Wobble - What to look for?

[Upt' North]

Huh?!
A long time ago we had this "discussion" on STeinar's famous mymc PanEuro email list...
It soon was found that, besides worn front tire, improper rear shock setting and/or worn rear tire (as well as improper payload distribution) were ID-ed as source in the majority of cases...
Followed by "wrong tire choice"... (some brands/types, like Dunflop, just don't work on an ST...)
Worn head bearings, fork bushings, loose bolts, misaligned assembly were actually a minority...

My '00 model on new G547/G548 tires: no dec wobble at all... once the G547 (front) is at the end of its lifetime: some slight dec wobble, but controllable...
(I recall having tested a new set of BT45 back in the day, the front showed a quite noticeable, annoying wobble, even while leaned/in corners... took them off after only a weekend, installed G547/548, the ST rolled perfect again...)

Can't agree more on the early Dunlops. They were fitted alongside Bridgestones as oem in the UK. God awful tyres, at 80 plus mph the thing was uncontrollable, it would go into a massive weave that it didn't want to come out of.
I don't know about their most recent tyres, Dunlop ain't for me. You don't forget experiences like that.
Upt.

 

[ST1100Y]

Can't agree more on the early Dunlops. They were fitted alongside Bridgestones as oem in the UK. God awful tyres, at 80 plus mph the thing was uncontrollable, it would go into a massive weave that it didn't want to come out of.

Your review covers it quite good
Had the D103 and the D205, neither impressed...

 

[Uncle Phil]

Can't agree more on the early Dunlops. They were fitted alongside Bridgestones as oem in the UK. God awful tyres, at 80 plus mph the thing was uncontrollable, it would go into a massive weave that it didn't want to come out of.
I don't know about their most recent tyres, Dunlop ain't for me. You don't forget experiences like that.
Upt.

There was a reason I called them 'DunFlops'!