When i line up the top yoke (triple tree) 90 degrees to the center line of the bike the front wheel is - a bit more than slightly - pointing to the left, I did the usual loosening the clamps and spindle, twist it the opposite way and tighten it all up again, but is hardly made any difference! :icon_scratch: . Any tips?
you aint got bent forks have ya ?
Hope not! It handles/feels OK - I'll try twistin them 180 degrees in the clamps.
Whip the lower bar clamp bolts out, the ones going through the top yoke and check those for bends. Happens with the rubber mounted bars, have a fall and the rubber gives up till they reach the limit, then they bend rather than the bars as momentum has been built up.
Quote from: Sin_Tiger on May 06, 2014, 10:36:03 PM
Whip the lower bar clamp bolts out, the ones going through the top yoke and check those for bends. Happens with the rubber mounted bars, have a fall and the rubber gives up till they reach the limit, then they bend rather than the bars as momentum has been built up.
the bars or mounts are bent but I ignored those and lined up the top yoke coz of that.
hopefuly ya aint. but if ya do i may have a set :icon_wink:
Quote from: rybes on May 07, 2014, 07:58:56 AM
hopefuly ya aint. but if ya do i may have a set :icon_wink:
As soon as I get the chance I'll check, but I'm thinking it may be the yokes, (you got any :ImaPoser)
Maybe I'll just have your bike? :icon_lol: no, seriously - I don't want to clean out your stash, I'll have a closer look when I can. Thanks :thumbsup
Quote from: JayDub on May 07, 2014, 11:06:39 AM
Quote from: rybes on May 07, 2014, 07:58:56 AM
hopefuly ya aint. but if ya do i may have a set :icon_wink:
As soon as I get the chance I'll check, but I'm thinking it may be the yokes, (you got any :ImaPoser)
Maybe I'll just have your bike? :icon_lol: no, seriously - I don't want to clean out your stash, I'll have a closer look when I can. Thanks :thumbsup
Hope not, would suggest a previous shunt :icon_eek:
The way things are going with this bike - I really don't think I would be that surprised Niall :icon_rolleyes:
yeah i got some yokes :bad
Quote from: rybes on May 07, 2014, 02:12:11 PM
yeah i got some yokes :bad
Words fail me rybes :icon_salut:
got a whole front end left over from when i went 3 spoke ;) also got a back wheel too i wont be usin
Quote from: rybes on May 07, 2014, 08:57:35 PM
got a whole front end left over from when i went 3 spoke ;) also got a back wheel too i wont be usin
So..... where in England do you come home to then? :bad
:icon_lol: otherside of the country to you mate, norfolk. hopin to get there soon to get me tiger over here
Quote from: rybes on May 07, 2014, 08:57:35 PM
got a whole front end left over from when i went 3 spoke ;) also got a back wheel too i wont be usin
Oh, may back wheel has just developed a wobble :icon_wink:
the race is on :icon_lol:
Luckily the rear wheel is one part of the bike thats like new, its all yours Niall :icon_lol:
Don't s'pose you have any standard bars rybes? :augie
Quote from: Sin_Tiger on May 07, 2014, 12:49:00 PM
Quote from: JayDub on May 07, 2014, 11:06:39 AM
Quote from: rybes on May 07, 2014, 07:58:56 AM
hopefuly ya aint. but if ya do i may have a set :icon_wink:
As soon as I get the chance I'll check, but I'm thinking it may be the yokes, (you got any :ImaPoser)
Maybe I'll just have your bike? :icon_lol: no, seriously - I don't want to clean out your stash, I'll have a closer look when I can. Thanks :thumbsup
Hope not, would suggest a previous shunt :icon_eek:
I bent my Trident forks ever so slightly (they straightened on the mandrel press at work easy enough) by chucking it nose first in a ditch when I was younger and stupider. Credit to Triumph though, they should've been a lot worse.
Quote from: JayDub on May 08, 2014, 09:55:31 AM
Luckily the rear wheel is one part of the bike thats like new, its all yours Niall :icon_lol:
Don't s'pose you have any standard bars rybes? :augie
maybe :bad
Riding along the A5 yesterday on the way to the Ponderosa (read Poserosa :icon_wink: ), I suddenly became aware that I was traveling in a straight line, and.... THE YOKES WHERE STRAIGHT!!! :icon_eek:
How can that be??? Obviously I scared it shitless with all the shouting and swearing! :icon_biggrin:
The bars haven't straightened themselves tho, I mustn't have sworn enough... I'd like a set of OE bars tho :augie
Maybe if I shout louder I will be heard in AFRICA :icon_wink: (joking Niall).
...Bugger!, I just looked out of the window and its p*ssing down and washing all the mud and road grime off me bike!
Quote from: JayDub on May 19, 2014, 06:27:20 PM
...Bugger!, I just looked out of the window and its p*ssing down and washing all the mud and road grime off me bike!
Now who's the Poser? I'll bet it took you ages to paint the mud on :ImaPoser
Quote from: Sin_Tiger on May 19, 2014, 06:48:27 PM
Quote from: JayDub on May 19, 2014, 06:27:20 PM
...Bugger!, I just looked out of the window and its p*ssing down and washing all the mud and road grime off me bike!
Now who's the Poser? I'll bet it took you ages to paint the mud on :ImaPoser
I'll have you know that I go to great lengths to keep my appearance! scruffy, bedraggled and generally unkempt - Its not easy to stay looking this cool :pimp
Glad you got yourself straightened out, just ride the Steamer, that's all you need to look cool :bad
I did the juggling around with the bars to find my "stock" bars had a bend on the right side, I had to use the pattern ones and my Motech ones until I get back and get those straightened out. Then I'll pass the patterns on to you to try out, I have a set of 25mm risers that fit so that you can try both heights for fit. I might have to do a bit of fettling on the Motechs as the brake and clutch reservoirs sit right up against the centre drop links. I plan to use them for the 95 Chair as they give a nice bit of extra leverage and width for the mirrors.
Quote from: Sin_Tiger on May 20, 2014, 07:31:04 PM
that's all you need to look cool
so very true Niall!, Lookin forward to trying those, I saw a pic of the originals and they look more like what I want, narrower and more swept back and down. the renthalls are wider and straighter, they also stretch the throttle cable so that the adjuster has snapped and the motor races if I turn the bars too far left :icon_rolleyes: ah well, I'll soon be able to stop faffing around with it and just enjoy - hopefully :icon_smile: thanks mate!
Quote from: JayDub on May 20, 2014, 09:09:44 PM
I'll soon be able to stop faffing around
:sleepy1 dream on :ImaPoser
....I know you're right :iagree