.
I am not trying to raise an argument with you. I was not there so could not judge nor feel what you did. I have had my bike through turns at over 60 mph. Whilst being scary and exhilarating I was not at nor near the edge. Look at some of deffy's video footage. The FZ6 can haul it with the best of them. I am an above average rider who rides a bike thats performance will far exceed my abilities.

Nelly
 
Sir Yarquest said:
I was hitting a corner, left turn, right grade, with 8 other bikes. I was the only FZ6, the rest were all sport bikes. I was number 7 in line. Honda CBR behind me GSX-R in front. We're booking around 70, drop the speed to 50ish to setup for the corner, I'm hugging center line to give myself plenty of room to work it. I start drifting down, no prob, then it happened...front tire starts to skips. WTF, we're not going that fast. This is a brand new FZ6 with 3200 miles on it. Coined “The best sport touring bike in the world” by most. Why is it challenging me? I give it a little rear brake to slow down, pull a little lean out, to give me a little better CG, but now it's decision time. 20% chance of pulling it out with out laying it down, 30% chance of laying it down on pavement and 80% chance of injury. 50% chance of no injury if I pitch it, as we did growing up on MX dirt bikes when faced with this same decision. Pitching it or controlled wreck decreases your injuries by 80%. I pitched it, I saved my butt, dealt with the repairs later. My choice was the right one. With pitching it, and doing a superman dive into the ditch filled with leaves. I had zero injuries, with minor damage to the bike, even rode it home. All the way home I kept questioning my abilities to handle this bike. Since then I have ridden dozens of bikes without crashing them. But I will never push the FZ the way I did that day, like I do my R1, and my Ninja. There is a problem, it's not wear and tear on the tires. It's not the lack of experience. It's the bike. It's a sport touring bike...NOT a race bike. Treat it like one. Enjoy it. They are great bikes with great handling abilities. But I would be cautious.

Tony
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I've taken twisties at over 65mph (thats in the turn) with no problem, the bike handled like a dream while i was following a Busa and a CBR1000 (the CBR left me in the wind but the Busa couldnt shake me :D ) So no need to comment saying it cant handle sport riding, it can take corners beyond many riders capabilities (including mine!) :Sport:
 
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