pulls to the left

[BIKER]

going to the dealers in the am there going to give it test ride..and lets see what they say..

Ed

 

[RatBoy]

Ed, I would take all of the crap off of the bike that didn't originally come with it and go for a ride. I don't mean parts, I mean stuff that you're carrying.

You could have stuff in your saddlebags, etc. If you don't, they may acknowledge that it pulls but will blame it on the stuff you've added/carrying.

When you first stand up the bike, do the forks 'flop' to one side or do they stay put?
If they flop, it's make the forks need tightening...

Just a thought....

 

[BIKER]

well back from the dealer..they looked it over and took it for a test ride ...and said yes something is not right..but will need to leave the bike so they can go over it better ..there is some small cupping on the front and rear tires ..the front.. the cupping is on the left side of the tire and on the rear it is on the right side of the tire

and let me explain it better when you pull your hands from the bar and let off the gas ...

the bike tips/dives to the left very fast ..but as long as you hands are the bars you don't feels this...and I will say the bikes handle very well..

Ed

 

[albertaduke]

well back from the dealer..they looked it over and took it for a test ride ...and said yes something is not right..but will need to leave the bike so they can go over it better ..there is some small cupping on the front and rear tires ..the front.. the cupping is on the left side of the tire and on the rear it is on the right side of the tire

and let me explain it better when you pull your hands from the bar and let off the gas ...

the bike tips/dives to the left very fast ..but as long as you hands are the bars you don't feels this...and I will say the bikes handle very well..

Ed

cupping on the left of front tire and cupping on the right of rear tire means most likely there is either a problem with your front spring or god forbid a slightly twisted frame ,IMHO

 

[CanberraR3]

cupping on the left of front tire and cupping on the right of rear tire means most likely there is either a problem with your front spring or god forbid a slightly twisted frame ,IMHO

The tyre wear might indicate a more swerious proble - I hope not.

Interesting thing this morning. I've never noticed any tracking problems at all, not that I ride with my hands off the bars very often. This morning I thought I'd check to see what my bike did so I took my hands off the bars. It dipped sharply to the left!! Did I suddenly have a mysterious problem? Or was it a balance thing; so I checked. I felt like I was in the middle of the seat but in fact was about 1 - 2 cms to the left of centre.

It's the bear claw. The asymetry it creates had caused me to sit off centre. I shifted and the bike tracked true, even with our camber encouraging it to go that way. It is a bit unnatural to have one knee against the bear claw and the other a few inches off the tank so it's probably easy to compensate for the bear claw, if you're not really thinking about it, with your arse as well as your legs .

Worth a try. It surprised me what a huge difference such a small positional change made.

 

[HellFire]

Now that you're actively thinking about body position, you'll notice alot of riders you're following with their butt hanging off one side or the other. It's also interesting that the ones I see most likely to sit off center are women.
Not so much with sport bikes, but chicks on Harley's (especially the big girls) almost never sit straight. Some almost sit side-saddle ....
It would be interesting to know why.

 

[seeya]

I have an 07 classic, has always pulled to the left with no hands on, when I was on the Darkside it tracked straight as an arrow. I always felt it was weight distribution but the bike can be naked and it still does it. If I need to adjust my helmet or zip my jacket, I slide my butt to the right a little to do it.

 

[BIKER]

The tyre wear might indicate a more swerious proble - I hope not.

Interesting thing this morning. I've never noticed any tracking problems at all, not that I ride with my hands off the bars very often. This morning I thought I'd check to see what my bike did so I took my hands off the bars. It dipped sharply to the left!! Did I suddenly have a mysterious problem? Or was it a balance thing; so I checked. I felt like I was in the middle of the seat but in fact was about 1 - 2 cms to the left of centre.

It's the bear claw. The asymetry it creates had caused me to sit off centre. I shifted and the bike tracked true, even with our camber encouraging it to go that way. It is a bit unnatural to have one knee against the bear claw and the other a few inches off the tank so it's probably easy to compensate for the bear claw, if you're not really thinking about it, with your arse as well as your legs .

Worth a try. It surprised me what a huge difference such a small positional change made.

I understand what your saying. but it did the same thing to the triumph tech that took it for a test ride.. when he got back the first thing was look in the bags to see if I had to much in the left side bag ..to get it to go stright down the road you have to set to the right side of the seat or lean your body to the right..... but this is the strange thing about it......it does not do it when you hands are on the bars infact the bike handle like a dream,,

Ed

 

[Lester532]

but this is the strange thing about it......it does not do it when you hands are on the bars infact the bike handle like a dream,,

Ed

That statement by it's self would make me consider the head stock bearings.

 

[Captain Bob]

Are you sure it isn't the road? There are a couple of sections of road near my home that will cause this same reaction on my R3T. Normally, my R3T rides straight as an arrow with no hands. Try it on other roads and see what happens.