aw0n0

I was going about 50 the other day and took my hands off the bars for a couple seconds and the bars/triple went into a tank slapper like crazy, ive been doing A LOT of stoppies lately...anyways i dont know much about mechanic **** and this is probably a real stupid question, but how do i fix this?

f4stunna

i dont know man, but i got this bald *** tire on the front of my bike, i mean no tread left at all, and it does the same thing and i cant figure out why

-SKETCHY-

Put On A Damper If You Can Afford It

f4stunna

i dont know if that other guy was or not but i was makin fun on kelm

turboglenn

on every bike i've ever owned , the front end will do that as soon as teh tire gets a little cupped or worn. even my 03 gix started to do it after teh stock front rubber had about 3k miles on it. same with both my F2, F3 , my first gixxer 750 and FZR 600

some people say there has to be a problem, but i know when i replace teh tire it stops. alot of it is your tire bouncing off the minor imperfections in the street surface also.

aw0n0

that tire imperfection thing makes sense... thanks bro, would a dampner fix that?

KF_Chris

it's probably the tire, it's happened to me too, it's out of balance and when you let off the clip ons, it shakes. get a new front or balance the one you have

aw0n0

well, none of that **** matters anymore, i let my neighbor take my bike for a quick spin, two hours later i find out hes in the ER, im like wheres my bike!? Gotta go check it out at the impound lot now, he says it was nothing, fell off at like 15mph...we'll see. Dont ever let anyone ride your bike...

RUSH.

The clamps on the axle could be tweaked. Try loosening the pinch bolts that hold the axle on and compress the forks a couple times then re-tighten. That could be it too.

El_Diablo