No more death wobble on Harley Davidson Touring motorcycles 

This guy is a comedian, a teacher, motorcycle mechanic, RU-vidr, and a pilot. I think it's safe to call Stefan a bona fide INTERNATIONAL SUPERSTAR.

Thank you Stefan, For looking into this serious problem that seems to come unexpectedly. I hope this solves the death wobble issue. It would be saving life's and many accidents. Again, thank you Stefan. Peace ✌️😎

Thanks your instructions were simple direct to the point oh and thanks for correcting the flags first time I've seen your channel I will try to catch more 🇺🇲👍

Excellent video guys.

You're not stupid my friend 😉Greetings from North Carolina USA 🇺🇸 👍😎

Thank you Mr. Stephan and team! Very much appreciate your sharing knowledge and guidance in our bike ownership experience! Awesome work! Thank you again!

Thank you for this great video. I’ll be sure to share it with my trusted mechanic to get this job done for me because no way I’m taking that on! Awesome job! 💯

Thank you, Gentlemen, for this outstanding block of instruction and introducing the Alloy Arts suspension bushing reinforcements and compensator to us your audience! I purchased a 2023 Road King Special on Sep. 30 2023 and this will be great preventative maintenance for my bike!

How has it taken me this long to realize Stefan had his own channel?! Awesome vid Stefan, will definitely coming back for more. I was fortunate enough to live in Germany for a few years and I miss it often. I always appreciated the no nonsense, seemingly dry, but very witty senses of humor that Stefan is full of is great. In regards to the compensator, kush is pronounced more like koosh and is in reference to cannibis, which makes the "legal in 50 states" claim funny, but Stefan relating it to TÜV was hilarious. Again, great vid, will have to do this update myself. Danke!

Nice job sir. Even swept the garage floor after the work was completed. Thanks.

I’d like to schedule a swing arm under carriage wash. Thank you. 😂 great video Stefan. Also I think you’re a better tech than most dudes at HD dealerships. Not Laidlaws though 😜

Thanks for your tip Stefan and best wishes for the new year

Excellent and well done Stephan, danke schön.

good video, the entire kit can be installed without wheel or swingarm removal by just adding it through the plug holes, and without removing the pivot shaft, but a jack is needed to align bushing in hole, fat part of the green goes on bottom.

Stefan,Thank You for Sharing Your tutorials on Improving motorcycle maintenance and performance.

Great vlog Stefan! Excellent detail in the work you are performing. I like that you were able to perform the work on the floor. My 07 FLTR with 195K miles and my 94 FXR may be in need of the service you recommend... All my best 🇺🇸

I like that you have mechanical sympathy, patience, experience and skill and you do not just "tear down" the bike like some amateur. Brilliant

I never really knew that about the swingarm. Thank you for letting us know. Love the video.

thx for the comedy !!!

Big G'day Stefan from Down Under 🇦🇺 Some great information that the home mechanic overlook. May all your days be Harley days🖤🧡🖤 Safe travels 🙏♥️🐾🐾🇦🇺

Great Video Stefan Thanks

Awesome tutorial guys. Needed this. Thank you from Texas.

Poly or stiff bushings in the neck/trees and bars on touring/baggers makes a big difference too.. I changed swingarm,bushings front and rear motor mount bushings, rack and pull for adjustments, and new legends +2 in front & 14" piggy backs in rear.. After the winter motor work, I found how bad my old 2010 bike with 36k miles on it had got.. When you buy one new and ride it stock for 1yr then, full stg 2 w/ S&S 583, V&H pro pipe, & big sucker intake.. Rode it like that for over 30k miles thru 14yrs as I bought it new.. In spring of 2022, she started ticking on the top end, and needed a new clutch, stator & compensator anyways, so I went all out and restored the whole bike.. Took it down to bare frame, all new bushings and bearings, new suspension as I stated, new radio, painted inner fairing, 19in front wheel, 14+ bags & lids, new LePera Step up seat, chain drive, down one tooth on front inside primary, full S&S 107cu inch cylinders & custom ported S&S heads with bigger valves & 10.8:1 compression, S&S cam plate, HP oil pump ect,.. The whole bike has transformed into an amazing riding bike.. I love how easy it is for the M8 to make power, but I love my old analog bike, with no screens, no abs, no t/c, no nothing to impede.. Its so easy to transform a boring old bike into something amazing for $10-15k bucks..

