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SDCVO:
OK, I know I shouldn't but regularly hang my arms down for minutes at a time on long stretches on the freeway with Cruise set. Bike solid as a rock

J.D.:
When I experienced this on a touring bike I was riding 1-up on the interstate at typical interstate speed (cruise control engaged). Low mileage bike, well maintained, newer and properly inflated tires.  Pretty good curve and hit a "dip" in the road during the aforementioned curve.  The front wheel went from tracking solid to fluttering like the front wheel of a bad shopping cart instantly.  Holy f'n hell!  What do you do (after chitting yourself)?  Brake?  Tighten up your arms?  I can't tell you what I did as I can't honestly remember.  Didn't crash it, somehow.

FLSTFI Dave:

--- Quote from: SDCVO on May 18, 2020, 11:05:47 PM ---OK, I know I shouldn't but regularly hang my arms down for minutes at a time on long stretches on the freeway with Cruise set. Bike solid as a rock

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Bored on the interstate going across flat straight Kansas I rode 23 miles with my hands off the bars at 80mph.  It was just to see how far I could go. 

Road glides are very sensitive to neck bearing adjustment, if its off, while deceleration from 55 mph down with hands off bars about 47 the bars will start to go back and forth, and as it slows more it gets more pronounced.  If neck is adjust right it will  not do this.

So when I leave the dealer after service, first thing I do is run up to 55mph, take hands off bars and let bike slow, any shake its back to dealer for them to correct.  Only once did a service writer tell me the issue was not the neck bearing adjustment but that you never take hands off bars.  Service Manager over heard and came out and told him, I was correct, neck was adjusted wrong, most likely to regular touring bike spec.

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