[stevo]

Hi Everyone, I have just changed out the rear tire on my 07 vstar 1100 and now have a severe vibration after 50 mph, that gets consistantly worse as speed increases. The recommended replacement tire was installed and balanced by a local bike shop that I trust. it is the first tire change on this bike, it only has 10,000 miles on the chassis. There was no vibration with the original tire and I have never experienced any problems with this bike until the tire change. Have I put the drive shaft out of phase some how? It went together easily and nothing was forced into place, any recommendations?

 

[Fulltilt1]

Well if all you did was change the tire, the fault lies there. You might have lost a weight, or not balanced well. Another cause could be a defective tire. I had a tire cord/belt go bad on a car tire once and it felt like it was out of balance. The defective belt lets the tire stretch and become out of round.

 

[linerdave]

Balance

Stevo,

Fulltilt is probably right, but can you jack up the bike and turn the wheel watching for something out of round? Drive shaft, tire, etc.

Dave

 

[Fulltilt1]

Thats a great idea just barely get the tire off the ground. then slowly rotate the tire while watching the clearance.

 

[DMTJOY]

I agree with the others sounds like a bad balance job, or bad tire. You might feel an out of round tire riding on a smoth road very slow. less that 15mph.