Brake Shudder

[Schwanger]

When I brake hard and run over a bump I get a horrible shudder in the front end that progressively gets worse until I stop of let off.  I've been fighting this for over a year.  I have tried cleaning the brakes, including the rotor buttons, and increasing the rebound and compression damping.  I have only recently started messing with the forks and I only increased the damping by 1 click on both rebound and compression.

I need some help.  Any ideas?

[ducpainter]

When I brake hard and run over a bump I get a horrible shudder in the front end that progressively gets worse until I stop of let off.  I've been fighting this for over a year.  I have tried cleaning the brakes, including the rotor buttons, and increasing the rebound and compression damping.  I have only recently started messing with the forks and I only increased the damping by 1 click on both rebound and compression.

I need some help.  Any ideas?

I think you need to properly bed in your brakes.

Check these two threads....

http://braketech.com/techtalk_article.php?id=4
http://braketech.com/techtalk_article.php?id=8

[Speeddog]

Have you looked at your steering head bearings?

[Howie]

Have you looked at your steering head bearings?

Is your front suspension bottoming?

[Schwanger]

I don't believe that the suspension is bottoming out.

I'm going to check the head bearings, they might be loose.