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Almost 5,000 miles on my KUMHO and no wobble yet. Can't say it's the tires, but so far it is. If I hit 10,000 and no wobble, can I be justified in my hunch ?I think the biggest problem everybody is having is the 38-42 mph wobble all wings from 2001 to 2008 has. Everybody talks about changing tires seems to get rid of it. Mine returned after about 2500 miles on any tire I installed. The tapered bearings eliminate the issue! Thus I went back with the factory tire.
Nothing done up front. I had the wobble when I bought the bike with 8,400 miles. Been through another set of M/T and had the wobble, only I can't recall at what mileage I noticed it . The more it was talked about on the forum, the more curious and conscious of it I became. Could be just a coincidence so far. I'm not betting on anything here and when and if it appears I will step forward. I'll have the All Balls installed when I need some fork work. I'm pretty sure that won't happen before I wear out these tires.Have you done anything with the head bearings? I have ridden about a dozen wings that belong to customers and they all did it. This has been a very worn subject on this forum. Or is your wing a later 2008?
I will check...but I seem to remember at some point that Elite 3 was the preferred tire for Goldwing. I have been wrong before.The Elite 3 is what Honda recommends and so far I have had VERY good luck with mine.
Where does Honda recommend that tire? None of the 1800's came with E3's as OEM tires. The OEM tire is Dunlop D250 I thought. And on the 2012 Honda is using the Bridgestone 709/704
Should have checked first....Wrong againI will check...but I seem to remember at some point that Elite 3 was the preferred tire for Goldwing. I have been wrong before.