Steering seems funny?

**nico** · 28th June 2008, 07:32

hi all, am wondering if im just imaging things but when im riding in a straight line my right bar seems loweror closer to the tank than the left really weird have tryyed to gestamate mesuare wile riding and the eye omitor telling me it';s not straight there is slight wear on the front tyre but not enough to confurm my suspustion has any one heard of this hapening before???? any advice /
bike is a 94 vfr750f
if any one could offer advice would be great she's my comutor and im on extreme budget like every one else round here

chers nico

**Taz** · 28th June 2008, 07:48

Forks could be slightly twisted in the clamps.
One or both forks could be bent slightly.
Maybe one bar is not adjusted correctly or bent.
Front fairing support may be askew.

**xwhatsit** · 28th June 2008, 07:58

Might just be bent bars. I reckon the best test for a straight front end has to be taking your hands off the bars (keep them close though, just in case!) at 50kph or so. Does it track dead straight? If so, everything's probably in line and you just have crooked bars.

What's been confusing the hell out of me on GiJoe1313's RZ is that the clocks are crooked; part of the bracket is bent. You'd swear the bars are out of line, but it's just the clocks causing an illusion.

**Taz** · 28th June 2008, 08:37

I bought a crash damaged VFR750FL jap import back in the day and could never quite get the front fairing support exactly straight. It seemed to me that the bars were out too. Drove me crazy. Then I just ignored it.

**nico** · 28th June 2008, 08:46

hmmmm isnterting it's driving me crazy alrite have lookid at all faring thinking that musnt be quite aligned but it all seems ok bikes never been droped dont know how the handle bars could be bent since they are sports bike type very short have looked thru the gap to front wheel wile riding bars slightly to the right and whell going straight this is driving me nuts is there any k/b's in wellingtion i work at airport so bikes there every day that might be able to help me fix this or just have a look???? or should i stop being a tight ass and get to a shop to have it looked at. at 100000p/hour lol

am more than happy to pay just dont like paying shitloads for unsecary shit
i love the barter system

**Deano** · 28th June 2008, 08:55

Put the bike on a centre stand with front wheel dead straight. Measure end of bar to ground, end of bar to a reference point on the tank (filler cap?). Then you will see if it is 'out'.

If it seems straight (and is tracking ok as per xersesdaphat) then ignore it as it may just be your eyes playing tricks.

**Taz** · 28th June 2008, 09:00

If your steering really seemed funny it would tell you something like this.....

Two boys go out on a walk. One looks down and said, "look at those, those are deer tracks my dad told me about them." The second boy says no those are elk tracks, my dad told me about them. Then the first boy says, "No those are deer tracks." The second boy says, "NO those are elk tracks." One hour later they were run over by a train.

**CB ARGH** · 28th June 2008, 09:01

If the steering seems funny tell it to stop cracking jokes.

EDIT: And that dude beat me to it... pish.

**nico** · 28th June 2008, 09:01

THANKX FOR THAT DENO confurm my eyes are defently not playing Triix dont that mesurment and right bar is 5mm closeer than the left so now what???

**McJim** · 28th June 2008, 09:04

I thought the same thing was up with the front end of my Ducati...or maybe the fairing subframe ws twisted....then I remembered my eyesight problem (I can only really see out of one eye) and I was looking at the handlebar and screen from a perspective that was left of centre. Moved my head to the right and all was straight!

**AllanB** · 28th June 2008, 10:01

If the bars are bent you can check by removing them and laying them on a flat surface.

Or ride faster so you are concentrating only on the road.

**xwhatsit** · 28th June 2008, 12:01

Originally Posted by AllanB

If the bars are bent you can check by removing them and laying them on a flat surface.

Or ride faster so you are concentrating only on the road.

Clip-ons by the sound of it.

**nico** · 28th June 2008, 12:13

thanks guys yep clip on's may have found the problem after having a talk with local dealer will let ya all know the verdic when she goes in ondday for service and they gna check that over 2

mabie 1 wheele 2many i dono lol