Bike seems very hard to maintain a straight line down the road. Im having to correct its path constantly. I have to look like Im drunk or a noob to anyone following me. :smile2: Cornering is very tricky and unpredictable.
A little history.
Two years ago I had Progressive springs installed in my front forks.
I removed and reinstalled the forks myself but had the shop do the springs. While I had it apart I greased the steering head bearings and adjusted.
I noticed my front tire wearing strange shortly after. At first I thought I didn't get something put back together right and turned to you guys for answers. The verdict I concluded was I just got a bad tire.
I recently installed a new front tire and at first it handled great.
Then I had a rear wheel problem ,had to replace the bearings due to the spacer in hub come up missing.
Installed rear wheel and was back up and going good then a few days ago I noticed my left butt cheek was getting sore long before the right side as if the bike was leaning to the right and putting more weight on the left cheek.
I also noticed the handle bars felt like they were turned slightly to the right when going down the highway so started watching things to see if I could figure out what was going on and discovered that they indeed were.
In these pics you will see what I see when going down the road in a straight line. Notice the lower triple tree and fork covers ,see how there is more tree and cover showing on the left side also you can see that the handlebars are turned slightly.
So tonight I checked my rear wheel alignment and found the left side was pulled back aprox 4 threads on the adjuster more than the right side.
So I now have that corrected and took a short ride and seems like it helped but the bars are still turned to the right but maybe not as much as before. Will have to ride it more to know for sure.
So now Im back to wondering if there is something wrong up front.
Question.
When re installing the front forks is it possible to get things out of align or square?
I would think that once the pinch bolts on the triples are snugged up that the forks would have no choice but be back square and aligned.
These are pics of the tire that wore strangely. The circled areas are the right hand side of the tire if you were sitting on the bike.
I have seen tires wear more on the left side due to the crown of the roads but never seen one wear on the right side.
Notice the center tread and left tread is better than the right as if the tire was rolling to the right of center when going straight.
In this pic if you look closely you can see the tire is wore more on the Right .
Anyone have any ideas?
A little history.
Two years ago I had Progressive springs installed in my front forks.
I removed and reinstalled the forks myself but had the shop do the springs. While I had it apart I greased the steering head bearings and adjusted.
I noticed my front tire wearing strange shortly after. At first I thought I didn't get something put back together right and turned to you guys for answers. The verdict I concluded was I just got a bad tire.
I recently installed a new front tire and at first it handled great.
Then I had a rear wheel problem ,had to replace the bearings due to the spacer in hub come up missing.
Installed rear wheel and was back up and going good then a few days ago I noticed my left butt cheek was getting sore long before the right side as if the bike was leaning to the right and putting more weight on the left cheek.
I also noticed the handle bars felt like they were turned slightly to the right when going down the highway so started watching things to see if I could figure out what was going on and discovered that they indeed were.
In these pics you will see what I see when going down the road in a straight line. Notice the lower triple tree and fork covers ,see how there is more tree and cover showing on the left side also you can see that the handlebars are turned slightly.
So tonight I checked my rear wheel alignment and found the left side was pulled back aprox 4 threads on the adjuster more than the right side.
So I now have that corrected and took a short ride and seems like it helped but the bars are still turned to the right but maybe not as much as before. Will have to ride it more to know for sure.
So now Im back to wondering if there is something wrong up front.
Question.
When re installing the front forks is it possible to get things out of align or square?
I would think that once the pinch bolts on the triples are snugged up that the forks would have no choice but be back square and aligned.
These are pics of the tire that wore strangely. The circled areas are the right hand side of the tire if you were sitting on the bike.
I have seen tires wear more on the left side due to the crown of the roads but never seen one wear on the right side.
Notice the center tread and left tread is better than the right as if the tire was rolling to the right of center when going straight.
In this pic if you look closely you can see the tire is wore more on the Right .
Anyone have any ideas?