[JK_DILLA]

Under hard accelerating, my bike headshakes on upshifts. Nothing dramatic but enough to catch my attention.
Steering dampeners? stiffening the rear suspension? etc. what can i do to ease the problem.

 

[beanz]

best thing is the steering damper
or
you could try to go a little less rebound on the front. it might help

 

[bulldog]

dont you have a sv650s??

 

[bumblebee]

maybe it's time to replace the bearings and do a little maint.

 

[Gas Man]

maybe it's time to replace the bearings and do a little maint.

That would be the first thing to check... then steering stabalizer...

Check my un-commom maintance thread and then do a search on steering stabalizer or dampner...

 

[JK_DILLA]

appreciated

Thanks all, im gettin to it tomorrow. :dthumb:

 

[SpeedWerks.com]

Before spending $$$ on a steering stabilizer, you may want to look into some maint and setup as mentioned above. Under normal conditions, an SV shouldn't headshake. While a steering stabilizer might keep this from happening, you're just covering up a problem, not solving it. You might want to check your sag, and make sure the rear isn't too soft. If it's squating under accelleration and unloading the front, it could cause a headshake to happen when you shift (you're unloading the rear and loading the front for a couple seconds).

- Roach

 

[Nine29]

Before spending $$$ on a steering stabilizer, you may want to look into some maint and setup as mentioned above. Under normal conditions, an SV shouldn't headshake. While a steering stabilizer might keep this from happening, you're just covering up a problem, not solving it. You might want to check your sag, and make sure the rear isn't too soft. If it's squating under accelleration and unloading the front, it could cause a headshake to happen when you shift (you're unloading the rear and loading the front for a couple seconds).

- Roach

Good advice. Don't use a damper to mask other problems...

 

[Gas Man]

Isn't that a basic idea of what I and Bee said??? :scratch:

 

[jeeps84]

Isn't that a basic idea of what I and Bee said??? :scratch:

Except you didn't mention to check or stiffen the rear suspension.
Most likely the problem. :2cents:

 

[JK_DILLA]

Tomorrow Im buying a 30mm socket to get into the stering stem, but i stiffened the rear and will work that out on the way to buy the socket.

when you shift (you're unloading the rear and loading the front for a couple seconds).

- Roach

a couple seconds?!?! I know i shift faster than that!