Wheel alignment - pulling hard to the left

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My 2024 Rocket 3 Storm Gt pulls hard to the left and after a ton of research, i found that's how the motorcycle was supposed to be made with the front wheel not being in the centre of the forks. This is to counter the balance of the shaft and the triple motors. I understand the offset but many people claim that their motorcycle drives dead straight or has a very subtle drift to the left which im completely ok with. But i find my motorcycle very unbalanced on un even surfaces and the moment i leave my hands it drastically pulls to the left

I feel this is because the dealer has setup my front tire wrongly can you please help me with verifying the distance. The distance from my front tore to the fork in the left(Gear pedal and side stand ) is 1cm greater than the distance from my tire to the right fork(break pedal).
I feel it should be the other way around
thank you
 

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According to my rough measurement, without removing the fender, the wheel is set approximately 1/2" to the right. So, less space on the right and a bigger space on the left. This seems to agree with your measurements, as you have 9cm on the left vs 8 on the right and 1 cm = about .4 inches.

My bike also pulls to the left if I let go of the handlebars, but I don't feel it when riding. If yours is severe you might try some of these ideas...
  • Make sure your wheel is pointing straight ahead when the handlebars are not turned.
  • Your forks could be twisted. Loosen the bottom triple clamp, axle, and pinch bolts and bounce the front end up and down- then re-tighten.
  • Make sure your front tire is balanced.
I'll be changing the seals and fluid in my forks soon. I'm curious to see if that affects the pull on my bike. If so, I'll let folks know.

There are some video links on how to straighten your forks on page three of this post that might help....

Guess It Was My Turn - went off today (crashed)!

it is good that you came out of it relatively unscathed for the most part. fear makes you pay more attention then you normally would to help avoid the mishap, no fear, you are typically bound to drive straight into the mishap. when i got hit a couple of months going through the intersection...
www.r3owners.net
 
I had the delear loosen the bolts last week and try to align the forks but I don't think they did a very good job. So I guess if everything is right the only solution to my problem could be the alignment.

I'll go to a private workshop and get it done again and give you an update
 
the front is offset to compensate for the crank torque. I only experience left drift if I take my hands of bars - by sitting more to the right allows the bike to run straight. its never been a problem riding and no alignment is going to resolve it. best wishes
 
If it's the "normal" amount of drift we both seem to experience on our bikes then, yes, no alignment is going to resolve it.
But if it's pulling as hard as the OP describes, "i find my motorcycle very unbalanced on un even surfaces and the moment i leave my hands it drastically pulls to the left." ... it could be other issues. If, for example, the axle and pinch bolts are tightened down when the forks are not in a neutral position, or twisted in the triple tree - the condition will be exaggerated.


I like this guy's tutorials a lot...

 
Don't get overly focused on one thing that you don't check other things. If it pulls as hard as you say it does it *could* be something like a stuck piston in the brake caliper causing just a bit of drag on the front rotor. Because I am cheap, I always start with the cheap and simple things I can fix first when having any issues that may end up costing me money.

bob
 
maybe this helps you
 
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