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Title: Handling very unsafe!!!
Post by: Mrhawx95 on March 24, 2014, 09:07:53 AM
So my 98 gs500e is having a bad handling issue. It weaves left to right at slow speeds and when i try to take a corners its impossible to keep my line ( goes out more than i want) and at high speeds in a bend it starts to to a mini speed wobble???

Ive changed the headbearings but made no diffrence...
Title: Re: Handling very unsafe!!!
Post by: radodrill on March 24, 2014, 09:37:19 AM
Have you checked for a loose axle/pinch bolt, loose fork tube clamps (on the triple trees), worn out wheel bearings, ....
Title: Re: Handling very unsafe!!!
Post by: Xevamir on March 24, 2014, 04:03:46 PM
How is the air pressure in your tires?

Whenever my front tire gets extremely low the handling drops off almost as you describe.
Title: Re: Handling very unsafe!!!
Post by: gsJack on March 24, 2014, 04:35:20 PM
Check wheel bearings, wheels, and tires.  Slow speed weave and high speed wobble in turns could be low air pressure in tires as suggested or could be a tire bead not properly seated or something not tight.

Check it all out, put bike on center stand and put blocks or jack stand under pipes at front so you can shake and spin both wheels.  Are wheel bearings smooth and tight without wobble or notchiness, spin wheels and look for wobble in wheels and/or tires.  Make sure axle nuts, triple clamp bolts, etc are all tight.  Are tires in decent shape, not old and worn uneven?
Title: Re: Handling very unsafe!!!
Post by: Blueknyt on March 24, 2014, 05:19:46 PM
rear wheel alignment, swing arm bushings, head stock bearings. bent frame, tripple tree, or forks, forks uneven spring rate or oil level.......... and number of things can influence a wobble
Title: Re: Handling very unsafe!!!
Post by: Meuryn on March 24, 2014, 06:35:23 PM
Might not be it, but I was always told bad wheel alignment can cause weave and wobble?
Title: Re: Handling very unsafe!!!
Post by: Mrhawx95 on March 25, 2014, 01:12:24 PM
Thanks for the reply guys, i think i might start of with new tyre, it looks pretty uneven and is geting cracks in it.
It has them continental tyres on them, they look pretty poor tyres tbh.