The death wobble?

[xbreaka]

Hey guys, just wondering what your take is on this, today i suffered a pretty bad what my friend called a death wobble, after swerving to avoid hitting a quad I hit a sandy ass hill, starting wobbling hardcore, was tossed of my 650L, went dark for a minute, got up and recovered, the quad didnt stop, figures but how do I overcome this wobble, do I gas it out, hit the brakes? what

[kilgore trout]

I think it's called "getting crossed up". The key is avoid getting in that situation, so possibly in your case, it was unavoidable.

You probably didn't have time to react.

[Gixxer_VT]

it sounds like one of those times were you just didnt have time to react..but in a wabble i get a good grip on the bars and give it the gas to make the frontend light....

[Dwight_Rudder]

GAS IT WHEN IN DOUBT !

Dwight

[XRsteve]

If you had a stabilizer that wouldn't happen.......maybe. My XR400 (w/ a scotts) is very stable compared to my XR250 and XR650L. My 650L does seem to have more wobble than it should, but luckily it hasn't caused me any problems.

[FlEYEingDubyah]

If you had a stabilizer that wouldn't happen...

maybe is correct.

If you could have, and had the thought to, gassing it might have been the way to correct the DW. Gassing it lightens the front end and creates the pull you need to keep your rear end from trying to pass your front. IMO

[Dwight_Rudder]

If you had a stabilizer that wouldn't happen.......maybe. My XR400 (w/ a scotts) is very stable compared to my XR250 and XR650L. My 650L does seem to have more wobble than it should, but luckily it hasn't caused me any problems.

Possibly , but you might want to recheck your rear shock sag numbers also.

Dwight

[buda00]

if you do decide to gas it don't ever let off especially on a four stroke as the front end becomes heavy which the increase wobble. As Stated before the best way to deal with this is to gas it and get your ass as far back as poss.

[redrider7202]

Had a small one happen to me on my XR100 doing proabably 35-40. Just unload that front end as much as you can, and jsut use ur arms as much as possible to slow it down. If all else fails, brace for impact.

[kyleyz]

When this happens to me, i ride the rear brakes.

[matt113]

gas it and lean back

[Dwight_Rudder]

When this happens to me, i ride the rear brakes.

Actually this could cause the bike to get worse out of hand. Because with the brake on you increase impact to the rear end causing it to hop.

Dwight

[99raptor]

I agree ? with Matt,,,gassing it is really the best way to overcome a ? wobble

[slomotobug]

When in doubt, throttle out! Remember, gas will always save your ass. Braking a bigbore 4-stroke only will make it worse, the same goes for chopping the throttle, it would be the same as slamming the rear brake, as far as the 650's are concerned, they have a right hand rear brake control, by chopping the throttle. Squeaze the crap out of the bike and try to throttle out smoothly, usually works for me. ?

[KASUYAHO]

Peoples natural instint is to survive, when things go to shit we back off the throttle.

99% of the time gassing it gets us out of trouble, in your case here if you gassed it you could have drove the bike out of it. gets the weight of the bike on the rear and drives out of it, back off and it loads the front and it will knife on you, tuck under and off you go through the air doing a super man, or a double half pike with a twist.

Gas it Bro

[needsprayer]

The only way to get a feel for sand is to ride in it. Do I get a prize for stating the obvious? Glad you weren't injured. ?

[kingspaded]

Let the bike do its thing....it dosen't want to go down either....if you resist your more likely to fall.

[TomXR400]

Let the bike do its thing....it dosen't want to go down either....if you resist your more likely to fall.

No Hands!!!

[Flyin-W]

clamp your legs together to straighten out the rear end

[cowardlylion]

clamp your legs together to straighten out the rear end

? thats to funny after reading you signature ?