Strange feeling on left corners, hard to straighten up, bike set-up issue?

[Ragingrob]

if it's a rounded bolt, you can file it square again, or you can use a hacksaw blade to cut a bog grove and use a large screw driver to undo it. Or...if it is accessibly, use a vice grip. Does the bike tip in faster, or is it just feeling like it wants to lean over on left handers?

It's not completely rounded, I just have an adjustable spanner large enough to fit it but obviously that's not as good a fit as a crescent the right size would be... Struggling to find time to get to a mechanic/borrow a crescent at the moment with all the Xmas insanity going on.

I'm also wondering if it is actually all in my head haha... haven't noticed it so much the past week, but then I haven't been riding on the open road. From memory it tips in the same both directions, just on gradual left handers it seems more work to straighten up... though on sharp corners it's absolutely fine

Will probably have to wait til the new year to test things out again! Though I should get onto just doing an eye-level check of the wheel alignment, just need somebody to sit on the bike while I check.

[F5 Dave]

an eyeball will be, well I've always found it impossible to gauge.

a 6ft length of square ally tube from M10 will cost you about $25 & held against the rear wheel will answer your question.

File the nut? Hack saw it?

[carburator]

I pretty much have a complete ( sans fairings ) TRX850 in parts stashed away, the rear axle nut is a metal yamaha lock tab one.
its not a bolt that you want to take a hacksaw to as the axle tube is $$$$

[wickle]

if you think it is in your head,get some-else to ride it, if they come back with a suggestion of handling,its not in your head!

[Ragingrob]

Since my lovely TRX is for sale, and this thread is public, I'd better leave the final results!

So I'm lazy and never got around to officially testing the wheel alignment other than the string method (where everything looked fine to me).

I've done a few rides so far in 2013 and haven't felt the same sensation again yet - so maybe I am going crazy. I remember that I used to feel it mainly when pillioning, it could be that my girl leans to one side while looking over my shoulder and that'd be enough for me to think something didn't feel right!

Have had a mate ride her around the block a few times as well and they didn't notice anything out of ordinary. So yeah, can't seem to reproduce the 'problem' at all these days...

[Banditbandit]

an eyeball will be, well I've always found it impossible to gauge.

a 6ft length of square ally tube from M10 will cost you about $25 & held against the rear wheel will answer your question.

File the nut? Hack saw it?

I've always done it by eye ... and never had an issue ...