Try moving the rear wheel back and forth while the bike is up on the center stand and watch the pivot points. Stanley
________________________________ From: Allen Thomas <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, August 15, 2010 8:36:15 AM Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Has anyone had their swing arm bushings/bearings go up? I'm holding off judgement till I get a new one and replace the chain. It very well could be I was just hoping that someone could describe what bad swingarm bushings feel like. On 8/14/10, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > Could just be the tire walking?? > -----Original Message----- > Date: Saturday, August 14, 2010 8:45:51 pm > To: "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" <[email protected]> > From: "Allen" <[email protected]> > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Has anyone had their swing arm bushings/bearings > go up? > > A while back I was trying to make a left turn at a light that was > about to turn red. So I nailled it and came into the turn hot. I was a > little heavy on the rear brake and trailed it into the turn, it locked > up a little but I let off before it got too jacked up, and it gave me > the high side jerk but not so bad to give me a flying lesson. ever > since then when I'm on the rear brake the ass end seems to wiggle a > little bit. Also hard acceleration on a turn from a stop feels "loose" > for lack of a better description. I'm thinking that my swingarm > berrings/bushings need replacement. Has anyone had a similar > experience. My chain is about shot and so is my rear tire so I'm > holding off on buying the parts till I change them. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > -- Sent from my mobile device -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
