WHY DOES HARLEY DEATH WOBBLE HAPPEN?

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Nearly everybody in the stabilizer industry comes to the same conclusion about Harley death wobble and what causes it. Rubber mounted engines are a great thing for touring bikes and reducing rider fatigue, but they also expose a design vulnerability. This design flaw allows the engine to oscillate from side to side creating a mis-alignment and then all hell can break loose.  Much like the old Tacoma Narrows bridge it is amazing how a small design flaw and a 40mph wind can lead to a catastrophic failure of 100's of tons of material.  Much like Tacoma Narrows Bridge, your engine and transmission needs the proper anchoring to avoid oscillation that leads to high speed wobble.

Smooth-Rider developed a stabilizer that stops the harmonic effect that was being transmitted from the engine/transmission which induces instability to the rider. During the design process; Smooth-Rider address the design issues we have seen with our competitor’s approach on solving wobble problem. By inhibiting engine/transmission side to side movement, the harmonic effect that creates wobble is stopped. However, permanently mounting the engine/transmission to the frame with a solid linkage, like all our competitors, then vibrations are transmitted throughout the entire bike. Our High-Performance Urethane will dampen the vibrations when wobble occurs. In other words, Smooth Rider won’t touch until the oscillation tries to begin, hence NO wobble will occur or continuous vibration transfer.

There are a lot of stabilizers out on the market and I admit, they do fix the wobble, but here is a list of things to consider when considering the our competitions products and why we consider Smooth Rider to be the best design on the market: