I had a serious wobble goin 120mph a while ago, and barely recovered it. I picked up a nail though in my front tire and haven't been on the bike for about a week. I was wondering tho, when i got on tonight and rode a block the steering seemed lose, and it seemed a lot harder to turn the bars. when I leaned into a corner the bars seemed to push back really hard, and the bike felt super heavy.. I'm riding a '88 Hurricane 1000, and its a little over 600lbs, but still, i've never had a problem riding it, and its always been super steady at all speeds and in all riding conditions, rode like a dream, but tonight it felt like I was gonna drop it.. I'm wondering if maybe my steering is messed from the tankslapper? Could it have worked some bolts loose and maybe thats why its feeling funny? Maybe it was just all the cigarettes I smoked before it, I dunno. Anyone got any ideas?

 

Sounds like the tire is low.

 

Yeah, the tire is low, still got the nail in it I take it in tommorow to get a new one. maybe it'll be ok when thats done.

 

A high speed tankslapper can not only work the head bearings loose, but also back off the pads in the calipers (although you'd have found this oiut as soon as you tried to stop!), twist the fork legs and bars out of alignment and pull cables loose, so it's always best to check things over fully after sumat like that happens, although if you've ever seen any footage of the Isle of Man TT, that kind of thing doesn't seem to faze them one bit...

 

Low Tire Pressure Makes The Steering Very Hard, Put A New Tire On It With Good Pressure And You Feel It Go Back To Normal.