Has something fallen off my front wheel?

[allotriophagy]

This is so dumb but I don't know anything about my bike. Today the handling felt really different, especially going around corners. When I parked up, I looked around and it looks like something has fallen off?

I've looked in the service manual and online but can't find any clear pictures of this bit of the wheel. Is it normal or should it have like...a pin or something?

I've attached a picture. It's a 2004 CBR600F.

[mab]

There is nothing that need to go in those holes. they are there to remove the spindle. A tool slots through them so you can turn it.

[kingsmith]

front tyre going down????
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[Noxious89123]

Nope, it's so you can put a screwdriver through the holes to pull the axle out.

HTH

PS. Mine is the same
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[Ariel Badger]

Check tyre pressures on both wheels.
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[Moxey]

[allotriophagy]

Glad I didn't go to the garage in a panic and look like a mong, as usual. "Why does the accelerator on the left handlebar not turn! How do I make the front wheel speed up!"

Tyre pressure and rim weights are all fine. I'm starting to wonder if it is just because the roads are dry for a change and I had got used to riding in the wet. Plus the petrol tank is nearly empty so that might be a factory.

Thanks for the info guys.

[Taught2BCauti...]

Its worth checking your front wheel bearings if you can get the front wheel off the ground, by checking for play - grab the tyre top and bottom and try to rock it, then do the same left to right.

They can go suddenly!
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[Vincent]

A bike isn't like a car, if something goes wrong, you don't just roll to a stop at the side of the road, quite often, you're thrown off! If there's a noticable difference with the handling, the bike needs looking at and putting right. Check the pinch bolts on the yokes to make sure they're all tight and, as above, check the front wheel and head race bearings for play. There should be a decent how-to on youtube.
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[Ichy]

Maybe you are leaning it a bit more and the tyre has squared off after the extended cold and wet weather.
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[Noxious89123]

[shereen]

[bikenut]

:karma: hi dude,

you need to get a manual and read it, the lhs twist grip doesnt do anything except comfort your hand which shouild be in a glove.

get a manual and read it, then join a mc club

[MarJay]