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Old 09-15-2003, 01:31 PM
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Default Z400 Steering, Kind of Twitchy

The steering on my Z is kind of twitchy, ie. there is a lot of feedback from the trail into the steering. I am wondering if this is the experience of the rest of you, or is this due to my tire choice (Holeshots on ITP rims). Do you run a steering stabilizer? I have had stabilizers on other bikes, and frankly ended up taking them all off after a while. My shocks have external reservoirs. Is there a stabilizer that can be mounted even though the cans are in the way?? Thanx!
 
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Old 09-15-2003, 09:41 PM
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recon, have you looked over your tie rods. may have something to do with it. good luck.
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Old 09-16-2003, 12:24 AM
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Good point. Seems like this is something that has developed recently. Thought maybe my tires are unbalanced??? Maybe I am out of alignment????
 
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Old 09-16-2003, 12:03 PM
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ya, i bent a tie rod on my older quad, and i noticed steering very badly, bent tie rod was the answer. But with my z, with the stock tires on it, i think it has tremendous steering, so im not sure whether your tires would have something to do with it.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-frown.gif[/img]
 
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check the ty rods man
 
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Old 09-18-2003, 02:09 AM
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do u have offset rims or wheel spacers by any chance? if u do...get rid of em!!! get a steering stablizer on that quad man! best investment i ever made!!! i have the rebuildable one...works awsome
 
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