Slight vibration under braking? 93 VFR

Recently I have gotten a slight vibration while braking the bike. It only happens when I am light on the brakes. Its kinda between a light vibe and wobble. I did the pads about 1500Mi ago. Bike has 14000 Mi on it. It seems to be worse if I use the brakes at all while turning at low speed. It also seems to only be present at like 10 MPH or less. Like when I come to a stop just the last little bit of stopping I will feel it in my bars. This is on the front wheel.

Any Ideas?

 

Do you have any cupping on the front tire? What pressure do you run the front at? Also, have someone sit on the bike with the front wheel suspended & check for play.

 

Check for rotor warpage, but i'll bet it's the steering stem bearings needing a re-grease and adjustment.

Get it up on the centerstand, block up so front wheel is off the floor, then forcefully grab bottom of forks and push and pull, feeling for looseness and listening for clicks.

 

Tire looks fine. I check the caliper bolts they are tight and the pinch bolts on the fork. I don't feel any play side to side. I rode the bike and its gone again. It comes and goes its strange.

I might try with a friend tommorrow see if we can find somthing loose.

 

My bike is sensitive to front tyre wear, when it starts getting worn, I get a different feeling. Steering head bearings were a nice maintenance item and you could tell the difference just backing the bike oot of the garage, (steered-supa-sweet.)

Could be your calipers are sticking too, see how your front wheel turns when its off the ground. Re-built those too, that was a nice bang for the buck btw.

Hi - Ice-Hunchin :wave: