I'm parking pretty well now, but I cant get a good drag going. At rest, the bike feels solid sitting on the bar. But when I try to drag, it starts wobbling. If I stand on the bar and pull back on the bike it helps a little, but theres gotta be something im missing. Can anyone give me any pointers? As much as I enjoy a nice 5 mph crash, I'm not really making any progress.

 

have you tried shortening the bar a bit? I know it doesnt like to drag good if it is too long because it doesnt have enough weight on it. The bikes natural tendency is to wobble and bobble its *** off at 12 and the bar helps stabilize it at 12 when scraping by acting as a 2nd contact point. However, if the weight isnt distributed properly, it doesnt do its job very well. Shortening the bar will add more of the bikes weight on it. I would shorten it another inch if it is sitting at perfect 12 right now.

 

Its short already, a few inches shorter than the stock tail. ABout 12:15, 12:30 I cant make it any shorter with out cutting part of the seat. I'm thinking I need to find a more level riding spot

 

may want to lower the rear tire pressure, if it's not already

 

Yo- MikeM where the hell have you been riding? I haven't been out since like november, I sold my bike to stay ahead of the bills after breaking my hand. I'm picking up a streetfighter F3 this week and want to come back out and kill it. All of the "spots" are pretty much gone though (cops suck). Let me know when you ride and I'll take a ride out and meet up with you.

 

is your bar to narrow??

 

IM running 12 psi, the bar is about a foot wide

 

its a machine

 

then it's just a balance issue - or you can try shortening the bar, so there's a bit more weight on it (there's a similar thread around somewhere)