Whenever I am on the brakes and hit small bumps, the front end of my bike sort of chatters. It feels like the bearings between the frame and the front forks are loose. Has anyone else had this problem?

 

I've been noticing something like this too. I was parking my bike on the street and pumped the front. So my bike was sort of slanted a bit and every time I pumped it, I head a weird sound that seems to come from the forks. Haha sorry I'm no help. but I THINK I'm having the same problem. Hope it's nothing big. =X

 

Mine make a "pop" noise when i hit a curb or bump too hard...for me it seems like the front fairings screw holes are too big and it kind of floats there...idk...doesnt bother me no bleeding forks or anything...when i pump the forks i dont have the sound either...i get a little chatter every once in awhile but i highly doubt its anything...unless someone can tell me otherwise...

 

Well, I found these....

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tab%3DWatching

I don't have a bike stand so I'm not sure if I can put them in myself..

 

You can't use a bike stand to install these anyway, IIRC. You need to support the frame itself, since these bearings go in between the frame and the tripple.

 

Here's a good write-up by thirdgenlxi: LINK. Before you guys go on removing the bearings, you ought to just torque them down first and see if that doesn't fix it. Sounds to me like they're just loose. The only time I believe you should replace the bearings is if you feel a "ratcheting" type resistance when turning the bars, meaning the bearing race has worn-in grooves from the rollers.

 

My 05' does the same exact thing... Sounds like the front fender is loose or something, although it is not.

 

its just the neck just tighten it. allmost all bikes will do it. simple should take like 2 min.

 

So would that involve tightening that giant nut at the top of the triple trees? I just went and looked at my bike and I'm not exactly sure what to tighten..

 

the one under the tripple clamp. you need a spanner wrinch or just do it my way and use a flat head and a hammer