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From: Albrecht via MotorcycleKB.com on 22 Aug 2007 10:07 dahlia350 wrote: >I'm really hoping a bunch of you will just say something like "oh yeah they >all do that" and "you betcha, get used to it" but I gotta know before I send >the girl out on it. Show me a two-wheeled vehicle that doesn't wiggle and wobble and I'll show you one that isn't moving. That said, you can minimize the wiggles and wobbles by doing whatever wheel bearing, steering head bearing, spoke tightening and wheel straightening maintenance the motorcycle needs and periodically installing a set of new tires from the same manufacturer with matching profiles and similar construction. Of course bias ply tires are still manufactured for older bikes with narrow rims. -- Message posted via MotorcycleKB.com http://www.motorcyclekb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/tech/200708/1
From: chateau.murray on 22 Aug 2007 10:43 On 22 Aug, 14:09, "dahlia350" <u36843(a)uwe> wrote: > I hadn't thought to check that but will as soon as I get home. Do they still > make new bias ply tires for bikes? Of course. Radials are unavailable as fitments for most older bikes anyway. >I had to search and pay through the nose > for the bias tires on my 1950 dodge!!! > But the wobble has nothing to do with it having crossply tyres and not radial tyres, and everything to do with (draws breath) Knackered steering head bearings, unsuitable tyre sizes, knackered swinging arm bearings, incorrect tyre pressures, loading of unsuitable accessories, worn fork bushes, knackered wheel bearings, and the fact that it's a chassis design that's nearly forty years old. Each, any or all.
From: Ron Seiden on 22 Aug 2007 18:55
<chateau.murray(a)btinternet.com>; <chateau.murray(a)btinternet.com> wrote in message news:1187793787.016104.54840(a)z24g2000prh.googlegroups.com... > On 22 Aug, 14:09, "dahlia350" <u36843(a)uwe> wrote: >> I hadn't thought to check that but will as soon as I get home. Do they >> still >> make new bias ply tires for bikes? > > Of course. Radials are unavailable as fitments for most older bikes > anyway. > >>I had to search and pay through the nose >> for the bias tires on my 1950 dodge!!! >> > But the wobble has nothing to do with it having crossply tyres and not > radial tyres, and everything to do with (draws breath) > > Knackered steering head bearings, unsuitable tyre sizes, knackered > swinging arm bearings, incorrect tyre pressures, loading of unsuitable > accessories, worn fork bushes, knackered wheel bearings, and the fact > that it's a chassis design that's nearly forty years old. Each, any or > all. > And don't forget that the front fork tubes may be low on oil, or the springs shot, or... Part of the "fun" of resurrecting an old machine (car, bike, whatever) is not only getting used to what we though was good tech at the time, but also tracking down all the little bits that have gone south in the interim... |