Head shake

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genie

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Location
Port Elizabeth
Bike
Honda CRF-1000L Africa Twin
I have covered just over 10000 km with my late 2013 model (OE steering damper fitted) I have TKCs on the front and Karoo 3s on the rear- pressures on gravel 2.0 front 2.4 bar rear. I have experienced head shake twice. On my 2004 GS I never ever experienced it in 25000 km. In both cases I was traveling between 80 and 90 km/h on a reasonable gravel road with no passenger or baggage. I encountered a short stretch of corrugation and this set up the violent head shake. In my opinion if I did not have a steering damper I would have lost control. Luckily my wife was not on the back. It is of short duration and possibly a function of the corrugations's wave length as I have covered many kms.  of corrugated gravel roads and not experienced it. Your weight distribution on the bike also plays a role.
 
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