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PostPosted: 21:27 - 13 Apr 2014    Post subject: Hornet 600 keeps pulling to the left... Why? Help Reply with quote
My Hornet 600 2004 model, is pulling to the left when I don't have my hands on the handle bars... is this a bearing problem?
Is there a way for me to check or find out the issue without taking the bike to the garage and spending money.

Any advice or words of wisdom is greatly appreciated.

Thank you.
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PostPosted: 21:28 - 13 Apr 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Headstock bearings or a worn tyre. Misaligned wheels could do it too.
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PostPosted: 21:29 - 13 Apr 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
bent swing arm too.

however my vote is with head stock or tryes
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PostPosted: 21:32 - 13 Apr 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Twin discs? one calliper binding?
One fork leg lost a lot of it`s oil?, causing the bike on that side to try and sit a tiny bit lower?
New tyre not put on properly?
Frame broken somewhere?
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PostPosted: 21:35 - 13 Apr 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
nice one cheers, i will get on it and check all those. Although i hope its not a broken or cracked frame...
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PostPosted: 22:12 - 13 Apr 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Does it do it on all different roads? You're not just noticing it on one road, cos that could just be the camber.


Check tyres, tyre pressures and bearings, hopefully should narrow it to one of those fairly easily. If you're getting wheel off to change tyre might be worth pre-emptively changing wheel bearing anyway, depending on age and condition
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PostPosted: 02:01 - 14 Apr 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Fisty wrote:
Misaligned wheels .


This would be my first thing to check. I dropped an old bike in for a service once and asked, while they were servicing, to tighten the chain for me. I normally do it myself. I have no idea who they got to sort the chain out but by the time I got home I was aching in one arm and the bike kept pulling to one side.

The garage had tightened the chain by pulling the wheel back but only on one side. Took a while to get the wheel lined up again. Needless to say I never went back to them for a service item.
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PostPosted: 06:44 - 14 Apr 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Are you sitting on it straight? Lots of people sit to one side. Looks really uncomfortable.
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PostPosted: 07:51 - 14 Apr 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
My vote would be for a binding caliper, happened to my Hornet.
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PostPosted: 07:55 - 14 Apr 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Misaligned rear wheel did this on my T'Cat, after I'd adjusted the chain.
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PostPosted: 09:58 - 14 Apr 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
AnPhonEh wrote:
My vote would be for a binding caliper, happened to my Hornet.


Shouldn't affect the steering though.
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PostPosted: 10:41 - 14 Apr 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Pete. wrote:
Are you sitting on it straight? Lots of people sit to one side. Looks really uncomfortable.


Funny you should say that, I noticed I was sat slightly to the left on mine the other day. I'm always super paranoid about my alignment being out so always changing how I'm sat which is how I noticed.

Wouldn't most bikes pull slightly to the left without hands on the bar anyway? The camber is always going to push a bike to that direction?
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PostPosted: 11:41 - 14 Apr 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Pete. wrote:


Shouldn't affect the steering though.


Hmmm? It seemed to when the left caliper was binding on my ZX6r
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PostPosted: 08:00 - 15 Apr 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
pepperami wrote:
Pete. wrote:


Shouldn't affect the steering though.


Hmmm? It seemed to when the left caliper was binding on my ZX6r

Wouldn't that make all single-disc bikes handle a little strange? Razz
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PostPosted: 08:05 - 15 Apr 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
I'm not sure if the suspension is adjustable, but if so, check if the left fork is set the same as the right one. Also check if the bars are alright and the frame straight. To check if the wheels are in the line just put a wooden board/plank next to it so it touches both wheels. This could be quite serious thing.
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PostPosted: 09:27 - 15 Apr 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
pepperami wrote:
Twin discs? one calliper binding?

Ehh? Would this make any difference on a bike? On a car, yes...
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PostPosted: 10:57 - 15 Apr 2014    Post subject: Re: Hornet 600 keeps pulling to the left... Why? Help Reply with quote
Blunet600 wrote:
Is there a way for me to check or find out the issue without taking the bike to the garage and spending money.


With regards to wheel misalignment being the cause of your problem, the cheapest way is a ball of string, although I personally prefer using two straight edges.

https://www.motorcyclistonline.com/howto/string_align_motorcycle_wheels/
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PostPosted: 11:38 - 15 Apr 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Snorty wrote:
Wouldn't that make all single-disc bikes handle a little strange? Razz


No. All but about 2 or 3 single disk bikes have the disk on the left to counter this.
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PostPosted: 12:35 - 15 Apr 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Pete. wrote:
Are you sitting on it straight? Lots of people sit to one side. Looks really uncomfortable.


I second this. Yesterday, I was doing a lot of riding around without touching the bars (different thread) and was noticing this until I slid over on my seat about a millimeter or two...

Try standing on your pegs a bit -- enough to lift your butt off the seat -- with your hands on the tank. If the problem goes away, it is probably just where you sit.
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