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[Steve_G]

I once raced a gal with a Springer  doing 125 on my first HD bagger ( '88 - not stock) Took up almost two lanes with the wobble.

[Midnight Rider]

Ha!  I've got one of those little things also....takes awhile for mine to lock in on the sats, but it was 'free' for test driving a car, so, can't complain about it.  spyder

Beats the hell out of a compass, map, and triangulation like in the bad ol days...   Just take extra batteries 

[grc]

Beats the hell out of a compass, map, and triangulation like in the bad ol days...   Just take extra batteries 

Yup, but when you're out in the wilderness without a clue and the batteries or the entire device die, it sure would be nice to have that old fashioned compass and map as a backup.  I keep wondering what the younger generation would do if a sudden huge EMP were to kill all the electronic devices in the world and shut down all the satellites.  I have a feeling the result would be both extremely funny initially, and then extremely sad when everything shuts down and people start dying because they have no clue how to do anything the "old fashioned way".  God forbid we have to live in a world without instant and constant connectivity, and an "app" to tell us what to do.

Jerry

[ftmyerscobra]

I ran across Aligator Alley for 25 min wide open, speedo was buried. The bike was as smooth as it is when I'm doing 70.

[tweeter13]

Yup, but when you're out in the wilderness without a clue and the batteries or the entire device die, it sure would be nice to have that old fashioned compass and map as a backup.  I keep wondering what the younger generation would do if a sudden huge EMP were to kill all the electronic devices in the world and shut down all the satellites.  I have a feeling the result would be both extremely funny initially, and then extremely sad when everything shuts down and people start dying because they have no clue how to do anything the "old fashioned way".  God forbid we have to live in a world without instant and constant connectivity, and an "app" to tell us what to do.

Jerry

Jerry that is a very good point.   I had a forth grade teacher that thought us how to use a map and a compass.  Then in Boy Scouts we did it again.  Never really thought about it again until you brought it up.  I am going to show my 15 year old and his friends this weekend now.  Hide a few things in the woods and let them find them using maps and compasses.  Can't believe I still new where this old stuff was at.  Just half to refresh myself with making the maps.  This is a fun cheap thing for us to do rain or shine.   

[Midnight Rider]

Yup, but when you're out in the wilderness without a clue and the batteries or the entire device die, it sure would be nice to have that old fashioned compass and map as a backup.  I keep wondering what the younger generation would do if a sudden huge EMP were to kill all the electronic devices in the world and shut down all the satellites.  I have a feeling the result would be both extremely funny initially, and then extremely sad when everything shuts down and people start dying because they have no clue how to do anything the "old fashioned way".  God forbid we have to live in a world without instant and constant connectivity, and an "app" to tell us what to do.

Jerry

Oh yea...I still keep a compass for the "just in case" situations that are inevitable if you do any wandering around in the woods.  And I still like looking at a good map spread out in front of me instead of a 3" screen...I like to get the "big picture" in my head that only a paper map can provide, even when traveling on the bike.  But then, I'm a map freak of sorts anyway.  I'm getting old, so don't go out for days at a time like I used to, but you can bet your azz I'm going to have a topo map and a compass as a backup, regardless.

In 20 years, people will be as lost as farts in a whirlwind without electronic devices....

Back on topic:  I've had three different HD bikes in recent years...a '06 SEUC, '06 SEVROD, and the '11 SERGU, and admit to having all three of them up to speeds equal to or exceeding 110mph, though not for long periods of time, and they were all as steady as a rock.  But, none of them had stock suspension either...having your front wheel making constant contact with the pavement is a good thing at those speeds, and the stock front end on a HD does NOT keep the front tire on the ground as much as you think it does if there are any irregularities in the road surface.

[spydglide]

Boy, I remember those 'topo' maps, and in the jungle/swamps there wasn't much 'topo' unless you moved to the mountain/highlands ranges.....a GPS sure would have been nice. Har!  spyder

[fastfreddy]

I ran across Aligator Alley for 25 min wide open, speedo was buried. The bike was as smooth as it is when I'm doing 70.

well i have ben checking my bike for a wobble every day this week 100 , 110 , 115 , 120 & 1?? mph no wobble either..

[Midnight Rider]

Boy, I remember those 'topo' maps, and in the jungle/swamps there wasn't much 'topo' unless you moved to the mountain/highlands ranges.....a GPS sure would have been nice. Har!  spyder

Spyd...It was you I had in mind when talking about the GPS as opposed to the "old days".  It's hard to triangulate on flat ground and you can't see 20' in front of yourself.  They don't put trees on Topo maps 

[Rooster]

Heck I still pass my turn sometimes then the backseat GPS kicks in. OUCH

[bear tracks]

Kilaani:  My experience with fork-mounted fairings (yours & mine), and frame-mounted fairings (I owned an older frame-mounted Honda Goldwing) is that your bike will most likely experience some degree of wobble at higher speeds like you describe.  On a new bike like yours it is most likely caused by wind or a combination of wind and the front end simply getting  light.  My Goldwing would go up to its max speed (105 mph) and remain rock solid, but it also had an aftermarket fork brace.  Fork-mounted fairings are more easily affected by the wind than frame-mounted (glide family) because they don't have the weight of the frame and attached elements giving the bike added stability.  If your bike doesn't have head bearing adjustment issues and you still desire to run at higher speeds, then I will pass on some advice that a local long time Harley rider passed on to me.  If you don't want to slow down, try leaning forward onto the tank to get more weight onto the front end.   If that doesn't work, you best slow down.  I love my batwing SEEG and would not trade it for anything else, but I know the engine is capable of taking it way faster than the bike design can handle (except maybe with a good tail wind).   . Good luck.

[Lars]

Don't you guys have the Compass App on your iPhone??

We live so far out West in the boonies, where the Hoot Owls make love to the Chickens, that you have to have a compass of some sort to find your way to the bar.

Lars,

[scttgr8]

checked mine for wobble again this afternoon...90 nothing, 100 nothing, 110 nothing, 120 still nothing and then out of road...traffic sucks!   

[Imbuilt2ride]

I have a 2012 CVO RG and I have had the speedometer buried at 120 in 5th and took off in 6th much faster with no wobble.  I changed to a metzeler rear tire and all of a sudden I would get a bad wobble around 75 mph and then it would go away if I went faster or slower. HD blamed the rear tire and put a new stock tire on and the wobble went away.  They tightened the steering head bearings also.

[Kilaani]

I have a 2012 CVO RG and I have had the speedometer buried at 120 in 5th and took off in 6th much faster with no wobble.  I changed to a metzeler rear tire and all of a sudden I would get a bad wobble around 75 mph and then it would go away if I went faster or slower. HD blamed the rear tire and put a new stock tire on and the wobble went away.  They tightened the steering head bearings also.

Not sure which was the culprit in my case, but when they did my 10k tune up, it solved itself:perhaps it was one of the usual suspects you guys laid out for me. My service tech made the list. My mechanic did the neck bearings at 10m, maybe it was that, don't know