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Old 07-16-2016, 01:18 PM
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But of course.....

Logged nearly 900 miles this weekend running through the wilds of central PA. The short version is that this should have been the first thing I did to the bike.

The wobble's gone. The True-Track does for the back end what the new triple tree and larger fork tubes do for the front end. I laid the bike over in some massive sweepers with expansion joints and frost heaves at well over the posted limit and the bike went through with no issues...Just the pogo-ing of the lousy stock shocks.
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Have you tried it on hot tar snakes?
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Have you tried it on hot tar snakes?
That's a traction issue. No fix for that other than trying to avoid them.
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Sure makes you butt pucker when the bike squirms across them...
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Were you only getting the wobbles in curves? Could be an alignment issue that the TT is now masking
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Were you only getting the wobbles in curves? Could be an alignment issue that the TT is now masking
I don't know what would be misaligned. The rear wheel is even on the cams, and nothing's screwy with the motor mounts.

Every Touring Harley I've owned has wobbled. N00dles nearly went down in ES a few years ago watching me fight one on the BSL. This wobble (the hinge -under-the-seat feeling) is endemic to these bikes is a consequence of that missing link.
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I don't know what would be misaligned. The rear wheel is even on the cams, and nothing's screwy with the motor mounts.

Every Touring Harley I've owned has wobbled. N00dles nearly went down in ES a few years ago watching me fight one on the BSL. This wobble (the hinge -under-the-seat feeling) is endemic to these bikes is a consequence of that missing link.
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Although if you add a sidecar the wobble tends to disappear unless you happen to be flying the car at speed.
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dynageno stays crunchy even in milkdynageno stays crunchy even in milkdynageno stays crunchy even in milkdynageno stays crunchy even in milkdynageno stays crunchy even in milkdynageno stays crunchy even in milkdynageno stays crunchy even in milkdynageno stays crunchy even in milkdynageno stays crunchy even in milkdynageno stays crunchy even in milkdynageno stays crunchy even in milk
With my tru track, it's like I'm riding on a rail, But I ride a Dyna.
I think them Batwing fairings add to the wobble cause.
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Although if you add a sidecar the wobble tends to disappear unless you happen to be flying the car at speed.
I've heard, somewhere?, that the gas mileage goes all to heck also...
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I've heard, somewhere?, that the gas mileage goes all to heck also...
A little.

But I don't fall over near as much as I used to.
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