• 4 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Italy - About 1989 to 2014
     TE = 4st Enduro & TC = 4st Cross

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2013 te449 Twitchy Front Steaering

J.R.43

J.R.43

Husqvarna
AA Class
Just got new 449. Been getting some street miles on breaking it in. The front end is really twitchy at higher speeds on street. Is this simply due to enduro tires on street or is a steering damper the solution. Thanks!
 
Twitchy like the bars wiggle side to side? Twitchy side to side feeling is common on most offroad based bikes at high speeds. Or twitchy like the front end is bouncing all around? Unbalanced offroad tires will make the front end bouncy and bumpy feeling.
 
Appreciate responses. Yep it is definitely just effects of ridind a dirt bike on the road. Chalk this one up to riding my gixxer and this being my first enduro...plenty of straight dirt bikes in the pat. Just didn't rip my crf450 down the local hwy! Thanks
 
When I bought my TE450 brand new, it didn't seem twitchy, but it did weave and wander and was hard to point in a straight line. Somewhat in the dirt, and more so on the pavement. In my case, it was because the steering stem bearings were adjusted too tight. Once I loosened up the front end so that it could swing from side to side without stopping while up on a stand, that problem disappeared.
 
Colo moto said:
Twitchy like the bars wiggle side to side?.
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My 511 has a slight wiggle and does this at high speed which is normal and my Scott's stabilizer smooth-ens it out a lot. It's not the Karoo any more than any other knobby, that's actually a decent on/off road tire, just not so much of an all off road tire.
 
Yes, by 511 with knobs wanders a bit. The 449 with Shinko 705s on it is stable as a train on the pavement. Tires do make quite a difference.
 
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