2007 Honda VTX1300 Steering Problems

“My 2007 Honda vtx-1300c has a wobble which is only noticeable when decelerating from 50 miles per hour. I found out that most if not all of the Honda vtx series motorcycle have had cheap bearings put in the front forks. Usually the bad bearings wear out within a year's time, but since I bought the bike used in 2020 this problem was never fixed. This problem is easily corrected by putting in tapered bearings in!”

“My 2007 Honda 1300 vtx develops a violent wheel wobble upon acceleration and deceleration at around 40mph. This issue wears tires and is very dangerous if you are not prepared to react to the problem.I have spoken with other 1300 vtx owners and this is a very common problem on this particular model. Honda does not recognize the problem and does nothing to correct it. Honda should be held liable for repair and replacement of parts and replacement of front tires which show unreasonable wear in a short period of time and low mileage on he tires.”

“Front end shakes, wobbles and vibrates violently, when you loosen your hand pressure from the handle bar grips. It will absolutely go out of control if you don't hold on tightly to the handle bars. This occurs at any and all speeds. (20 to 90 MPH). There is something seriously wrong here. The previous owner now admits he noticed this problem at 300 miles, and didn't feel safe to ride it any more! Hence the low mileage, for a 7 year old motorcycle. I can now see excessive front tire tread wear, on the left side of center. I have to replace this tire now.”

“Since about 500 miles into the purchase of this bike I noticed a slight wobble in the front end when traveling whenever I slightly took pressure off the handle bars. This wobble in the front end ( shaking from side to side ) has continued to get worse up this day. Just yesterday I was slowing down to pull out change with one hand to pay a toll fee while the other hand was still on the opposite handle bar. At the point I let go of the handle bar with the one hand ,the front end was shaking so bad that if I would not of grabbed the other side again quickly! …”

“Front steering wobble. I paid dealer $150 to replace with all balls bearings in triple tree and wobble was gone. The wobble was bad I could not let go of handlebars at all.”