[Mike Mike Mike]

Kind of a two part question here.
I’ve noticed that at speed if Im heading in a ate line on flat road that if I pull my hands off the bars (just half inch or so to judge stability) my bike drifts right. And at roughly 100-110km/h it’s almost as if I can feel a wobble in the bar. An I just feeling the road through the forks or is this a tire balance issue?

This is also the first bike that I have had that has boxes on the sides. I’m curious if anyone has any input on load balancing. Obviously I don want to put 20lbs on one side and zero on the other. But will a 2-5lb difference cause an issue? Could this be the cause of the right drift? The reason I ask is because the bar is straight but the bike leans slightly right causing the drifting action.
Any input would be appreciated thanks.

 

[OnTime]

Are you riding Michelin tires? Quite a long discussion on this awhile back.

 

[Single T]

How 'flat' is the road. Nearly all roads are sloped for drainage.

 

[Mike Mike Mike]

Are you riding Michelin tires? Quite a long discussion on this awhile back.

No metzler next 2’s

 

[Mike Mike Mike]

How 'flat' is the road. Nearly all roads are sloped for drainage.

Yeah tracking and I was thinking about that too. But it happenes when I ride either side of the road and also during roads that have pitch angle on left curves.

 

[DirtDog]

It's probably your front tire.

 

[Mike Mike Mike]

Meaning? Off balance? Uneven tread wear? Flat (hahaha)?

 

[DirtDog]

The Next 2 has a history of weird handling once it's worn. Sometimes without any visible wear. There's a thread on advrider about just that...‘17 GSA front end wobble | Adventure Rider

 

[Mike Mike Mike]

The Next 2 has a history of weird handling once it's worn. Sometimes without any visible wear. There's a thread on advrider about just that...‘17 GSA front end wobble | Adventure Rider

Thanks for the link to that thread. I’m somewhat in the same boat as that last OP. Everything he is explaining sounds like my issue except my tire brands are the same.
Foot note I checked pressure, my module was reading 34/40. Double tapped with a gauge and turns out I was actually at 31/37.
Changed that immediately to 35/42 and the difference was considerably less at 110km/h I didn’t notice much drift or wobble, took it to 122km/h and noticed a little bit that may have also been the hwy. Was shooting for 135 to test but ran out of hwy.
Stupid error, pressure was low. That being said I plan to change to coni’s as soon as possible. Probably in 1500mi when I do my 12k service.