Slow speed weave

[gbh2300]

Hi all.Doing more riding on the R3t than we have for a while.Comfort and low down grunt is still blowing me away.Having a bit of an issue with the handling at crawl speed in slow traffic.Have fitted new tyres Bridgestone Exedra,s and running 40psi in front and 43 in rear as it seems from what has been said in the forum they need to be pumped up to the high end.Just a slow weave in slow traffic.Am going to check torque settings in the weekend of front and rear axles and pinch nuts on the front.On the Beema,s I had it made quite a difference.I think bike shops just put them back together with an air gun!..Just wondering if anyone had any insight to this. Cheer,s from Down under

 

[rocketjohn]

Haven't tried slow weave yet, but I reckon you can scrape the floorboards if you have good use of the friction zone on the clutch, and don't let the engine bog down. For example if it feels like it wants to tip over....add power....don't roll it off. And look ahead to your farthest target, that keeps the bike up. My experience so far at slow speed maneuvering is that the bike really responds to counter-weighting with your upper body.

 

[1olbull]

Hi all.Doing more riding on the R3t than we have for a while.Comfort and low down grunt is still blowing me away.Having a bit of an issue with the handling at crawl speed in slow traffic.Have fitted new tyres Bridgestone Exedra,s and running 40psi in front and 43 in rear as it seems from what has been said in the forum they need to be pumped up to the high end.Just a slow weave in slow traffic.Am going to check torque settings in the weekend of front and rear axles and pinch nuts on the front.On the Beema,s I had it made quite a difference.I think bike shops just put them back together with an air gun!..Just wondering if anyone had any insight to this. Cheer,s from Down under

I assume this is while riding in a straight line, so at what speed does this weave appear?
Does the bike track straight on a FLAT level surface no hands?
Perhaps check/adjust steer head bearings then loosen triple clamps bolts and re-center front wheel.

 

[scot in exile]

Hi all.Doing more riding on the R3t than we have for a while

You answered your own question in your first sentence--practice practice practice it is easy for me saying this as I do it every week teaching the MSF-BRC, BRC11, ARC and three wheel BRC courses but you do have to practice .
Good throttle and friction zone use, look ahead not down and did I say practice practice practice.

 

[Joesmoe]

I am curious about this -- I can certainly induce a slow weave, and in fact sometimes do so as to not have to put my foot down as often in slow traffic.

What do you mean, by slow weave in your context ?

Great to have you on board. I think it would be extra neat to be British, and own a Jaguar or a Rocket -- conceived and designed and manufactured right there.

 

[Joesmoe]

@scot in exile - just typing out loud here -- I wonder about having you teach a "Ride your Rocket better" class. What would it take ?

You ever up this way ? Do I need to plan a vacation down your way ?

Cheers

 

[scot in exile]

Not any better than a lot of riders on this forum I just strongly believe in practice plus I ride every day rain or shine, check some of your local motorcycle groups and see if any of them put on Ride like a Pro one hell of a class and 100%guaranteed you will drop your bike in fact they tell you that before the class begins.
The Rocket is not a great bike for slow speed maneuvers unlike most Harleys(no pun intended) but with practice it becomes easier, always remember anyone can go fast in a straight line.

 

[scot in exile]

extra neat to be British, and own a Jaguar or a Rocket -- conceived and designed and manufactured right there.

Only bad part is Jaguar are now owned by the Indians and I do not mean Red Indians. Just like Budweiser is no longer an American company sad buy true.

 

[scot in exile]

Guys check out Jerry Palladino on youtube you can even order his Ride like a Pro DVDs and they are worth every penny.

 

[Joesmoe]

My mother used to brag how proud she was of me, supposedly at age three I took a screw driver out of my father's tool box and removed one of the taillight lenses from their Jaguar Mark 2. My father liked the Jaguars and I have fond memories of sitting in the back seat watching my father shift and being fascinated by the electric overdrive.

I remember seeing the 1974 Series III E-Type (would be the last year made for the US market) in the showroom and marveling at the $14,000 sticker price -- sticker shock at the time when the Arab Oil Embargo hit and OPEC was at its zenith -- and thinking "I have to have one of those."

I did purchase a 1972 Series III E-Type in 1982 for not much -- didn't hold their value well. Four years later, I would trade the car's automatic transmission for a manual plus a spare engine -- there was a market for the style of the E-Type with the reliability of an American V-8 mated with an automatic.

To this day I drool over the crisp airplane-like dials of the Smiths instruments, and even tried for some time to have a new-made Smiths tach fitted to the Rocket -- and failed for lack of a bucket to put it in.

With world manufacturing, these days it's pretty meaningless for almost anything with more than a handful of parts in it, to say where it is made.