Huge lesson from this guy!!

Love this guy ❤

Excellent

Excellent. I've always known this was a neglected system the motorcycle and not just Harleys but most all. I will looking for your part to add stability to my bike as well, thank you.

Winter in Massachusetts US so this as well as the motor mounts are on my winter project list. This is a great video so thanks for sharing.

Stefan , very good video , thanks ! Greetings from Amsterdam

Great job!!

I was about to order the super cush and saw your video..great job guys! Keep it up!

Cool! ❤

Great video, very informative; thank you.

Thank you Great Video as all ways.....👌🇦🇺👌

thank u for the help. I ordered mine and started removing things!! I hope no left extra screws in the end. I even started recording on my 360 but i'm not as good as u. From Miami!! I got a 2022 special ride glide. Cheers

Greetings from Scandinavia! My Road Glide is much improved since I followed your Wilbers recommendation. Sometimes it is necessary for me to ride at high speeds to cover longer motorway routes. I’ve had the wobble before and will book this next modification with you.

👍 cool

Excellent Video Sir.

Heck ya 👋👋😁🏍️👍

Super Video, der Stefan kann einfach alles.😜

For those who don’t want to dive into removing the swing arm and installing the bushings alloy art also has the M8 touring stabilizer I have one on my 2018 street glide and it helped tame the death wobble. The only weird thing is it doesn’t have left and right hand threads on the heim joints so turning the turn buckle to adjust isn’t possible.

Awesome video Stefan, I was just rewatching the Matt Laidlaw road trip to Sturgis😅. Looks you guys really had good time.

thank you!

I never knew German guys were so cool! I could hang out with this guy, no problem.

Good job and thanks for the info. German wife approved too!

I wish Stefan had a shop in the States.

Good video Stefan. I believe the Rack and Pull industries Equalizer tool used in conjunction with the installation of an adjustable top front stabilizer (replacing the oem non adjustable) to be able to bring the drive train into alignment correct? The swing arm can't move up and down for adjustment as the swing arm pivot shaft runs through the rear transmission case. The adjustable front stabilizer is the key the same as it was on Twin Cams & FXR's.

Stefan, I surely enjoyed your videos and they are very informative and entertaining. I’ve purchased a new 24 FLTRX and I’m having the Wilbur’s Nivomat and also the Alloy Art Bushings and Cush damper installed from the beginning. I had a previous 24 FLTRX for a short time, for 1399 miles. But someone decided to run into my new bike and it’s totaled. So I’ve purchased a replacement.

Why the fuck is dual sprung rear suspension so sketchy (dyna death wobble) but almost every motorcycle on the planet having dual sprung front forks usually not a problem????

Excellent video .

Superclean bike.

Ladies and Gentlemen, watch in wonder as Stefan shows you the Ninth (or maybe Tenth) Wonder of the World, the Underside of a Harley Swingarm. 🤣🤣🤣 Seriously, great info and you remind me of what I miss most of Deutschland, the people. Ride safe, Amigo.

Stefan is funny.

Cleaned the part. So few do. The mark of a Master in any endeavor.

It took me a while to figure out what “Stupe” means….then I realized he was saying “Stupid” 😂 I was like….What’s a Stupe German?

Great job Stefan,like your channel by the way the flag was right when you go to war you run towards the battlefield which means the flag would be blowing in the wind as you run.Great channel

Great video Stefan, now I feel guilty to ride with a neglected dirty swing arm! Looking forward to ride with you in Vancouver in 2024

Great video! I should really do this on my '17 King, as I'm almost positive the rear swing arm is misaligned. Will give these a try, and clean my swing arm!

