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Originally Posted by CaliGrrl
So how would a person recover a speed-wobble like that?
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No surefire single method that will work every time, but the basic problem is that the current oscillation is getting stronger and stronger at the existing speed and weight on front end. So the idea is that you need to change those conditions in some way to get the wobble to be less severe each oscillation instead of more.
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Originally Posted by DannoXYZ
I usually just let go of the bars and it straightens itself out.
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Yep - bikes that are generally pretty stable might need nothing more than that. Bikes with really light and easy-steering front ends, at non-crazy speeds, can be muscled back to straight. With any of those 45ish mph wobbles that weren't uncommon on the new-gen 250's, it's easy to just force them to straighten out.
The problem is that sometimes just slowly letting off the gas and letting the bike slow down makes the wobble worse. If it's already flipping close to lock to lock, putting more weight on the front end by slowing makes it worse rather than better. If the bike has decent power, rolling on the throttle instead may do a better job than anything else, but it's counter-intuitive.