Has anyone gone to tapered bearings for the XII?

[David (N. Alabama)]

Looks interesting.
http://www.allballsracing.com/Product_l ... s_shop.asp

[bikerking.biz]

Tapered bearing in what part of the bike. Steering... swing arm... already there as stock.

[David (N. Alabama)]

We already have tapered roller bearings in the steering? I would have thought we had round ball bearings based on the fact that most of us get the deceleration wobble at 40 MPH. Guess I will have to go look at my parts list.

[bikerking.biz]

We already have tapered roller bearings in the steering? I would have thought we had round ball bearings based on the fact that most of us get the deceleration wobble at 40 MPH. Guess I will have to go look at my parts list.

Sure do, and also the swing arm bearings are tapered roller bearings. The deceleration wobble is probably caused by this bearing being too loose. Gold wings have regular ball bearings, but the Voyagers thankfully come with tapered roller. There are other things that can cause wobble, so do a search on that to find out more.