There is an adjustable motor mount link that is on the top front of the engine. It can be adjusted to correct and mis alignment in the frame. The stock fixed length unit is avarage close enough for most bikes but to be exact. The adjustable is required. Great video

Greetings from California,USA! Great demonstration,very clear and easy to understand. But where did you acquire that measuring device? What is the manufacturer's name please.

I could do it, but that's a lot of work, but if I need these upgrades I'll pick a snowy day to do it. Glad to see I'm not the only person to keep the swing arm clean, front to back. Although, this CVO is a little tougher to get in and clean the front of the arm. Oh, and I think your new '23 CVO is the best, fast smooth, nice looking, well even smoother when I put the Wilber shocks on. And again, my wife wants to see more of your rides around your countryside.

You’re such a pleasure to watch! You showed me how to install my Wilber’s and now this! Thank you brother! Next time you’re ay Laidlaws with @mattLaildlaws, let’s know! Would love to meet you!

Nice video/work. I've seen others change the top engine fixed stabilizer bar with an adjustable one that is used to pull the swing arm and frame into alignment based on the differences of the shock mounting holes. Makes me wonder if the engine/frame/swing arm alignment issue is putting undue stress on the swing arm bushings and allowing them to become compromised? Chicken or the egg??

Well done even a guy who knows nothing about working on a bike understands what you are showing.

Good video except the Flag was technically on right to begin with . The stars should be to the right side . They are backwards on a U.S. uniform because some General at sometime thought the flag should have the stars to the front of a forward motion . I have always thought that was the dumbest thing I've heard of or seen . So you should have one facing one way and the other facing the other by that logic . The logic did come from a U.S. General .... So that should in itself tell you how logical it is.

Hi Stefan, enjoyed this video. What did you do to make the swing arm move freely? And I also keep mine clean!

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The stars are always on the left looking at the flag.

Congrats Stefan for your sensational RU-vid Episode now going viral 😎👍 You earned it - please continue to post helpful HD content! I'm sad that you do not change bushings as a service, because I would like to enjoy Apfelstrudel watching you replacing these parts like when you optimzed my bike's suspnsion😄 One question: In standstill or while driving, is there a clear indication that the bushings should be replaced? Greetings from Patrick 🙋‍♂

On my night train it was rear suspension, upgraded to progressive.

Hallo Stefan,Ich habe in meiner 2018 Street Glide schon das Wilbers eingebaut,absolut genial,in Verbindung mit Metzeler Cruistec Reifen richtig geil.Nun habe ich,nach dem ich das Video gesehen habe,mir noch die Buchsen in USA bestellt,und eingebaut.Heute dann die ernüchternde Probefahrt.Meine 1440 Stroker Shovel schüttelt kaum weniger wie die Street Glide mit den Buchsen.Ich finde das eigentlich unfahrbar.Harley hat sich sicherlich auch was dabei gedacht,als sie die Geometrie,und das Material für die Silentelemente entwickelt haben.Kurzum,ich hab das Zeug wieder ausgebaut,und nichts schüttelt,so wie es sich für so einen Reisekoffer gehört.

I can visualize Stefan in the cockpit of his own ME109 that he maintains himself.

Belt tension should be adjusted every time rear wheel is removed. Don’t rely on marking axle. What if it was a little off when you started ?

Kurzer Erfahrungsbericht: Hab die Dinger nach 300km testen am Wochenende wieder ausgebaut😟. Verbaut waren sie in einer Street Glide mit 103er TC mit Wilbers Fahrwerk. Alles ordnungsgemäß verbaut, Schwingenlager gereinigt, gefettet und mit dem notwendigen Drehmoment wieder zusammengebaut. Nach dem Einbau wurden die motorseitigen Vibrationen so verstärkt, dass es bis 2000 Umdrehungen fast nicht möglich war den Tacho abzulesen. Extrem spürbar speziell beim Abtouren (Gaswegnehmen). Absolute Zumutung in Verbindung mit dem TC Motor und daher für mich keine Option. Werde jetzt noch mal testen, ob ich nur mit dem korrekt eingestellten verstellbaren Stabi eine Vetbesserung spüre.

