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Someone sent me to this site. He said the forums here had input on stock Dunlops but I can't seem to find the thread. He said ALOT of people have been complaining about wear and ESPECIALLY the handling. I have been doing battle with HD about the stock tires, particularly the FRONT TIRE. Poor wear and "dead man's wobble" at high speeds (90 to 110mph). They think I am full of shit. This is my second Vrod (07). I never had a problem with my other Vrod at highs speeds. I am going to Metzlers but I want some back up comments from others and their problems with Dunlops so I can shove it up their asses... Thanks in advance. Stan

Hi.

I recently did a 1000 miles trip driving quite fast, I was often at 90mph, up to 125mph with stock tires on a 2010 VRSCDX. I had no particular problems, however I was already using a superbrace on the fork. Prior to using the superbrace I did a few runs at 125mph+ and the bike was running ok.

From what you describe, I would first check the torque of the fork bolts and fall away, that could explain the wooble, unless your tires are already showing wear related side effects.

 

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If a super brace takes away a wobble from the front end at any speed,it's a cover,not a fix.

I agree. In my case the superbrace is an improvement since the fork was okay even at high speed, I now have better handling but the stock handling had no wooble at any speed so if the tires are not overused the problem is related to the frame or the suspension.

Checking the torques is fast and free. A few days ago on a French HD forum a guy had a similar problem (but at a much lower speed, the bike was not a v-rod): some bolt was too tight on the bike, it seems it was the bolt connecting the triple-three to the frame.

 

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I'm now at about 3750 miles with the stock tires and at last I understand the problem :bash:, I got wooble at about 100mph.. Never saw tires wearing so quickly on a bike, I could not believe it before getting the problem myself. Probably changing both tires to Metz in the next days even if the rear could last a bit more.

 

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I'm by no means an aggressive rider, it's just easy to reach the cornering limits of a V-Rod.

I've done Ricors+Superbrace+Wilbers rear shocks. The whole suspension is now harder and I don't reach the bottom of the fork & shocks any more. The ground clearance is the same and cornering is much better, I touch much less.

I confirm the Metz are much better: I changed recently from the stock Dunflop and even under the rain the bike fell much more secure.