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Picked up my bike from the shop yesterday, changed the headers and drive belt.

So first thing I noticed is less play in the clutch, which I'm liking. Also seems to have a lot more power at lower rpms. All great.

After a few blocks, and once I got up on the highway I noticed that the rear end seems kinda weird. Seems like its kinda floating in turns and doesn't feel very stable.

Thinking maybe they messed with the suspension setting or didn't torque down the rear wheel? Any ideas?
 
Once I get done with the honey do list I'm gonna put the suspension back to factory setting and start over from scratch again. Hoping I can take care of this without going back to the shop.

Don't think it's the clutch, no disruption in power to the rear wheel, almost like when the tire pressure is low. Checked tire pressure, checked to see if there was anything on the rear, nothing that I can see.

Also took it up on the highway when I went to go top the tank this morning. Cruising around 60-65mph it almost felt as if the back end was bouncing a little bit.
 
Well reset the rear suspension and think it took care of a lot of the issue. Though it still feels like the rear tire pressure is low, which it's not, it's to the point where I think I just need to fine tune a bit more.

And apparently, while it was in the shop, they decided to adjust the rebound on the rear...to just about all the way out.
 

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