I don't even ride and I know the uploaded is correct. It's simple physics on weight transfer. Laying off the throttle causes the front to become "heavy" and so does putting your body weight on it. When the front is heavy the tire is pushed more into the road and has more grip. Well, when the tire is sticking easier to the road it's harder for it to move due to friction. Thus, the tank slapping effect starts to cancel since that tire is having a harder time moving back and forth. In addition, with the weight transferring forward due to the forces of the rider and deceleration, the wheel wants to go forward. In car culture, this is what causes Understeer. The wheels want to keep going straight and not turn. If there's too much force pushing the car forward entering a corner it will Understeer and continue on straight off the road.

You are right! I tried accelerating and that made the wobble worse. Then leting go of the throttle without adding any input on the bars and the bike stopped wobbling. Accelerating won't help on a 600 bike. Don't try what you see on motogp.

Awesome riding. Reacted instantly to the speed wobble and then went back to accelerating to complete overtaking the other cars. Great to watch man!

Good man. Definitely the proper way to handle a situation. Especially leaving the handlebars alone and just putting weight forward.

What you said is essentially what I've said to do; minus the putting your weight forward. I DO NOT recommend grabbing a handful of brake since the tire may be sideways as you do, which will make you crash (like using the front brake while turning).

HAHAHAHAHA dont listen to all these amateurs in the comments. he recoverd flawlessly thats why it seemed like such a light death wobble. THIS INFO COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE READ DESCRIPTION AND CONSIDER YOUR KNOWLADGE AND EXPERIENCE B4 U DEBATE THIS.  Phff...

The rear wheel doesn't need to be off the ground or locked up for the rear-wheel to be going faster. The front brakes used hard enough can cause the rear tire to revolve slightly faster making it try to pass the front. Only option is to go around.

thanks for confirming this for me.. I was on my ZX10R. I was running against a camaro SS speeding past me. But I down shifted and gave it too much throttle, lifting my front wheel . Which caused me to go into a speed wobble. throttle seemed to make it worse. But I stayed tucked and released the throttle and that seemed to help get my bike back under control , so I could proceed to murder that camaro SS..

Yeah...listen to the guy telling you to close the throttle and put weight on the front. Good luck trying to think about all that in the fraction of a second that a little wobble like this lasts. And to clarify, I didn't say ADD throttle. I said maintain it. But what do I know...I only do it five times every track day.

Exactly ,If you have adjustable suspension, learn about rebound , compression and preload and adjust it, you wont be sorry, you'll just get the most out of your bike without silly poentaly deadly handling issues, note your original settings, adjust one at a time and test, it takes time but its worth it . took me 6 months but my bike inspires confidence now the faster and more i push it the better it feels . some good youtube vids on it for a start . also tire preessure and a steering damper.

if you have a tank slapper and wheelie, the tank slapper goes away. Thats why people say to give it gas. Getting weight off the front tire lessons the input from the front tire. With less front end input the tank slapper will stop. Adding weight to the front does not help the situation and no matter how tight you "grab the tank with your legs" the tank slapper will not go away. If you have a tank slapper throttle out. It's not just a saying, it works.

A speed wobble can be a tank slapper but not the converse. A speed wobble can be very light in severity while a tank slapper is when the handlebars are completely rotating from side to side (some models actually hit the tank or frame when completely turned to 1 side).

great description. im no stranger to the wobbles. got nothing to say on top of what u said. but to the people who say to just buy a steering damper to prevent it... they only help make them less wobbly and if u dont do what it says up top, u can still wobble out

Had a pretty fun one a few months back when I hit big ass pothole on the 15 freeway at around 70mph. Intensity grew pretty severe and it shook what felt like ages. I was sure I was going to go down so I just gave in and relaxed my arms, kept a constant throttle (didn't want to chop it and risk a highside but I think that's more applicable with rear end slides), and luckily it corrected itself. Good thing to because there was a good amount of traffic.