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Update: yesterday I ensured my cold tyre pressures were spot on, and then went for ride without panniers. Result was zero wobble on dual carriageway at a range of higher speeds, despite the usual...

Yes, I do. Of course the problem is worse with loaded panniers attached, and presumably should be worse still with a pillion-passenger - but then surely then some of the extra overall weight will...

Thanks for the feedback so far. I've just ordered a set of steering dampers from Norman Hyde (so its obviously a known problem then!?). As the bike is still almost new, its unlikely to be worn...

I've been finding that my Bonneville starts wobbling slightly at higher speeds on occasional stretches of dual-carriageway and motorways, usually at about 80-85mph. I'm in a more forward-leaning...

Having read and then re-read 'Roadcraft', I recently did an intensive one-to-one course with a retired police rider. Over three consequetive days, the instruction completely transformed my...

Yes, I've been nodded to when off the bike but in bike gear - it lifts the spirit!

I don't care which way the world is going, I'm going to just keep on nodding.

Nod ;)

Ah yes.. enforced due to an edict from my soon to be ex-wife when our now six-year old lad was incubating.

One of life's little lessons learnt the hard way: if a prospective spouse can't accept...

Funny that. My last three machines before my current one had horizontally-opposed pistons (air-cooled) and I was always capable of nodding. Maybe things are even worse than I first imagined. :o

What's happened to The Nod? Having come back to bikes after a few years' break, I'm a little surprised to notice that some riders don't give or reciprocate the Nod. (Not being rude, but I do...

Hi from south-west Oxfordshire.

Back to bikes after an enforced six-year break. On a Triumph Bonneville SE (with mods to handlebars and pegs to improve the riding position and luggage to...