02-06-2015, 10:04 AM
(01-31-2015, 04:25 AM)Waffa_imp Wrote: I had a slight shimmy 50 down to 35mph nothing big, installed the Superbrace and now is shakes so violently the front tire bounces of the ground and air gets into the brake cylinder. Bleeding the brakes today.
I like riding with no hands to relax, but I can't with the "super"shakes.
G'day Waffa. Hope your problem is resolved. Was the Superbrace installed incorrectly? Or did you have a separate suspension or tyre/wheel problem? I find difficulty imagining how violent those shakes must have been. I have ridden my CB over several kilometres of dirt road so corrugated that the suspension could not possibly soak up the vibration, bringing the front tyre out of contact between the corrugations, and me with a bad case of eyeball bounce :0 . Yet no air (or foaming) of the brake fluid.
After some time cruising I have a (bad) habit of, on deceleration for a stop, taking my hands off the bars and holding them by my sides for a short period. This gets the blood back where it should be and brings my aged wrists and hands back to life. One of the sets of tyres I have had on my CB, can't remember if it was the Dunlops or the Bridgies, would produce a slight wobble, or shimmy, as described by other posters, but the Michelins seem to track straight. I think this wobble condition is a combination of bike set up and tyre balance/wear. I recall that some years ago, riding an early Fireblade, that I wouldn't take my hands off the bars for a millisecond on deceleration. As this was the first "modern" sports bike I had ridden, I accepted it for a few months but after a trip to the dealer for service, some adjustments were made; problem gone.
Let us know the outcome.
Cheers