150 hornet front end wheel chatter By intoodeep (Read 631 times)

[intoodeep]

Yep bought the wife a hornet 150. She loves it . It actually is quite a nice scooter so far 1000 mi on it. The only problem being, slow speed as in turning small circles practicing for DMV test. The front end vibrates alot, you can see the front wheel kind of chattering (not rolling smoothly). I checked the front pads seemed ok, front forks tight. Long question short, could it be forks low on oil or? thanks

[Alleyoop]

Pick up the front wheel and spin it by hand it could be a bad tire. Also while up see if you can move the entire wheel in and out.
Alleyoop

[intoodeep]

Thank you for the speedy reply. I will check that out in the morning. But I don't think that will be the problem, it does roll smoothly while pushing it. But will get it off the ground tomorrow and check update coming, thanks again Jim

[Alleyoop]

It could be loose up by the "T" you may just need to tighten down the nut holding the Handlebar on the Tree. That would make it roll nice on straights but move when pressure is put on the tire sideways when turning. To check that try and move your handebar up and down.
Alleyoop

[beachbum]

I had a similiar problem with the vibration doing sharp turns. Wheel was fine...it turned out to be the brake line that was clipped inside the fender was too tight and once I took the clip off it went away.

You might check on that....but if your seeing the wheel chatter that would be another issue.

[kz1000st]

Also check the speedometer cable routing. Also have you ridden it yourself? I always listen to my wife's complaints and then try to replicate the problem. If it's there most times you'll have an "Ah ha" moment. If it's operator error that's tougher (like she's dragging the front brake) to undo.

[intoodeep]

Ok finally got back to her scooter,(such a nice day here in sunny Calif I had to take my kawa KLX 650 out to the woods for a bit of a blast ;D ). But back to the wifes bike. I have done all the fallowing checks and it is still there, checked front wheel, brakes, triples clamps, speedo cable, brake cable, all is tight and secure, wheel rolls smoothly. Question I have now is the forks do require oil,right? And if so how much. Again thanks Jim

Ooooh yeah it still does it when I ride it ;D then wife hit me thanks kz1000

[jct842]

A few years ago I had a weird feel to the front end of my 150, turned out the axle nut needed about 1 full turn to be tight and it was ok from then on. Apparently it was my fault when I changed the tire I did not tighten it fully, but it did not show up for several months. I could not detect any thing loose so I put a wrench on it anyway. john

[Alleyoop]

I would also check the rear wheel, movement on the rear can make the front wobble.
Alleyoop