motorcycle questions for ya

Guy W

Guy W

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I know there are a few folks on here that like/own motorcycles.

Well I have a question/problem. Today I bought an '05 Yamaha V-Star Custom, 650cc. And thats where my story begins.

I picked it up in the morning, drove to the insurance company, and noticed it had a really bumpy ride at 40+ mph. I took it back and the technicain said the tires needed to be balanced. So he put some weights on the spokes of the wheels. Drove it home, the ride was no better. At 50+mph it was really bad.

Took it back and waited around for 2 hours for a different guy to really go over the tires. He went on several test drives and finally gave it back to me. Now the ride is a whole lot better, and perhaps had I not had all the previous problems I might not have noticed it for a while. But it doesn't feel like a 100% perfect/smooth ride. Maybe it's my inexperince with bikes, maybe I'm just overly parinoid now, I don't know.

When the problem was real bad, it would shake the heck outta me. My glasses would bounce around on my face it was so bad. Now it's no where near that bad, but i still feel like I can sense a repetative bounce as I'm going down the road, but it's minor. Problem is, I don't know if thats as good as it gets with this bike, or if I'm being overly critical or what.

Anyone have any advice?
 
Smooth....... Try a different dealer. Being new the bike was assembled by the dealer. Something dosent sound right. Maybe loose steering head bearings. I would get a second opinon this is a new bike you want to get all the bugs fixed while still under warranty.
 
That bike should ride smooth with no bounce. Sounds like incompetent "mechanics" to me..

Check you tire air pressure. Find out the correct pressure from what's stamped on the tire. Don't put the maximum in, but a couple pounds under that..

The wheel and tires may be defective. Don't settle for less than a smooth balanced ride!!

Don't let them tell you 'it's the nature of that bike to be a little rough', cause that's just BS...
 
Thanks for the replies. I talked to the tech that did the majority of the work yesterday, and got the bike riding pretty smooth but told him I still didn't feel it was perfect.

He said I should give it about 200 miles and see how it feels once the tires have had a chance to break in. Is this just BS to try to get rid of me or is that true?

thanks again.
 
Thats complete BS there is no break in period for tires, except for the few first miles called scrubbing in. This concerns traction not balance. Get a second opinion!
 
750t said:
Thats complete BS there is no break in period for tires, except for the few first miles called scrubbing in. This concerns traction not balance. Get a second opinion!
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I approve that post! ---------I mean, I totally agree with that!! :D

There's no tire 'break-in' period ..... period.

Yes, there's the 'scrubbing' as brand new tires can be 'slippery' at first. But that does not apply to a rough ride.

87 miles is plenty of time to get past the scubbing.
 
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Post again on this when you have found a "good" mechanic/shop.... I'm interested as to what happens.
 
A little off topic, but my brothers boss steve took his new F350 in for a strange noise in the motor (less than 1,000 miles). The mech. said he had air in his oil resivoir and it could be fixed by an oil change. after the oil change, the noise pesisted. so steve went to the truck pulled the oil-dipstck to check it and said oh whoops now there's air in it again isn't there. He then proceded to tell the mechanic he has owned his own shop for 30 years and knew exactly what the problem was, and how to fix it. he got his truck fixxed. The morral being, DON'T TRUST MECHANICS.
 
gonefishin said:
..... The morral being, DON'T TRUST MECHANICS.
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Have you heard the story of "bad muffler bearings" ? :D
 
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