Goldwing 35mph to 45mph wobblle

 Is there a successful cure for this damn shimmy on Goldwings?  Mine is
an '06 and has recently developed this damn Goldwing habit.  Tire
balancing does no good.

I've read about Traxxion's Traxx-Rite Billet Triple Clamp set front
end cure, but before I spend almost a grand, I'd like more info on the
whole subject.

P.S. Those Dyna ceramic beads for tire balancing are a scam.  They
were a total failure on my bike.

 On 11/17/2010 1:30 PM, jack12456@questionable.comnet wrote:


Rear wheel swingarm bushings? Steering bearings?

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Good luck. When you've found the solution, please post it
in case it happens on my first Goldwing (which I haven't found
(or financed) (or decided on instead of a Harley) yet).

TIA, SQ

 

I did know about this one, but I kinda dismissed it because I don't
think dampers are the solution.  I did use dampers on almost all my
bikes, but I'd like to get to the root of the problem, or at least the
most contributing cause of it.  Traxxion seems most likely to solve it
or reduce it greatly,  if anything can.  I'm hoping to find some who
might have made this conversion before I spend a bundle unnecessarily.

 On Nov 17, 1:30 pm, jack12...@questionable.comnet wrote:

Use less inflation pressure and replace the front tire when it cups.

How many miles do you have on the front, anyway?

 On Wed, 17 Nov 2010 16:59:24 -0800 (PST), schwarzesonne


What the manual recommends.  I think it might 36psi in the front.  I
forget what they set it at.  I have them do it each time at the
dealer.  I'm 76 and both knees are torn up from too many decades of
sandlot football, baseball, etc.  They don't bend too well anymore,
and I can't get down to those tires without having to use ice bags on
the knees for the whole week following. They're the price I'm paying
for a great time for a lot of past decades.  Matter of fact, they were
the original reason I had to go with a Goldwing.  The knees could no
longer put up with back pedalling a bike out of parking spaces.  They
swelled up like balloons each day.  Goldwing's reverse gear solved
that problem.


That doesn't matter.  It does it immediately with even brand new
tires.  I didn't have it for the first15 thousand miles or so, but now
it seems constant.  I've been through 3 sets of the original tires
that came with the bike.  The first time I needed new tires, I went
with the E3s, they increased the wobble tremendously.  I had them put
on the original Dunlop D250F ones again.  That's what I have on the
Wing now.  I'm seriously considering having the Traxxion tapered
bearings put in the front end, maybe have their front spring kit
installed, also.

When I first got the bike, it had a very insecure feeling when going
very slow while turning around parked cars in the gas station, I did
peg that as due to a p.o.s. rear mono. Increasing the psi to 16 got
rid of that - for a while. When I ran out of psi space, I replaced the
mono with a Progressive mono, which totally eliminated that very slow
speed problem.

I'm willing to put up with these problems because it's great being
able to ride a bike around the countryside for about 300-400 miles a
few times a week in the winter, even in 20+ degree weather. That
heated seat which warms the great amount of blood passing through the
buttocks does an amazing job of keeping the body's blood warm.  Of
course, Damart long johns, a full complement of Baker Wings, the
heated grips, a good pair of thermal boots, plus that wide windshield,
make winter riding possible.  Anyway, I digress, as most riders do
when talking about motorcycling.  :o)