front end woes

[aff-man]

Thanks to my great tank slapper fiasco (outlined in other threads) i find myself in a conundrum. Then front end had started making funny noises and feeling pretty loose so i thought the front wheel bearings had gone (as you do) I took it in to the bike shop and well they told me there didn't seem to be anything wrong woth the bearings (they only went for a short ride so no speed , this they will be doing on friday). Took the bike home yesterday and it started acting up (feeling a bit loose) so what have i done???? Any ideas??

[Motoracer]

I couldn't tell about the wheel bearings by riding it either. I thought the only way to know for sure was to whiping off the front wheel and have feel for it with your fingers. I am not sure if I already asked you this but, have you checked your steering head bearings.

If in doubt, bring it to my garage and we can have a look at it. You can also borrow my motogp2 pc game cd if you still want to. It cant' be tonight though, I am off to work from work right now till the end of the night.

ciao.

[aff-man]

cheers man. I don't think it's the head bearings cause the front swivels pretty good and it doesn't feel like there are any spots. :doh: But it has to go in on friday to get those manafold seals put on so ricky said he'd take it for a blat and see if he can feel anything wrong. If he can't find anything i'll take you up on that offer. :2thumbsup

[slob]

There could be other causes: e.g. front tyre wear or unusual profile, worn shock - has it just started occuring?

[aff-man]

yip ever since the tank slapper. The front seal has been weeping on the right hand side, but nothing too serious. I have a near new avon azaro sport tour tyre on the front and it isn't the best but i didn't have this much trouble. Hell i was going faster in the pouring rain on saturday and had more trouble on the sunday when there were just dry sunny roads (only after tank slapper).

[riffer]

What it could be Jono is that due to your fork seal going you could have uneven damping action between the two forks causing it to feel a bit "off" when you go around corners or lean it over as the two forks are working unevenly causing a kind of "flex".