While riding in to work yesterday I found that if I take both hands off the handle bar then the bars start to shake violently. It is the beginning of something called a tank slapper where the bars eventually shake back and forward so much that they hit the fuel tank.
After a bit of experimenting I found a single finger on one of the grips is enough to dampen the wobble out completely so it's not dangerous yet but it is going to need to be looked at.
I think the cause is the headset bearing which the mechanic has warned had some play in a previous service and which seems to be a common failing in the first generation Deauvilles.
Well the bike was due it's next service within a couple of weeks any way.
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