Front washing out

[speeding_ant]

Are you sure you keep feeling the front end washing out? If you are right you must be a fucken wicked rider to keep saving a washed out front wheel

Has happened three times. It feels like a slide, and the front end of the bike moves away from me, but it doesn't fully let go. It feels like if I let it go any further it will drop.

It's not sudden, so It's not a proper loss of traction like you're talking about.

[Banditbandit]

Have you had the bent front axle fixed yet? It's pointless trying to sort out a problem (if there is one) until this has been done and you have ridden the bike ..

[speeding_ant]

Have you had the bent front axle fixed yet? It's pointless trying to sort out a problem (if there is one) until this has been done and you have ridden the bike ..

Agree - haven't touched it, just waiting on the part.

[neil_cb125t]

Its amazing how easy it is to think there is a problem with our machine, turn in and stability are normally the areas that we all want the bike to handel better yeah?

From having a quick look at the thread I can only offer one area of advise that is free and able to be installed instantly.....it could be the way you are steering the bike. Have you looked at or do you understand counter steering? If not Youtube up Keith code counter steering or there may even be his whole DVD called Twist of the wrist 2 on there.

What it sounds like is your creating a mini slide when you steer the bike, this is created as you input your steering. If you press and release on the inside bar steering correctly, the front forks turn outwards to the required steering angle, which leans the bike over. Once your happy with your line and lean angle you release the input and the forks RETURN to a neutral possition for the bike to track around your set line. If you press on the bar and HOLD the pressure the forks will turn outwards until you hit the lean you desire, but then the forks CANNOT return to the neutral possition, so the front tyre begins to slide ever so slightly. These slides are created by either the inside bar pressure being held, not released, OR the opposing bar being pushed at the same time as the inside thus stopping the front wheel from returning to the neutral possition.

Once you have steered the bike how tight are you on the bars...........??? does it change from lefts to rights???

[Mushu]

Niels post above goes with what I have been trying to say (about the throttle rule) these are the two things I learned that helped my riding more than anything else. I'd give you green rep, Niel, but it don't work on my phone.

Twist 2 is on YouTube in its entirety or it's also on piratebay if you're not against such things.

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