USD forks twisted in yokes?

[HKJohn]

Hello to everybody on BCF! I'm a new user and will appreciate any advice.

I have a GSR 750 with USD forks which took a tumble when a car drove into my rear at very slow speed. The back end sustained an amazing amount of damage but the front seemed OK except for scrapes. However, now that I ride it again, I notice this: when the bike is going in a straight line, the handlebars and top yoke are a few degrees anticlockwise of dead centre.

I took it to Suzuki HK and asked them to loosen the yoke bolts and front axle and let the assembly straighten itself out; but they tell me that forks twisted in yokes does not happen with USD! This sounds incredibly unlikely to me so has anybody ever heard this before?

[P.addy]

Just undo the trees. Get a friend to help you if you don't want to drop it. Give it a few light bounces and a wiggle and see if it lines up.

[HKJohn]

Thanks Paddy!

[Rtwo]

Slacken the screws holding the mudguard, the brake calipers and front axle, then slacken the bottom yolk pinch bolts and try bouncing it around a bit. Don't slacken the top yolk bolts.
Tighten everything up again and it should have aligned itself, you may even hear it ping into place when you slacken the pinch bolts.

[Vincent]

They could be right about the "twisting" thing............on RWU, (right Way Up), forks, the yokes clamp onto the stantions, on USD forks, it's the legs
Whichever, you won't know until you either strip and reassemble the forks or loosen it up and attempt to straighten them out. I'm not sure that the normal routine for RWU forks, bouncing them up and down after slightly loosening the front wheel, will work with an USD front end. Getting the front end lifted would be a start though, if you don't have an appropriate stand, do you have anywhere with a roof beam strong enough to take the weight?
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[Vincent]