Yamaha xj700 trike

[Demo]

Please could someone give me some advice , my friend has inherited a Yamaha xj700 trike 1984 off his late father . We have been commissioning it . We took it up the road today and it’s developing front wheel wobble on take off . We’ve emptied the forks and put new oils in , tightened everything up to specification but still wobbles . Please could any body advice

 

[rhino 2]

Please could someone give me some advice , my friend has inherited a Yamaha xj700 trike 1984 off his late father . We have been commissioning it . We took it up the road today and it’s developing front wheel wobble on take off . We’ve emptied the forks and put new oils in , tightened everything up to specification but still wobbles . Please could any body advice

Darren....Welcome to Trike-Talk.......On the wobble.....Most are caused by either worn head bearing's ....Or not being tighten to 3 wheel specs ....Ie; Not two wheels specs which would be too loose.....

 

[Lee H. Mann]

Darren, Welcome to Trike Talk from West Virginia, USA.:wave4::wave4:

Look at the air pressure in the rear tires. 20psi to start.

 

[Jack Klarich]

:welcome:to Trike Talk, What Jim said, start out with the easy stuff first

 

[trike lady]

Hello and :welcome: to Trike Talk, glad to have U with us. :clapping:

 

[Gorilla]

Darren welcome.

Tighten the bearing on the front triple trees stem to 40 pounds on the American scale. Then the tire pressure as suggested also American scale. Come back and let us know if that helped.

 

[Ray Paige]

:wave4:WELCOME FROM MONTANA:wave4::clapping::clapping:

 

[Zammy]

Welcome Darren, good advice so far.

 

[David357]

Hi Darren:wave4:

:welcome: to our Trike Talk Family.:wave4::group:

 

[ol' school]

Welcome to Trike Talk Darren!