Wobble

[drewboid]

Since you say you inspected the forks did you check the alignment? See
http://w6rec.com/duane/bmw/forks.htm
for some of the best advice I have seen on forks. Stiction can cause a wobble and Duane has definite opinions about handlebar mounted shields. However, I have been riding with Wixom fairings and various shields and not had a problem. I did fit a steering damper to the R75/6 and the shield on the R65 is a smaller one. the R65 front end does feel light above 80 MPH. YMMV

[Crossrodes]

Drew I did check that site and I intend to check for stiction as he suggests.  I did previously check it...but not using his method. He has lots of interesting info there.

Mike

[Rob Valdez 79 R65]

Unfortunately (actually, FORTUNATELY) the stuff on Duane's site for fork alignment does not apply to our R65 forks.  We have a much superior set-up than the bigger bikes.  They caught up with the mono-shock models.


Gold Wings have ball bearings in their headstock???  Bizarre!  I didn't think anyone used balls anymore.
I remember replacing the ball bearings in my /2 conversion with tapered rollers.