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 Posted: 19:00 - 25 Jul 2017  Post subject: Hopefully a quick one. |
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In all of your infinite wisdom. What is the best way to tell if the steering / front wheel is out of alignment?
It looks and feels like it is ever so slightly off, and now that I have noticed it, the feeling is exaggerated. And if it is, how hard is this to rectify.
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| Posted: 22:27 - 25 Jul 2017 Post subject: |
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| Commuter_Tim wrote: |
...To quickly re-align the front end.
To check alignment: The String Method.
Alternatively if you have a huge long straight bar (seriously who the hell even has one of these? except scaffolding stealing pikeys), use that instead of the string.
If something feels off and your bike has ever gone down, your handlebars could also be slightly bent.
Also bar end imbalances can be a factor. |
Bike hasn't gone down, well not that I know of Its only done 1000 miles, and is in perfect condition. It looks and feels like the front wheel and handle bars, ever so slightly off.
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| Tracer1234 wrote: | | Commuter_Tim wrote: |
...To quickly re-align the front end.
To check alignment: The String Method.
Alternatively if you have a huge long straight bar (seriously who the hell even has one of these? except scaffolding stealing pikeys), use that instead of the string.
If something feels off and your bike has ever gone down, your handlebars could also be slightly bent.
Also bar end imbalances can be a factor. |
Bike hasn't gone down, well not that I know of Its only done 1000 miles, and is in perfect condition. It looks and feels like the front wheel and handle bars, ever so slightly off.
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Curious, it happen any more or less at certain speeds?
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Not if you hold it upright, but should be if flat. You can always check the board with string before using it
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Have you checked the bearings in the steering head?
As a motorcycle spends most of its life going straight ahead, the repeated shocks from the front can wear small indentations in the surfaces the bearings run on. This can make the bike feel like it's trying to run on tracks, or that you're continually crossing road repair joins.
To rule this out, jack the bike up so the front wheel is off the ground, and gently, very gently move from lock to lock, actually, from a couple of degrees either side of straight ahead. If you go millimetre by millimetre past the centre point, and you feel the bars settle slightly, yep, head bearings.
Haynes will tell you to look out for notchiness and stuff, but if you move the bars slowly, and you feel something between one degree either side of straight ahead, their's your culprit |
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It's a pretty new bike, I doubt it's done much mileage yet.
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| Stoker wrote: | Have you checked the bearings in the steering head?
As a motorcycle spends most of its life going straight ahead, the repeated shocks from the front can wear small indentations in the surfaces the bearings run on. This can make the bike feel like it's trying to run on tracks, or that you're continually crossing road repair joins.
To rule this out, jack the bike up so the front wheel is off the ground, and gently, very gently move from lock to lock, actually, from a couple of degrees either side of straight ahead. If you go millimetre by millimetre past the centre point, and you feel the bars settle slightly, yep, head bearings.
Haynes will tell you to look out for notchiness and stuff, but if you move the bars slowly, and you feel something between one degree either side of straight ahead, their's your culprit |
Thank you for the reply. Insightful and worth remembering for future. As Grr Said, the bike has only done 900 Miles, so not sure this will be the problem just yet, but thanks
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