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Overkill · December 11th, 2013, 04:13 PM

Ok i finally got to spend sometime driving my new to me 2001 250 and after about 30 miles of trouble free riding i thought i would take my hands off the
bars and see how straight she track's. Well doing about 50 mph i did and after
about 3 seconds the front wheel forks and bars start to slowly wable back and
forth. I immediately grab hold of the bars and all is well. So try it again with
the same results. While holding the bars even loosely there's not any vibration
or shake at all. This leaves me scratching my head. The forks look straight as well as i can tell. The rim seems straight "had it up so i could turn it looking".

I would think "i could be wrong" that if the wheel was that far out of balance
that the front end would shake some while riding. But it doesn't. So i am just
getting home and while i ponder the cause i am hoping someone here might
know the answer. Any idea's?

December 11th, 2013, 04:13 PM	#1
Overkill ninjette.org member Name: Mike Location: Columbia sc Join Date: Dec 2013 Motorcycle(s): 2001 ex250 Posts: 10	front end shakes Ok i finally got to spend sometime driving my new to me 2001 250 and after about 30 miles of trouble free riding i thought i would take my hands off the bars and see how straight she track's. Well doing about 50 mph i did and after about 3 seconds the front wheel forks and bars start to slowly wable back and forth. I immediately grab hold of the bars and all is well. So try it again with the same results. While holding the bars even loosely there's not any vibration or shake at all. This leaves me scratching my head. The forks look straight as well as i can tell. The rim seems straight "had it up so i could turn it looking". I would think "i could be wrong" that if the wheel was that far out of balance that the front end would shake some while riding. But it doesn't. So i am just getting home and while i ponder the cause i am hoping someone here might know the answer. Any idea's?