yankeedoodle
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bent forks?
yankeedoodle replied to yankeedoodle's topic in Advice on Repairing and maintaining your bike
thankyou gents swapped the fork legs round tonight, and the far leg is still bowing outwards, so i guess it must be the yoke. really weird because it was straight before powdercoat and now its not? bit of a ball ache cos It means i need a new one and need to fit bandit stem and bearing and sort lockstops out......again lee, not spoke to mark yet. wanted to figure out as much as i could for myself before asking him. -
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bent forks?
yankeedoodle replied to yankeedoodle's topic in Advice on Repairing and maintaining your bike
thanks lads, thats what i was gona do tonight.forgot to mention that i did twist the fork round 180 but it stil bent forward -
bent forks?
yankeedoodle replied to yankeedoodle's topic in Advice on Repairing and maintaining your bike
thanks bill.it could well be the bottom yoke.the strange thing is that when i built the bike originaly the front end everything looked straight.its only since i rebuilt the forks (and replaced the outers) and powdercoated the yokes that this bend has apeared.its weird and frustrating to say the least -
heres a pic or two of the 1200 im building -
and so another forum gains the madness of me
yankeedoodle replied to hmarginson's topic in Say Hello
take it easy on us! welcome sir -
you're doing a good job mate. nice to see plenty of support for this forum -
hello all, hoping someone can shed some light on this this pic shows the forks on my bike. obviously something aint quite right because that far fork leg is bowed forwards at the bottom! I took the legs out and layed them down to see if they were bent, because from the first pic it looks as though the bend is quite obvious Now i know this is far from the most accurate way of testing the forks to see if they're straight but its all I had access to at the time, and I will be getting them checked professionally if nothing comes to light Any ideas or suggestions?
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what model R1 is it george? any pics? -
alright joe -
yeah i reckon the bars need a decent yank too -
i used to do little power wheelies on my xr250. was a right good laugh and didnt mind if i dropped it -
wouldnt mind doing one of those myself. had a mess around trying to power wheelie my 6 and it doesnt want to. I think its all about using the front forks on the bandit though
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nice one robbie. alot easier using the big 12 I imagine.
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neither am I. ive got a bike to build dontcha know lol chips are alright for me, will try the battered sausage next time too -
power wheelies arent very impressive if you use the clutch though lol