Hallo Stefan, verbaust du das auch bei Kunden ?, z. B. Niveaumat, Gabelfedern und den Anti Schlinger Kitt ?

I saw an American video and they said that all Harley's that they've seen have this problem, but cure it with a front engine mount that is adjustable to give you perfect alignment, not 0.5mm out. Is this correct as I'm led to believe that the swingarm bolt goes through the transmission case ?

good video, i have an 08 UC with a stage 3 kit and go 200 kph alot and never had this problem, only issue is with wind on fairing on a windy day that causes a little instability. That 131 is to much motor for laced wheels would have got cast, should have checked to see if all tight when you had it out. Cheers from toronto

Stefan, can you please inform us of the alignment tool make/model and where you purchased it? Danke

Wow. Those should be sealed roller bearings equipped from the factory. Alignment should not be flexing about causing high speed instability. Motor isolation is one thing but tire alignment is critical. Rubber dampers for areas that flex movement is acceptable. But wheel assembly spinning at 100 mph not ideal.

I just installed the cush rear swing arm bushings. I'm experiencing a lot more vibration up front I'm going to change the front motor mounts next

Stefan; I have a 2002 CVO Road king, 95 cu.in. would this be the same procedure on mine? I have always replaced my own tires, both front and rear. my lift has a drop out to lower the rear wheel. thank you nice video.

Hey Stefan, thanks a lot for the video. I have topped out my high performance LowriderS at 143MPH but boy does it do the death wobble. Will these bushings stop my death wobble? Thanks in advance.

Bringen die Buchsen auch was, bei Originalen Dämpfern hinten? Vorne habe ich bereits die Wilbers Gabelfedern und deren Öl verbaut. Lg

Where can I get one of those measuring tools for the swing arm measurements

Great Video and thanks for sharing. What tool is that red alignment one you use? Brand? Thanks again.

Stefan was a Tank Commander in a past life ,he used to ride a Tiger 2 into battle,but now he rides a Hog..............

Hi, How much did the vibration levels increase after fitting this kit? I ask because I fitted the same kit to my RG24 as per the instructions and the comments and tips in this video. The OE istaltors are in the right place. Bushings o ALLOY ART are positioned correctly. The vibration level is significant - especially when letting off the gas. The vibration is strongest in the 2500-3500 rpm range. Even the handlebar shake a lot.

Hello, yes, a little off-topic. Is there any way I could pm you? Looking to purchase wilbers rear suspension.

The “Stars and Stripes” can’t fly backwards into the wind. They were right the way they were.

Hi Stefan frm Toronto Canada I’m a fan of alloy art products I had speed wobble I purchased their M8 touring stabilizer it bolts starter to frame makes the bike very rigid amazing product

Hi Stefan I was wondering what your final thoughts were on the bushings and cush drive. Is there another video review on these?

I love how cautious this guy is i cant stand watching somebody banging scratching everything

Feines Video wieder Stefan 👍🏻 Bin mir nicht sicher ob ich mich da ran trauen soll. Die Teile gibt's nur in den usa ? Super cush.

thanks Stefan…any idea if they are going to make a similar style bushing for the Harley bagger front engine mounts ?

Stefan looking forward to your thoughts later down the road on this product…have read of more vibration after installing these bushings..your opinion will be greatly appreciated

Where can I purchase these ?

Zizz iss ä super viiideo...

ok is it necessary to remove the swing arm to install the bushings , why cant you just take out the bolt put the bushings in and reinstall the bolt ?

Why not replace the swingarm bearings as they were seized.

Hallo Wo kann man in Deutschland die Hülsen kaufen ?