Look Ma no hands... sort of

[2LZ]

Originally Posted by Megadan

Front fork alignment is slightly out and/or rear wheel alignment is off just a bit. The rear wheel alignment can sometimes make the front feel and behave as if it is out of whack too.

Here! Here!

Also, it could just not be a very well balanced bike and as MD states, on such a small light bike and our fat asses on them, it's like sitting a bowling ball on a golf tee.

Mrs. 2LZ Victory is almost impossible to ride with no hands because all the giant exhaust pipes hang on one side.

[JerryHawk250]

Hmmmm...I haven't tried that yet on the Hawk. I'll have to see over the weekend how it works out. I'll have to make sure I do it in front of my mom's house to get the full effect. lol

[Ariel Red Hunter]

Originally Posted by 2LZ

Here! Here!

Also, it could just not be a very well balanced bike and as MD states, on such a small light bike and our fat asses on them, it's like sitting a bowling ball on a golf tee.

Mrs. 2LZ Victory is almost impossible to ride with no hands because all the giant exhaust pipes hang on one side.

We'd know a lot more about this problem if one of us had an incline-o-meter. Currently, the digital read out ones have magnets, and you glom them on the steel part of the fork tubes to check the steering head angle. Try it both with the bike Naked and with you sitting on it, with your long suffering wife reading off the degrees. 27.5 degrees allows fast steering, but not twitchy. Ducati's, Harleys and Indians are 30 or a little more degrees, and they go down the road like an old toad. That means locked-in steering...ARH

[JerryHawk250]

I tried t over the weekend. At 55 and down to 35 it wasn't a problem keeping it strait. Now I wish I had cruise control.

[pistolclass]

One other but of data. My tires are inflated to 32 psi. Not sure if that matters.