I am officially never going to own a motorcycle

[kiku2sleep]

Originally posted by 4cyl_Of_Fury
I knew I was gonna get it for this post but as for the actual wreck he said when he toped the hill the front end got light and when it did he must have moved it a little or something and when the weight came back down is when it went bad it did the back and forth thing im not sure what its called but it looks like a fish swimming..and thets when the switch on the poo covered fan was turned on and BRAD WHERE YOU THERE??? NO DID YOU SEE WHERE HE OR THE BIKE WAS NO!!!! SO WHATS THAT MEAN YOU DONT KNOW!!!

and thanks for the...um...concern/flaming I guess..I am going to go see him today I will let ya know how hes doing

It is called a tank slapper and I have never heard of them happening when you are driving normally or under normal conditions. I did it once pretty bad on some back roads at WOT even with a stock steering damper. I hit a patch of asphalt that had some small bumps in it after that the bars started shaking uncontrollably. If it wasn't for my bike coming with a stock steering damper I would have probably been thrown off. Luckily I rode it out. Why I was cleaning out my boxers I thought "so that is a tank slapper" The best way to prevent this is to throw down the cash on a good steering damper. I would not ride a bike without one. The best thing to do is to lighten up your grip on the bars and roll on the throttle to lighten up the front to stop it from oscillating (praying also helps). Unfortunately the natural reaction is to tighten your grip on the bars and hit the brakes, Bad move. Someone once said: "If your front wheel doesn't touch the ground, it can't shake" Wise, Wise man!!! Here is a tank slapper