Tank Slappers

Any defects in the road, such as "tracks" where the road has worn down, or a sort of rut that the bike could have got violently pulled into?

If she was accelerating, then a tankslapper is more likley to happen as there is less weight on the front

If it becomes persistant, then softening up the rear end to kick out the forks a bit might make it calmer, at the expense of sharp handling

Matt

Ive never known this at such speed in a straight line? i thought it was on or off the power in a corner or on a uneven surface not a motorway? saying that ive never had one, just a little shake of the head for me.

oh she weighs nuffin !.. I have posted pics of her on here before..

here's she bike.



and here's she...



best pic I got-- I got loads of her.. but I assure u this is the best..

[fizzwheel]

Originally Posted by Quiff Wichard

she swears her bars went from lock to lock ??..at 80mph?.. maybe it was slight and felt worse i dunno..

Even a small headshake can be quite off putting if your not expecting it.

Mind you if she's saying the bars went from lock to the lock thats really nasty. My brother had that happen on his RS125 when he pushed the bike past its limit. His wrist and thumb were swollen and bruised for days as it slapped quite violently and trapped his hand between the bars and the tank.

I personally think shes ridden over some debris in the road and its made the bike do that. I wouldnt expect it on the motorway...

Could have been caused by a number of things so obviously check her bike's alright, but the important thing for her to remember (imo) is that she held on to it, she kept it upright, probably purely because she is a good and experienced rider.
Well, at least that's what I would want someone to tell me if my confidence was shot.

[fizzwheel]

Just thinking out loud. If the bike was setup poorly or had a fault, maybe she might have noticed it doing this before but perhaps in a milder way. Has she noticed anything similar before ?

If it was windy today that might have upset the bike. I was out the other week and the wind got hold of the bike and it felt like front was being lifted up and the back was squirming around all over the sodding place. I thought I'd got a puncture the handling was that bad.

you are a good bunch ......



I will get her to pop on and explain.. tomoz..

IMO she did bloody well to ride the 100 miles home.. not cos she's a girl.. just cos it took a lot of nerve. she's such a good and confident rider too and not over confident in any way.


I think she might look at the suspension I dunno- will have to see if she says it was set up for her at the dealers. if not- I know her dad is a biker and am sure he would have done it for her weight etc.. sag etc.. but we will see.

could ULTRA SEAL cause it?


slopping around inside the tyres..

surely not or it wouldnt get approved would it?

A stock R6 should not go into a tank slapper on a motorway. So either she was doing something stupid or had done something stupid to the bike...or the bike had done something stupid to itself!

I had the 2004 ZX-6R which is the king of headshakers and it certainly wouldn't go into a slapper like that even when you are d*cking around! I had thousands of headshakers but they were all under max acceleration were all harmless and over in half a second.

I'd seriously give the bike a really thorough inch by inch check.

ta for all responses....


please continue

I am sure she will be on here tomoz.. if there aint many folk wanting a mortgage and she's quiet.! ...then you can get it from the horses mouth- as it were.