Goateechicken

I have been starting to try some stupidly retarded stuff on my 2004 Suzuki GS500F as a beginner, and have been doing drags and side saddles and have been starting seat stands.
How the dink do you do these things?!
I tried yesterday going around 90/km/h and then shifting down into neutral and then hopping slowly onto where I noticed the fricken handlebars were shaking like crazy so I sat back down...
Im pretty new to this, and was wondering if there is there any way to stabilize the handlebars and if there is any other newbie tricks I can do without pulling a wheelie or stoppie...?



Thanks boys.

T-Dubby

Sounds like your frontend is screwd.. bad rim, bad front tire, loose head bearings.. Good luck doing christs with that problem it won't happen. You need to fix that

Goateechicken

Nah, I don't think its that, ... Im just wondering if there is a way to maybe tighten the handlbars so its harder to turn...? Because that would help keep the wheel firm when its going fast.
Its definitly manageable right now, it just scared the hell out of me the first time I did it.

Zuki750

When going fast, the wheel shouldn't shake at all. Tightening it up will not help. T-Dubby knows what he's talking about. There's a lot of people on here that have been around bikes for a long time. Don't act like a douche know-it-all and you might learn something.

MikeM

Yes, it is that. Shot front tire or rim are the leading cause of headshake.

Goateechicken

Sorry, Im not trying to be a douche, but my bike is in perfect condition right now, maybe its just that its a gs500f? . . . . . . . . .

T/C

+1 to what they said... It should not have any headshake..

And yes drags and side saddles Are stupidly retarded

T-Dubby

Obviously it's not in perfect condition LMAO... Christ

Trachito

yes, that's what it is

Goateechicken

So when going at a reasonable pace with no hands on the handlebars, and on a lower end stock bike, the handlebars don't wobble at all?

T-Dubby

Nope not at all..

Goateechicken

AHA, Im just saying, if its a lower end bike and basically everyone here is customed to gsxr's and r1's and stuff like that, then maybe its just the bike isn't actually able to do that.

Zuki750

No. Any wobble means something is fucked up.

Goateechicken

That's freakin weird, . . .
I juuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuustttt got it safetied and then took it in to get it checked up after I bought it.

Zuki750

My 1982 Yamaha XS400 had zero wobble. Something is wrong.

Zuki750

It's still safe and what not if the shake is very minimal. It's just not perfect.

Goateechicken

Could it just be the road? Like say its not perfectly flat, or the weight of the rider? Because its an incredibly light bike...
I just really don't think the rims or anything on the front end is screwed up , the tires were just replaced.

Goateechicken

What about suspension. The guy before me weighed around 230lbs. And I only weigh 135lbs. ? Should that be adjusted.?
Sorry, im indredibly stupid I know.

T-Dubby

Okay seriously.. Don't come here and ask questions to people that for the most part know what they're talking about and you just keep asking other stuff.. It's not the road, it's not the weight it's the bike pure and simple.. I bet if you just cruise and put it in neutral sitting and take your hands off it'll do it

T/C

Have you checked your powerband Goat? It could be loose and cause a bit of shake..