Different methods of wheel alignment

[salty_monk]

Your angle is 1/8" on each flat side of the angle? Of course it won't be straight.

Mine is 1/8" thick & about 1.5" across the flats. Makes it much harder to bend & much more likely to be straight.

Measured with a laser level it comes out straight...... Measuring the swingarm to axle pivot centres also back up what I've done with it so far.

Should be good I could probably put it on Ed's flat table to really check it...

Ultimate test will be riding the bike & inspecting the sprockets as the rear is powdercoated so should be pretty easy to see if it's out one way or the other.

Dan

[posplayr]

Mine is 1/8" thick & about 1.5" across the flats. Dan

Mine is close to the same. Mine is 1" wide on a side, 1/8" thick material and it is square root of two on the diagonal.

And when you site down it it bends.

For chain alignment it is straight enough for wheel alignment, you had better pull out the "little ruler of the Pyramids".

[mighty13d]

http://www.jcwhitney.com/MOTORCYCLE_CHAIN_ALIGNMENT_TOOL?ID=12;0;1101021027;0;100003;ProductName;7;0;0;0;2004177;0;0

for chain alignment

[salty_monk]

Those are only 18".. I needed something longer. Might pick one of those up though, they're cheap enough.

Dan

[mighty13d]

Those are only 18".. I needed something longer. Might pick one of those up though, they're cheap enough.

Dan

eight, not 18 so they're even shorter! but it's not hard to eyeball it after you have something longer sticking out. or maybe just fit a longer rod in there or to it??? I don't know. it was just a suggestion. I think i'm going to pick one up.

[salty_monk]

Made my own from some angle to reach all the way to the front sprocket. If I was just using it for setup rather than trying to measure sprocket offsets on my project 750 I would have gone for one of these.

Dan