Wheel Alignment/drifting
Discussion
My Multistrada 1260, when riding down the road holding the bars as normal its absolutely fine.
But If I let go of the bars it will instantly drift to the left. I have to hang my body way over to the right to try and get it to run straight.
I'm assuming the front forks need attention, and if so, do they use lasers to align wheels for bikes these day like cars ?
But If I let go of the bars it will instantly drift to the left. I have to hang my body way over to the right to try and get it to run straight.
I'm assuming the front forks need attention, and if so, do they use lasers to align wheels for bikes these day like cars ?
The front is self aligning.
Essentially you leave the front axle pinch bolts loose and push the forks down as close to the centre of the head bearing as you can. Do that a few times. The procedure changes a bit from bike to bike but that’s generally it.
Worth making sure the rear is aligned as well.
Essentially you leave the front axle pinch bolts loose and push the forks down as close to the centre of the head bearing as you can. Do that a few times. The procedure changes a bit from bike to bike but that’s generally it.
Worth making sure the rear is aligned as well.
GSA_fattie said:
road camber
just an obvious suggestion before we get the straight edge, string and tools out
both gsa and tiger do it and the H2 SX before that if i use cc and then take my hands off the bars - especially on the mway
This.just an obvious suggestion before we get the straight edge, string and tools out
both gsa and tiger do it and the H2 SX before that if i use cc and then take my hands off the bars - especially on the mway
Find a long straight stretch of road with nothing coming the other direction and then try the same thing on the wrong side of the road.
GSA_fattie said:
road camber
just an obvious suggestion before we get the straight edge, string and tools out
both gsa and tiger do it and the H2 SX before that if i use cc and then take my hands off the bars - especially on the mway
Almost definitely road camber, and the slightly one sided wear that causes on tyres. just an obvious suggestion before we get the straight edge, string and tools out
both gsa and tiger do it and the H2 SX before that if i use cc and then take my hands off the bars - especially on the mway
The bike has 9K on the clock, so not expecting any bearing wear.
The tires have a 1000 miles on them.
This bouncing the front forks to center them, I've done that on my 900 scrambler after rebuilding the forks. But the Multi is such a big bike, I don't think I could "man handle" it that way !
I'll try on the other side of the road, when its safe. But from memory my other bikes haven't suffered so much from this.
The tires have a 1000 miles on them.
This bouncing the front forks to center them, I've done that on my 900 scrambler after rebuilding the forks. But the Multi is such a big bike, I don't think I could "man handle" it that way !
I'll try on the other side of the road, when its safe. But from memory my other bikes haven't suffered so much from this.
pcn1 said:
The bike has 9K on the clock, so not expecting any bearing wear.
The tires have a 1000 miles on them.
This bouncing the front forks to center them, I've done that on my 900 scrambler after rebuilding the forks. But the Multi is such a big bike, I don't think I could "man handle" it that way !
I'll try on the other side of the road, when its safe. But from memory my other bikes haven't suffered so much from this.
What tyres are they ?The tires have a 1000 miles on them.
This bouncing the front forks to center them, I've done that on my 900 scrambler after rebuilding the forks. But the Multi is such a big bike, I don't think I could "man handle" it that way !
I'll try on the other side of the road, when its safe. But from memory my other bikes haven't suffered so much from this.
Some years ago I was commuting on a Ducati ST, on a fast road subject to a lot of crosswinds.
There were some 'features' in the tarmac which seemed to unsettle the bike and it generally felt nervous.
It was usually raining.
I think I have a bit of a 'soft science' problem with strong crosswinds at the best of times but this was unpleasant.
I was convinced there was a problem, so I changed the swing arm bearings, checked alignment with lasers and all that.
(I'd had seriously dead swing arm bearings on a previous bike years ago, I know how it feels!)
Then I changed the tyres to Pirelli Angels, because I was racking up miles and suddenly the bike was much improved, or at least my mental state while riding it in crosswinds was much improved.
There were some 'features' in the tarmac which seemed to unsettle the bike and it generally felt nervous.
It was usually raining.
I think I have a bit of a 'soft science' problem with strong crosswinds at the best of times but this was unpleasant.
I was convinced there was a problem, so I changed the swing arm bearings, checked alignment with lasers and all that.
(I'd had seriously dead swing arm bearings on a previous bike years ago, I know how it feels!)
Then I changed the tyres to Pirelli Angels, because I was racking up miles and suddenly the bike was much improved, or at least my mental state while riding it in crosswinds was much improved.
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