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Funny feeling

Discussion in 'XJ Technical Chat' started by knuts2a, Jun 14, 2009.

  1. knuts2a

    knuts2a Member

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    Just home from a trip away, left home, 2hrs riding ~110-120Kmhr, slow down for town and the bike feels like it's got a flat tyre. Stopping for fuel anyway, tyres check OK, rechecked front fork pressure all fine. Ride off again, all good on the highway but when i slow down for towns it feels funny. Stop and fuel up every couple of hours at it's ok again. Can't see anything odd. Stopped in town for half an hour before the last 15mins ride to home and it felt normal. Is it just me still in highway mode and over reacting or could the rear shocks have gone off or something. Very un-nerving.
     
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    what do you men funny? Like, wobbly?

    seen (and felt) similar 'off-ness' due to front brakes having a stuck piston or sticky caliper.
     
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    If your Headset Bearings are tight ... The Bike will "Feel Funny" going down the Road because it will "Track" in the invisible lines of wear on the highway ... rather than "Go where you are looking".

    Put the Bike on the Center Stand and have somebody hold the Seat down to allow the Front Tire to lift off the ground.
    Check to see that the Headset Bearings allow the Handlebars to sweep the full travel Left to Right without binding.

    Check to see that the PreLoad is the same on each of the Rear Shocks.
     
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    I second Rick.
    It's never good when you have a 'funny feeling' about your bike. In my case it was my rear shocks.
     
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    Got up this morning and road to work, everything feels fine again. Will have to drop the bottom fairing and sit it on a trolly jack to check the front end as i don't have a centre stand. Tyre pressures are a bit higher than i have been running, where about 36Psi rear, downloaded a manual and it said up to 42Psi for heavy or high speed, got about 40Psi in the rear at the moment, but feels a bit harsh one up.
     

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