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I just changed my tire and followed the other pictoral thread on how to disassemble the rear end to do so. I put it all back together last night and did a rudimentary balance. This consisted of sticking a rod through the center of the wheel and placing it on jackstands, then slowly spinning the wheel.
Anyway, today I went for a ride and noticed some vibrations throughout the speed range. However, the greatest vibrations I felt were on deceleration from 30 - 20 mph. I felt the vibrations in the footpegs and they were not very hard, but very quick, like an electric massager or something.
The next thing I did is a little controversial, but I wanted to see if my wheel was bent. I put it on the center stand and in gear, then watch the rear wheel spin. It does have a small wave in it. Maybe once per second/1.5 seconds. It was also very chattery sounding. It sounded like it was coming from where the shaft goes into the transmission (not sure if this is normal or not). I turn the bike off, walk over to the other side of the garage to grab something, and hear a clank. I still don't know what the clank was.
I'm going to disassemble and reassemble the rear, do pumpkin maintenance while I'm at it. Any thoughts or suggestions as to what the vibrations could be?
Anyway, today I went for a ride and noticed some vibrations throughout the speed range. However, the greatest vibrations I felt were on deceleration from 30 - 20 mph. I felt the vibrations in the footpegs and they were not very hard, but very quick, like an electric massager or something.
The next thing I did is a little controversial, but I wanted to see if my wheel was bent. I put it on the center stand and in gear, then watch the rear wheel spin. It does have a small wave in it. Maybe once per second/1.5 seconds. It was also very chattery sounding. It sounded like it was coming from where the shaft goes into the transmission (not sure if this is normal or not). I turn the bike off, walk over to the other side of the garage to grab something, and hear a clank. I still don't know what the clank was.
I'm going to disassemble and reassemble the rear, do pumpkin maintenance while I'm at it. Any thoughts or suggestions as to what the vibrations could be?