WTF was this?!

[hohum]

OK, heres the setup.

On the way into work, making a left hand turn onto the street my work is on, there are two left hand turn lanes. I was in the outermost lane, when I noticed in the inner lane, there was someone about to turn and the person right beside me was looking like they were going to dousch me to get around this bozo.

So, I while leaned over and coming out of the turn, I gave the throttle a good twist to squirt past the guy turning, and to prevent being douched by the person who was going to pop into my lane to get around the turning dude. What happened next though is more than a little weird.

As I am standing the bike up and rolling the throttle on hard, I got some serious head shake. Front bars wobbled back and forth pretty violently a few times before stabilizing. It happened so fast it was ALMOST a shit your pants moment, but not quite.

WTF happened here? Why did I get that head shake? Is it time for a steering dampner?

Cheers,
Chris

[hohum]

Pavement was smooth, no ripples no evil black tar snakes, no sand, no transitions.

Cheers,
Chris

[odduc]

Steering Damper time!
That is definitely the sort of thing you should expect when accelerating hard...especially coming out of corners.

[KB]

I think you need a D A M P E R

What kind of bike do you ride? The 929rr's and the 954rr's are notorious for head shake.

Be careful man!!

[hohum]

I ride a TT600.. never had this kind of shake before on this bike though... then again, i was pushing it.

Mayhaps I'll look into the DAMPER

Cheers,
Chris

[cbrf41999]

Or perhaps look into setting your suspension better. A TT is not known for that. Maybe you are heavier, lighter or more aggresive than when you bought it and set it up.

[SWEET_Z]

I don't think you should need a damper on a tt600. The suspension is pretty plush on those.

[RandyO]

sounds like you just had to make a quick, unsmooth manuver, either don't do it again, or get a steering damper.

[ChR1s]

Loose steering head bearings can contribute to headshake.