Tankslapper. weave and wobble, causees?

[burmbuster]

Originally Posted by troutbum33

All right, thanks for all the suggestions. Just rode 250 miles at up to 73mph similarly loaded with no problems at all. Here is what I did. Checked wheel balance, front wheel was out of balance and is balanced now. Steering head bearing adjustment checked-good. Added 5/8 to spacer in forks for preload and changed fork oil 10 weight. Fork tubes were up 1 1/4 inches in clamps, raised clamps to even with top of tubes. Added a K-9 fork brace, nice piece of machinery. Added a 550 lb spring to the stock rear schock and set preload to 4. Removed the fender pack from the front fender. Welded a new bracket on my rear racks that lets me pull my North Face Base Camp Duffel furthe forward.
I don't really plan on testing it up to 80 again just to see if I can get myself into a high side. With the knobbys and heavy duty tubes, and load I'm just not set up for speed and cruising at 67 is just fine as all the speed limits are 65 or 55 on the back highways I ride.

Nice. Sounds like a real proactive way of attacking the problem. Hope it resolves everything.

Brad

[Crilly]

That heavy I would go up to 42 lbs in the tires.

[wfopete]

A 1994 KLR? Miles? All sorts of wear and tear issues on that old of a bike. I agree with the others who say to go over this bike's frame/steering/suspetion carefully to include wheel & swingarm bearings then go onto the other issues.