S10 Among GS

firstime911 · Nov 1, 2020

Feeling happy to ride among GS's rider.. knowing my previous bike was GSA 1200.
S10 Arrow full system.. open throttle really make the GS's rider nervous.. "Man.. you bike is fast!", "the engine sounds so scary.. " LOL

BTW, I rode on concrete road yesterday around 60mph, fully loaded side pannier solo rider, Vstream windsheild. tire was inflated 36 43 psi. I set cruise control and hand off.
I notice handle bar is wobbling.. but doesn't affect the ride is still goes. Is just road or sth wrong wrong??
only 4000 miles on clock for the bike and tire.

Thank you

Tenman · Nov 2, 2020

Lift your front tire and give it a spin. If it’s wobbling. It needs trueing. Some good utube videos on it. Check the steering head bearings not uncommon to be a little on the loose side. Try some dyna beads. They work for me

blågrisen · Nov 2, 2020

Just a funny anecdote from three years ago regarding being outnumbered by BMW riders.
As a present to myself on my 60th birthday, I gave myself a two days track event with the local BMW GS club ( I know, I have some shady friends).
All participants were given yellow high visibility vests with numbers for identification on the track.
These guys were very professional(?) and since I was the only non boxer rider out of 83 riders, I was given, to every ones delight, a pink vest with nr. 13 on it.
There were quite a few comments about the pink rider although I got my revenge at the end of day two when I had the second highest recorded speed (208 km/h - 129 mph) on the long straightaway only beaten by one of the instructors.
A Birthday to remember!

Lstayner · Nov 2, 2020

Back in 2007 - 2008 Yamaha had a production issue with cross threaded nuts on the stem bearings on the 1300 V Star models. If trueing the wheel isn't the issue, I would have that checked.

Longdog Cymru · Nov 2, 2020

blågrisen said:
Just a funny anecdote from three years ago regarding being outnumbered by BMW riders.
As a present to myself on my 60th birthday, I gave myself a two days track event with the local BMW GS club ( I know, I have some shady friends).
All participants were given yellow high visibility vests with numbers for identification on the track.
These guys were very professional(?) and since I was the only non boxer rider out of 83 riders, I was given, to every ones delight, a pink vest with nr. 13 on it.
There were quite a few comments about the pink rider although I got my revenge at the end of day two when I had the second highest recorded speed (208 km/h - 129 mph) on the long straightaway only beaten by one of the instructors.
A Birthday to remember!

I went to Gotland 2 years ago and the best race track in the World ! https://gotlandring.com/

blågrisen · Nov 2, 2020

Longdog Cymru said:
I went to Gotland 2 years ago and the best race track in the World ! https://gotlandring.com/

Great track and fantastic surroundings on Gotland (Sweden's biggest island). Glad you had a chance to experience it!
My track day was on Scandinavian Raceway https://www.srwanderstorp.se/en/

Sierra1 · Nov 2, 2020

That picture is like a Where's Waldo.

Checkswrecks · Nov 2, 2020

firstime911 said:
Feeling happy to ride among GS's rider.. knowing my previous bike was GSA 1200.
S10 Arrow full system.. open throttle really make the GS's rider nervous.. "Man.. you bike is fast!", "the engine sounds so scary.. " LOL

BTW, I rode on concrete road yesterday around 60mph, fully loaded side pannier solo rider, Vstream windsheild. tire was inflated 36 43 psi. I set cruise control and hand off.
I notice handle bar is wobbling.. but doesn't affect the ride is still goes. Is just road or sth wrong wrong??
only 4000 miles on clock for the bike and tire.

Thank you

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One of these is not like the others. . .

Seriously, check the wheel for true, as mentioned by Tenman. If not that, then I'd suspect a loose steering head nut.
As for cross-threading for a model made in 2007-8, ummmm probably not but checking the stems will check for that anyway.

Bangkok is good memories.

BaldKnob · Nov 3, 2020

Sierra1 said:
That picture is like a Where's Waldo.

Found him! They pushed him way off on the periphery... top right in the pic.

CatBehemoth · Nov 3, 2020

I had a pretty bad wobbling recently. Had a front rim trued, then tire replaced - now smooth as a butter.

Sierra1 · Nov 3, 2020

How far out was the rim? 'Cuz a worn tire will do odd things.

firstime911 · Nov 3, 2020

Sierra1 said:
How far out was the rim? 'Cuz a worn tire will do odd things.

only 4xxx miles 1 year

Sierra1 · Nov 3, 2020

Was the rim bent, or un-true?

firstime911 · Nov 5, 2020

I check already.. i think i did over inflated the front tire. + heavy load on pannier... so the front is lift a bit

dannyv · Nov 5, 2020

Maybe your bike was just nervous around those GSs? Just tell her, no need to worry, she can run with them just fine.

Xclimation · Nov 6, 2020

I recently has a wobble at high speeds (over 100 mph) and the solutions were aligning the forks helped a little and getting the right tire pressure helped a lot.

firstime911 · Nov 9, 2020

dannyv said:
Maybe your bike was just nervous around those GSs? Just tell her, no need to worry, she can run with them just fine.

hahaha...

VRODE · Nov 10, 2020

All those GS’s, and only one tow vehicle.

it’s no wonder she was nervous.

firstime911 · Nov 11, 2020

VRODE said:
All those GS’s, and only one tow vehicle.

it’s no wonder she was nervous.

I tried to calm her down.. but she was a wild beast.. hit 100mph many times. LOL

Madhatter · Nov 11, 2020

fully loaded side pannier or panniers , having equal weight distribution between panniers is a good idea , may not be cause of a wobble , but might cause a drift to one side or other. suspension not set right can induce a wobble . probably something simple.

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