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500KsGerry

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Reply #15 on: May 04, 2009, 05:56:52 am
Blltrdr....Replaced rear tyre with a 110/90 19  Chengshien . Changed  front out to match also.    Gerry
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Reply #16 on: December 07, 2009, 12:14:29 am
Years ago When my Honda CB-450 and I were first getting acquainted, I experienced my first "High Speed Wobble"  I was following my friend and motorcycling mentor Mike, onto I-40 in Nashville. I passed over a rain grating and nearly bought the farm. The bike was without windshield or fairing at that time.

It really scared the s#-t out of me.  Mike advised me to avoid rain gratings and should I ever experience such a wobble again, to either let the throttle close,  lightly touch the rear brake, or lean into the handlebars,give ti more throttle and "punch through it.

Some weeks later, when I had added a Wixom Ranger fairing to the bike, I noticed that at thirty-two M.P.H. the bike would wobble gently if I took my hadns off of the handlebar. Otherwise the wobble was completely unnoticeable.  I did notice at seventy-four M.P.H. the bike would give a marked "shrug" as I accelerated through that speed. (There was nothing noticeable if I decelerated back through)  At eighty the bike hummed along like a champion. (I rode from Nashville to Atlanta a dozen or so times on that bike and only noticed a "wobble" passing through 74 or when I found myself "dancing in the @#$%! "Rain Grooves" Georgia put on every bridge.   
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Reply #17 on: December 07, 2009, 12:36:09 am
Only ever experienced speedmans wobble at the same type of area as RBHoge. 

Stupid cattle grooves!
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Reply #18 on: December 07, 2009, 01:51:25 am
After several bridges, I noticed that there was usually a gap in the rain groves where the grooving machine was not quite the width of the lane. this most often left a gap near the center of one lane or the other about a foot wide. I just aimed for that smooth strip. No problems from there on.
1972 Honda CB 450 Rufus, Murdered
1978 Triumph T-140 E, Sadly gone
2008 Royal Enfield Deluxe Iron head, " Old Bill"
1971 Honda CB-100,"Kikuchiyo"-traded
O Day 20 Sailboat "Tempus Fugative"
1992 Mazda Miata "Lady Murisaki"250,00miles!
Too many Toys, what else is retirement for?