Having an issue with wheel hop

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woodbutcher

Mr. Old Fart member #145
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dentdude36 said:
If it's lighter can I do on the k9 what the guy does in this video? Watch the chopper
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that's george mingledorf out of low country customs in savannah, ga. where Shane and I bought our dogs. and, yes, he is crazy enough to do that shit. problem is, he never told the prospective buyers that he did that to the bikes. he did this down below the Talmadge Bridge on Hutchinson Is.
 
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woodbutcher

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the theory of the light front end could also be backed up by the videos of Sugar Bear and his posse bouncing their bikes down the road with his springer front suspensions. damn, some of them look like they are 8' long just by themselves.
 
HMAN

HMAN

I just like my Freedom
I havent noticed any wheel hop with the Pitt, but the full fender this weekend sure made my hands tingle. It catches more air which adds vibrations. Shorty goin back on this week..
 
cdogg556

cdogg556

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That's really strange I don't know if it's your fender, I have a full fender on my bike and it's stable over 130 miles an hour, so I don't see how there's any way you could be your fender.
 
mjsk9

mjsk9

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oss said:
It was at 30 psi . I'm not taking anything to that shop again. I had them change the front wheel bearings and the tire, while they had it. My bad for not checking the pressure when they gave me the wheel and tire to put on the bike.
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Probably want to recheck the tire pressure in a few days to make sure there is no leak or didn't seal properly after they put on the new tire?
 
kickstart

kickstart

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Has the oil in the front end been changed? I noticed some hop when I changed oil and tried 20, 30 works better for me. As far as your question of is more beads better, I cannot answer
oss said:
i'm having an issue between 70 and 80 mph. My new front tire will start to bounce at just over 70 mph and just at 80 mph it stops. Then it's smooth as ice. is there a such thing as too much with the beads?
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Has the oil in the front end been changed? I noticed some hop when I changed oil and tried 20, 30 works better for me. As far as your question of are more beads better, I cannot answer that but I would stick with the recommended weight.
 
Th3InfamousI

Th3InfamousI

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kickstart said:
Has the oil in the front end been changed? I noticed some hop when I changed oil and tried 20, 30 works better for me. As far as your question of is more beads better, I cannot answer


Has the oil in the front end been changed? I noticed some hop when I changed oil and tried 20, 30 works better for me. As far as your question of are more beads better, I cannot answer that but I would stick with the recommended weight.
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That too...i tried 20wt based on some recommendations here think GasMan likef 20 I had to drain it and run 30wt.



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BWG56

BWG56

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Th3InfamousI said:
You gotta go faster than 70 ..lol..

It's just a little hop and you can't really feel it but if your looking at the tire you can see it. Might not actually happen on your old pitbull actually just because there is more weight on the front end. I bet it doesn't on the prostreets just because of that. Longer bikes just don't have much weight on the front tire.

Give it a try on your k9..and it's usually about 68mph - 77mph it just has a little bounce it's not smooth. Again you gotta be looking at it you won't really feel it

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Not much difference at all between K9 and Mastiff, 8#

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oss

oss

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I was changing my headlight bucket. and went back over what I had found the other day. I got a half turn on the valve on my front tire. Sorry I did't post sooner. I'm betting that was causing my slow leak.
 
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