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    to the left. arg!

    Okay so my bike pulls to the left its only really noticeable when I take my hands of the bars I'm but it's fairly significant any ideas?

    #2
    Have you adjusted your chain lately?

    Check your rear wheel alignment.

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      #3
      I just put new tires on today they are equal on the scale should I make them on even to compensate?

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        #4
        The scales are not always accurate, each bike can/will be different.

        If you have determined some time in the past that yours are accurate, that's OK, but you could be off by about 1/4 of one of those marks. It would be hard to see, yet make enough of a difference to notice at the handlebars.

        That is one of those adjustments that I don't miss. I will happily put up with a heavier bike on which I can not change the final drive ratio for the convenience of less overall maintenance.

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        mine: 2000 Honda GoldWing GL1500SE and 1980 GS850G'K' "Junior"
        hers: 1982 GS850GL - "Angel" and 1969 Suzuki T250 Scrambler
        #1 son: 1986 Yamaha Venture Royale 1300 and 1982 GS650GL "Rat Bagger"
        #2 son: 1980 GS1000G
        Family Portrait
        Siblings and Spouses
        Mom's first ride
        Want a copy of my valve adjust spreadsheet for your 2-valve per cylinder engine? Send me an e-mail request (not a PM)
        (Click on my username in the upper-left corner for e-mail info.)

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          #5
          it did, I'm saying I chev ked it yesterday

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            #6
            Do you sit offset without realizing it? My bike steers to one side if I let the bars go. But after experimenting I've figured out it's just that I favor putting my right foot down at stops so I sit offset on the bike but it feels like I sit balanced.

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              #7
              I dont believe so, because in order for the bike to go strait i have t o leaaaaan to the right.

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                #8
                Originally posted by Im Faster View Post
                I dont believe so, because in order for the bike to go srait i have t o leaaaaan to the right.
                Might be worth checking though, I found the same, to correct it I need to lean over at a silly angle.

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                  #9
                  Maybe you are sitting crooked. Maybe the bike is bent.
                  Maybe the wheel is out of alignment.
                  Might be Corialis Force related.
                  Or something to do with the Earth's lines of flux.
                  Have the flux capacitors been calibrated lately?


                  Life is too short to ride an L.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by tkent02
                    Have the flux capacitors been calibrated lately?
                    Funny.....

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                      #11
                      Caliper dragging? Wheel bearing?

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                        #12
                        Could be a weak front fork spring as well.

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                          #13
                          Originally posted by Steve View Post
                          Have you adjusted your chain lately?

                          Check your rear wheel alignment.

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                          This! I don't look at the scales on the side of my chain adjusters at all when aligning the rear wheel. My old Suzuki master taught me to look at the spaces between the the side plates of the chain and the sprocket, and to make those even when aligning the rear wheel. Any number of things can cause the scales to be out of whack, but if your chain rides evenly on the sprocket, you should be good to go.

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