elite 80 feels squirrely on the road sometimes

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elite 80 feels squirrely on the road sometimes

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bike feels like it wobbles sometime while on the road but usually is fine. what could it be? its a 2000 elite 80
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Front tire/wheel out of balance.
One of your shocks is shot, but just one.
Fork is bent.
Or that's just how those are.
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or you have bad wheel berings...
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... or the swingarm bushings are toast. Grab rear wheel, pull side to side.
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or even you may just have a innertube bundle in your tire, it wioll bulge
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If u have a spare front wheel try that and see if it runs the same.
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