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Stabilizer needed for 2013?

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#1 ·
Just wondering if anyone else, riding the newer framed bikes are having "handling" problems with their bikes too? I'm experiencing "rear steer", bike slides left n right at higher speeds in particular, the turns. Been thinking about adding a stabilizer from True-Track. Anyone has it? pros-cons please if you do.
 
#36 ·
My 13 does not seem to need a stabilizer although I am sure it would ride better if it had one. I push my bike pretty hard and nary a wobble but I felt the same way about my FXDXT until I put True Track on it and it was a completely different bike.

Suddenly no one could keep up no matter what they were riding. It was like being on a sport bike again. I'll have to look into these a little more as I don;t want to sue one that blocks the tranny drain hole. My buddy with a 09 was telling me has to take the True Track off to drain the tranny but I am not sure if that is true or not.
 
#38 ·
My bike seems to ride straight and solid around town and the back roads going 55 but if I get on the Interstate and start going 60 or more the front end seems to float around a little. Can this be fixed? Stock wheels and tires. This is my first bike so I wasnt sure if this was normal or not. This keeps me from the next stage of my learning (riding interstate). I did a lot of research before I bought my first bike. I bought the RG because it's suppose to be the best handling HD. Love the bike except for this one issue. A cpl months back the dealer checked the steering nut from the swing test for my 1000 mile service and said it was fine. Think they said 3 swings. Will this stabilizer yall are talking about help this issue? Is it easy to install?
 
#39 ·
Jay... The stabilizer would help the back more than the front, I honestly can't remember anybody saying they have problems with the front wanting to wander. How is the air in your front tire, and how does the tire look. When I went from OEM front to monotubes my bike handled a lot better, but I don't recall the front wanting to wander too much, hopefully somebody will chime in who has had the same problem and cured it.
 
#40 ·
Thanks dbell. Tire looks good I think. 2700 miles on it. I've ran 36 to 40 psi in the front. It's hard to explain since I don't have a lot of experience. Just feels kinda squirrelly on the interstate. Maybe it's suppose to be that way and I'm just not use to it. If its at night and no wind it seems to ride better. But if it's just a normal day with 10 mile an hr winds or so it doesn't feel good on the interstate. Maybe I should ride it more on there and get use to it. Lol
 
#41 ·
Thats a normal feeling on a fairing bike. The winds going to move it some. Keep riding and you will get use to it. Even better, go rent an Electra glide then get back on the RG. I bet you will then be impressed on how stable the shark noise is .
 
#47 ·
Old Thread, New Life

It looks like it has been awhile since anyone posted anything about frame stabilizers so I thought it was time to re-hash an old thread. :) I have a 2011 RGU and the back end just didn't seem to want to fully cooperate on grooved pavement and tight turns or sweeping long curves at speeds above 50mph. My original tires cupped really bad after about 11k miles so I installed Dunlop American Elite Gen IIs which made a big improvement, but still had a little bit of rearend "dance". So, after a little research I ordered the Alloy Art Frame Stabilizer. I was not able to remove the factory anchor nut that is used to secure the lower bolt for the mid-frame air deflectors, so I was unable to use the supplied hardware to mount it to the frame per the instructions. So I had to improvise a different mounting solution by using a longer bolt that matched the thread size on the factory bolt and then I used some rubber tubing to act as a bushing and slid the tubing into the stabilizer hardware and the bolt through the tubing (WD40 helps).
Just got back from a 1000 mile ride thru NW Arkansas and it worked great. No more rear dance and I couldn't even feel the grooved pavement on I-44 like I usually do.
It probably is just a band-aid solution, but it does seem to work and it was only about $130 shipped from Amazon.
 

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#51 ·
A couple of more pics...
Looks like a good one.
These frames are not solid like other bikes. There will always be some give with rubber mounts. Stabilizers are a good idea imho
I went with the 500 dollar kit from Glide Pro. It came with a slotted front motor mount so I could adjust the tracking. Bike was going crooked down the highway which made the wobble even more severe in certain situations.
The replacement bushings are neopreme. Made bike vibrate a bit more. Good trade off . Fixed the wobble.
 
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