Alarming Bike weave

[fizzer]

on purpose i waited to reply to this .i have had a weave on my 2011 gs for a little while now ,i thought it was my pr4 coming to a square end ,but no .
i have had movement from 6 and 12 holding the rear wheel.i thought it was a rear bearing ,and no it wasnt it was the pivot bearings ,i have replaced them this morning ,an hours job including changing the f/d oil .
and low and behold the bike is fine now ,no weave what so ever.
it was mentioned earlier on in this thread that it could be a number of things and the pivot bearings were mentioned ,so hey hats of to that guy he was correct

 

[Bendy toy]

The final drive trunnion on my bike was in a very bad way. I needed new bearings and inner sleeves. When they were replaced I noticed no difference in handling before and after.

They rock back and forth over a small angle so really benefit from being fully packed with grease. I used the high moly EP grease used in car driveshaft CV joints.

 

[Deleted account 240118001]

[FONT=San Francisco, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, .SFNSText-Regular, sans-serif]I wanted to post a reply to this as have had similar issues with my GSA. [/FONT]

I was running Tourance Next tyres, and after returning from my Alps trip I [FONT=San Francisco, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, .SFNSText-Regular, sans-serif]have[/FONT] tried various things to get rid of the problem. I even booked the bike in to my local dealer to be checked out, but they could not find any mechanical issues with it. However when I rode it I just felt that something was not quite right?

I decided to try different tyres, and have now had a set of Michelin Pilot Road 4 Trail's fitted; as had used regular PR4's on my previous KTM and really liked them.

Some 250 miles later, it feels like the bike has been transformed. The '[FONT=San Francisco, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, .SFNSText-Regular, sans-serif]death weave' seems to be gone, and the bike feels a lot more stable generally. Roll on many more happy miles on my GSA.


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[Bendy toy]

I have Conti TKC-70s on mine (Road and Trail Attacks use the same tyre carcass and tread materials). When first fitted the bike steering felt knife edged. I thought how will I cope with these, but soon settled in and its likely many other types will feel like bus boots.

 

[theoneandonly]

he's only showing off that he is in the Yukon , you bunch of muppets

 

[Bendy toy]

Yukon? Pah! South Devon is SOOOO much better -

• fab climate
• Sea.
• Sand
• Dartmoor
• River Dart with its paddle steamer
• Teign Valley.
• Green lanes

 

[Sgt Bilco]

he's only showing off that he is in the Yukon , you bunch of muppets

It was hell I tell you......... To be fair, I'm now relaxing in California

 

[(RIP) trickytree]

Why is there a solid line in the middle of that road?
What's going to be coming the other way apart from a tree or a fucking cloud?

 

[Sgt Bilco]

Why is there a solid line in the middle of that road?
What's going to be coming the other way apart from a tree or a fucking cloud?

Could be a wayward Harley Davidson.....you can never be too careful.....

 

[(RIP) trickytree]

Could be a wayward Harley Davidson.....you can never be too careful.....

Mmmm, reckon your safe, that road looks a little to twisty for a Harley!

 

[Bendy toy]

Why is there a solid line in the middle of that road?
What's going to be coming the other way apart from a tree or a fucking cloud?

You should know that moose always cross from the left. And the local plod need an excuse to catch some crimms.