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apmahardy
09-04-2011, 02:33 AM
Hey guys,

I left the country for a while so my GZ sat for around 40 days. Although it was started regularly it wasn't driven. When I came home I noticed the tires looked a little flat (like someone was sitting on the bike).Both tires were pretty low so I refilled both tires to the PSI recommended by the sticker on the side of the frame. After doing this the bike has a noticeable front end wobble at around 30-40 which is agitated when I gear down from that speed. :cry:

What am I doing? :??: The bike has 1000 miles in it. The only thing I changed was tire pressure and have triple checked the pressure with the owners manual as well as the sticker.

blaine
09-04-2011, 08:50 AM
Welcome to the forum.It sounds like your tires are flat spotted from sitting.Sitting with them low on air didn't help.You may need to get them rebalanced for the wobble to disappear.
:) :cool:

apmahardy
09-04-2011, 09:55 AM
alright i'll try that. I've went and looked at the balancing weights that are on the spokes already and they slide up and down? This isn't normal is it?

Gz Rider
09-04-2011, 11:38 AM
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apmahardy
09-04-2011, 12:10 PM
Thanks guys I'll do this.

Water Warrior 2
09-04-2011, 06:31 PM
The weights on the spokes will be thrown out to the rim and held there by centrigugal force once you are moving, not a biggy in IMO. Just a thought that I would try if this were my problem: over inflate the tires by 6 or 7 psi and go for a good long ride to heat up the tire. The bike didn't sit that long unattended so they just "might" come back in balance a bit.