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[DCFIREMANN]

I just read this and have not been on the site in a while. Looking at Bobby's first post there is no mention of the speed the bike was traveling.

As mentioned above it could be a number of things that will cause this. I have not had the wobble till I have been above 110 and it work itself out as my speed was climbing.

Do a search and you will get a ton of info on this subject.

Prayers are going out to your friend, your friends family and yourself !!!!!!

Be Safe

THE DAWG

[djkak]

I just read this and have not been on the site in a while. Looking at Bobby's first post there is no mention of the speed the bike was traveling....
Be Safe

THE DAWG

There are several replies quoting Bobby’s original unmodified post which include the remark “Witness say he has traveling 55 mph”

djkak

[UltraPolecat]

There are several replies quoting Bobby’s original unmodified post which include the remark “Witness say he has traveling 55 mph”

djkak

Wow, talk about post editing.  I read the original post when it forst popped up and now see the edited version.  They tell a very different story.  The original is referenced in Reply #7, et al.  For a second I had a flashback to the old Nixon days...

No offense meant, as our co-rider is still hurt but lets all chase the right monster.

[Twolanerider]

as our co-rider is still hurt but lets all chase the right monster.

UP, it's hard to even make that assessment.  If one part of the story isn't true or is adjusted for greater dramatic impact the rest has to be cast in the same light.  Kind of sad actually.

[UglyJohn]

Edited or not, 55 mph or 105 mph, the rider is down and I'm very sorry to hear that. My own brother went down a couple of weeks ago and it's a hard road back, for him and me since I was there when he went down. It becomes a family thing which includes "us" the riding family. Prayers. Enough said. 
Ugly John

[VaEagle]

Sad to see any rider go down. Prayers for him and his family.

[RedDevil]

Sorry to hear about your friend, regardless of what speed he was traveling.  I hope he finds an answer as to what caused it, be it his error or the bike's.  Unfortunately, either way, he has to live his life this way because of it. 

[roadking spain]

I feel really sorry for you friend
but i personally think that this wooble does not come from a speed like 55 mph never.
i had a wobble with my 2003 FLH but over 100 mph.Remember in Europe where this high speed is allowed.
Heinz

[N.J. BKVII]

I'm lucky enough to have reached 105 with my bike and have not felt any "wobble".  I feel bad about this incident and wish no one to go through this or any crash. 

[Bobby_Brooks]

For those of you that have  made comments on the "friend paralyzed for life" and sent your prayers I say thank you as that friend was me. And for the comments made that they didn't believe the speed of 55, it was 55 and was the "wobble". I'm 58 years old been riding 50 years. Please, please I consider all of you my friends and don't want any of you to live life like I'm living now. Please there is something to this "wobble" issue. If you don't believe me just type in Harley wobble and look at the number of hits. Now type in all other Honda and all other bikes with wobble. Please I beg you all to get a fix put on your bikes and don't wait for the day wake in the hospital and your wife crying with joy your alive and crying from sadness that you will never walk again. I'm living hell every day don't let it be you next.

Your friend,

Bobby

[Twolanerider]

For those of you that have  made comments on the "friend paralyzed for life" and sent your prayers I say thank you as that friend was me. And for the comments made that they didn't believe the speed of 55, it was 55 and was the "wobble". I'm 58 years old been riding 50 years. Please, please I consider all of you my friends and don't want any of you to live life like I'm living now. Please there is something to this "wobble" issue. If you don't believe me just type in Harley wobble and look at the number of hits. Now type in all other Honda and all other bikes with wobble. Please I beg you all to get a fix put on your bikes and don't wait for the day wake in the hospital and your wife crying with joy your alive and crying from sadness that you will never walk again. I'm living hell every day don't let it be you next.

Your friend,

Bobby

Bobby,
Any injury or loss is worth mourning.  The cause is irrelevant.  In this last post it seems the matter is even more urgent though, and doubly poignant. 

You describe your wife's pain and how you are living now.  So you're injured too.  After the accident that befell the friend which started this thread such coincidental loss is indeed a dual tragedy.....

[SOKOOLJ]

Bobby,

I wish you well and hope that you may have a full recovery, God bless you.

SOKOOL

[Smiler]

Bobby - Sorry to hear about your mate - Last year I ran over a dog, luckily for me I hit it straight on, if I had tried to swerve I'd have come off.

It can happen... unfortunately.  It would be interesting to hear what happened from your mate

[Jock]

Thoughts and prayers to all.

[SPIDERMAN]

This sounds like a flat rear tire to me. I've experienced high speed wobble and as Neal said it doesn't occur at 55mph. When your rear tire goes down the bike wobbles from side to side until you either dump it on purpose or get tossed off when it goes into a barrel roll. Sometimes in the aftermath of a motorcycle accident when the rider doesn't understand what happend, it is hard to figure out the real cause. When a motorcycle goes down and skids along the pavement it more often than not chews up the rear tire enough that it's hard to determine if the accident caused the flat or the flat caused the accident. I caution all to continously check your rear tires. I often read posts about folks bragging how many miles they got out of a rear tire. I'm not pointing to Bobby's friend on this, just using what may have happened here to point out how cheap a good tire really is in the grand scheme. Trying to get more than 10k out of rear tire is dumb in my opinion.

     Bobby,I am very sorry to hear about your friend. I hope he can move on with his life and adjust. I have known a couple of people who became paraplegic from motorcycle accidents. One all but quadrplegic. Somehow they found the strength to go forward and live their lives. One thing I believe in my heart is that your friend needs you, but doesn't need you to feel sorry for him for very long. He will need you to learn to adjust to his new life just as he will have to learn. Be his friend and go forward with him.

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