that's it exactly. BTW, I looked up my old 2001 FLHRCI manual: it states riding the bike over 80 mph is possibly unsafe
Exactly Kraut...same in a cage. As stated over and over, a cruiser should be stable, period. If we wanted to be absolutely safe, we wouldn't leave the house.
This past eight years, I've been riding Goldwings. I put the Kury fork brace on the 1500 because of some low speed stability issues when under full load - mostly in parking lots. It wasn't as pronounced in the 1800, so I never added one. Around 130 on Airline highway (South of Holister, CA) was the top speed for the 1800. Aside from not wanting to take my eyes off the road for even a second at that speed and the pucker factor, stable as a rock. Even my 1982 Suzuki GS750EZ could do 125 at over 20 years old - solid. But only once.
This past week on my way into the office at 5:30 AM, I happend upon a RK and we had a bit of a spirited run. Not racing, just enjoying the ride. One sweeper curve transition at I85 N onto I280 N (Sunnyvale, CA) the wobble started at about 80 mph mid-curve. This is the first time it's happened since my last post above, where I'd adjusted air pressure in the tires. By backing off the speed a tiny bit and relaxing my grip on the outside grip, it balanced out. I only backed off to around 70 and it was fine.
Fast Eddie: I'm looking forward to your report on the Tru-track? Consequently, it should not take aftermarket products to make the bike stable at any speed. At risk of stating the obvious and flogging that dead horse, MOCO needs to find the cure for this. It's a serious issue and lives are at stake.
My theory is; it is a flexing of the forks at a certain freqency, much like tuning forks. There is no fork brace, so they flex, but only when certain conditions present. Sort of a witches brew...bad juju.
R/S
Ken2