Mikeybikey57
Member
I really have had enough! I've stripped out the front wheel (again) and will be taking it to my local tyre emporium (again)……... but this time to get the front tyre replaced.
My S10's front end goes into a rather dramatic wobble when decelerating from 50mph, until it disappears at around 30mph. The issue initially began as a mild oscillation, a little while after fitting a new pair of Conti Trail Attacks, late last year. . Since racking up a further 1500 miles, the problem has only gotten worse. I tend not to ride with both hands off the bars so there's no imminent risk of my lobbing the old girl down the road. However, it's still more than a little disconcerting to feel the front end trying to wiggle itself out of my grasp.
So, over the past week, I've done everything else I could think of to try to isolate the problem. I've had the wheel balance re-checked, stripped, cleaned, re-lubed, re-torqued and measured everything else, to ensure it's all running straight and true. That's all checked out as 100% tickety boo, so I can't see that it could now be anything but the front tyre.
My motorcycle tyre man has spoken with his supplier and they claim never to have heard of there being a fault with these tyres. However, I know that a few people here have experienced similar issues and many folk on the various UK and US GS forums have also complained of similar wobbles with Trail Attacks fitted too.
I'm going to go down the warranty route with this tyre, as i'll be seriously out of pocket after buying a replacement. However, my tyre man says that his distributor has confirmed they'll send the tyre back to Continental for testing but he doubts that i'll ever hear anything back from them.
So, does anybody on this side of the pond have any experience of dealing with Continental Tyres (UK) or have and advice as to how to improve my chances of coming out of this without losing money on what appears to be a faulty tyre issue?
My S10's front end goes into a rather dramatic wobble when decelerating from 50mph, until it disappears at around 30mph. The issue initially began as a mild oscillation, a little while after fitting a new pair of Conti Trail Attacks, late last year. . Since racking up a further 1500 miles, the problem has only gotten worse. I tend not to ride with both hands off the bars so there's no imminent risk of my lobbing the old girl down the road. However, it's still more than a little disconcerting to feel the front end trying to wiggle itself out of my grasp.
So, over the past week, I've done everything else I could think of to try to isolate the problem. I've had the wheel balance re-checked, stripped, cleaned, re-lubed, re-torqued and measured everything else, to ensure it's all running straight and true. That's all checked out as 100% tickety boo, so I can't see that it could now be anything but the front tyre.
My motorcycle tyre man has spoken with his supplier and they claim never to have heard of there being a fault with these tyres. However, I know that a few people here have experienced similar issues and many folk on the various UK and US GS forums have also complained of similar wobbles with Trail Attacks fitted too.
I'm going to go down the warranty route with this tyre, as i'll be seriously out of pocket after buying a replacement. However, my tyre man says that his distributor has confirmed they'll send the tyre back to Continental for testing but he doubts that i'll ever hear anything back from them.
So, does anybody on this side of the pond have any experience of dealing with Continental Tyres (UK) or have and advice as to how to improve my chances of coming out of this without losing money on what appears to be a faulty tyre issue?