On the Bennington rally I noticed my bike had developed a noticeable steering wobble on deceleration. I had seen the same thing two summers ago when my steering head bearings were going so I raised the front end today and sure enough there's a major notch in the steering at center.

The thing is, the first set of bearings lasted to 50,000 km (30,000 miles) and these haven't gone 12k (8k miles). Should another set be good-as-new? or does something else in the forks get worn out?

Also, I remember thinking that the replacement triumph bearings looked pretty skimpy and I know moe reserarched tapered needle replacements. Has anybody installed these and with what results.

http://www.bonnevilleamerica.com/forums/...true#Post332599

By the way, this is all reminding me of why i trade my cars at five years.