Is this normal?

[mallymal]

I've noticed when riding my Click 125i if I take my hands away from the handle bars when riding, the bars wobble in a tank-slapper like fashion - fortunately not a tank-slapper and stops as soon as I hold on again - just wondering if anything needs replacing/adjusting?

(By nature the bike seems quite bumpy so tried this to see what happened...)

[papa al]

Are your tires aired to spec.???

[ll2]

Better dont leave your hands on a wave.

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[mania]

No not normal on any bike

Things that could be suspect

Bad tire ( separated or somehow out of round )

Tire out of balance ( but would show at speed not while going slow )

Steering head bearings shot ( causes slop in fork to frame head connection )

[mallymal]

Tyres are couple weeks old and front is balanced with dynabeads so don't think it's the tyre hmmm so steering head bearings perhaps? On a 2012 bike?!

[mania]

Tyres are couple weeks old and front is balanced with dynabeads so don't think it's the tyre hmmm so steering head bearings perhaps? On a 2012 bike?!

Hard to believe but a new tire is no guarantee against getting a bad one

Depending on tire type & quality could be ply separation or just a bad one.

On head bearings

Just depends as anything is possible if bearings are poor quality to begin with.

Even Kawasaki uses ball type bearings in head on many models rather than better tapered/needle type bearings

Easy to check if you can get the front up & wiggle the fork front & back

Or you could try holding the front brake & rocking back & forward see if you note any slop

PS: now you mentioned dynabeads there could be one other problem.

Many times guys here install a tube in scooters with a fold caught

So the dynabeads would not be able to circulate the tube freely like

they should which would actually cause the exact problem your having

Might be worth looking

Edited March 8, 2014 by mania

[ll2]

Bad fron suspension can shake the steering as well on not so smooth surfaces.

Better get a steering damper:lol:

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[paz]

that problem you are having is actually hard or impossible to correct sometime.

The suggestions given above are correct but it happens that you triple check and redo things and it just doesn't go away.

If I was you i would start removing dynabeads and do a static or machine balancing.

Edited March 8, 2014 by paz

[AllanB]

Easy to check for damage on head bearings, just lift the front wheel off the ground, bumpy roads shorten bearing life a lot, two years is certainly possible. Could be a tiny impact dent in the HB seating, so when testing, try to feel the seating when rotating the bars.

[Spoonman]

My Click does exactly the same and has done since it first left the showroom floor.

[namdocmai]

Check if your wheels are really round. Just put the back on the middle-stand and turn the wheel slowly and look if it is really round and not oval.

Check tire-pressure, you need 2 (the same) mirrors or no mirror at all so windflow is the same on both sides of the steer.

If all is correct then maybe the frame is not in line anymore

[BSJ]

Make sure your tyres are perfectly round and check the spokes are evenly tensioned.

[paz]

Make sure your tyres are perfectly round and check the spokes are evenly tensioned.

OP has brand new quality tires and mag wheels.

Low speed front wobbling have never been easy to fix.

Edited March 10, 2014 by paz

[namdocmai]

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Make sure your tyres are perfectly round and check the spokes are evenly tensioned.

OP has brand new quality tires and mag wheels.

Low speed frong shacking have never been easy to fix.

Mag wheels are round (at least if they are original honda, don't know for those cheap copy ones) and the tires you still have to check. Maybe the bike was in the showroom or full sun for a long time without being moved?

Maybe the bike dropped one day with another driver who didn't tell you about that? Or they drove against a wall or something.

Maybe the back is crooked by overloading or whatever reason, maybe the road is very bad where you tested it....many options .