New Tires and a Puzzling Discovery

[Jimmytee]

So it was time for a new pair of shoes my F6B. I was considering putting Avon Cobras on ,but this is my first tire change on the F6B and I really didn't have any complaints about the Stones that came on it. So I went to my dealer who is just a couple miles from my house. I asked the parts guy what he could get me a set for. I told him what I could get them for from Wingstuff. He beat the price and I got the set for $310. Had them put on last Friday and I rode it home in pouring down rain for those 2 miles. Hadn't had a chance to ride her. It rained all weekend. Well tonight I rode her. This is where the puzzling discovery comes in. No more famous 40 mph front end wobble. Not complaining about it , just trying to rationalize it. I mean , my bike had that wobble from new, just like about every other one.

[53driver]

So it was time for a new pair of shoes my F6B. I was considering putting Avon Cobras on ,but this is my first tire change on the F6B and I really didn't have any complaints about the Stones that came on it. So I went to my dealer who is just a couple miles from my house. I asked the parts guy what he could get me a set for. I told him what I could get them for from Wingstuff. He beat the price and I got the set for $310. Had them put on last Friday and I rode it home in pouring down rain for those 2 miles. Hadn't had a chance to ride her. It rained all weekend. Well tonight I rode her. This is where the puzzling discovery comes in. No more famous 40 mph front end wobble. Not complaining about it , just trying to rationalize it. I mean , my bike had that wobble from new, just like about every other one.

My bike didn't have the wobble until after my run to Daytona via the hills of NC & GA. (~7500 miles on the tires)
Someone mentioned the tires could be cupping a bit, and it did look that way in the front.
So, I put 43 psi in the front and am basically riding it out. Not crazy riding, just working the tire.
The wobble is less now than it was two months ago.

I dunno....

[shooter]

I never had the wobble. Put 3000 on the stock stone. Went Dark side and put a new 888 on front with chrome rims.

[wildrooster]

My triumph r3t would eat the rear time from the inside out and put it in a death wobble. The bike produced too much torque for the Bridgestone tires to handle. I wouldn't be surprised if this bike would produce simular results under certain conditions

[valkmc]

The front end wobble is also a puzzle to me. I do not have it on my 6. I don't get it with the MC tire or the CT on the back. I also escaped it on my 12 Wing. Here's the part I do not get. I ride with a guy with a 12 Wing who bought his a week after I bought mine. Same front tire, same PSI (41). He has it. I have tried his and it is definitly there. How does one Wing. have it and another does not.

[Texas TC]

I had it on my 2008 and 2012 full Wings. I have never had it on the F 6B. I put 17000 miles on my first front tire before I picked up a nail. The second rear tire had 16000+ miles when I changed it. The rear is now new and the front has 10000 miles. Still, I have not experienced any wobble ( knock on wood). I, too, run 41 psi air in my tires.

[stroguy]

Funky kind of weird. Bad batch of tires? Bad balancing dude or dudette at the factory? Caliber torq not correct? Very interesting.

[Steve 0080]

Tire pressure is the answer.... let it go a few miles and you are ______! until you get a new set !!! 41-41 is my answer some will vary...I got 20K+ out of the front...proof is in the puddin...

I check it like a freak !!!!!

[stroguy]

I run 36 with nowobblyness.

[53driver]

Tire pressure is the answer.... let it go a few miles and you are ______! until you get a new set !!! 41-41 is my answer some will vary...I got 20K+ out of the front...proof is in the puddin...

I check it like a freak !!!!!

During the ride to Daytona, we started at -2 degrees in Harrisburg.
I was at 41/41 for the trip.
By the time I hit Daytona 5 days (and some hard riding) later, I did not re-check the pressure.
When I got back to Philly, 2400 miles later, it was 37.
So, perhaps.....