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Thread: Slow speed steering wobble and damper?

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    Default Slow speed steering wobble and damper?

    Do you have the wobble at lower speeds? Where do I start? Tire? Rim? Head bolt tension? And would a steering damper really help?

    Everything is new, but I really hate taking my hand off the handle to shit from 1st to 2nd.

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    Here's a good clue for you amigo.

    Use the advanced search feature at the top right of the page, type in headshake, front end wobble, tire pressure, raked front end etc. ( keep the question simple) and you will be able to read every single post on the subject out of the archives.

    If it happens on a trike the subject will be in there and you will get a real good education about what effects front ends.
    If nothing else it will help you to concentrate your questions to a specific part on your bike having eliminated all else as a problem and I bet we have answer?

    Good luck

    P.S. If absolutely everything else is right?

    STOP LUGGING THE MOTOR! IT AFFECTS YOUR HANDLING!

    Seriously. keep your motor running in a gear where your engine is pulling, it will reduce the frequency of head shake incidents and a little throttle or a little release will stop the shake. A small amount of brake pressure does the same thing but this way you always have power at the flick of your wrist which may save your bacon someday and it's hell of allot better for your engine.
    Enjoy life now!----------IT HAS AN EXPERATION DATE

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    the difference between a good trike and a bad one depends entirely on the integrity of it's builder!

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    Thanks, yes I can search, But I do like to converse with members as well.

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    Wide handle bars and tight neck bearing help.
    Air pressure changes things a lot also.
    Rear tires out of balance shake the bars also.

    Lots of trail shakes the head at low speeds, more often on decelerating.
    Rear engine vw trikes usually have huge trail and get away with it because of little weight on the front wheel.
    If you have cronic head shake then you need to measure it to check your trail.
    Trikes with some weight on the front usually take a change in trail to not shake.
    For example.
    A goldwing is a highway bike. It has around 4 inches of trail to work well in its intended purpose.
    Put a trike kit on it, no rake change, and now it needs around 2 inches of trail. Most them guys use a raked tree to cheat the trail down to manageable amounts.
    I am currently changing mine to 1 inch of trail and narrower bars.

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    Thanks Death!

    I will measure the trail this morning and post the results. I am getting rid of the drag bars from the previous owner this next week.

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