Post by staffy on Dec 3, 2006 5:46:12 GMT -5
Gday all, Great forum you have here.
I've just bought my first bike, a '79 SR500. I'm going over the bike at the moment trying to sort out a few things but there's on that has me a bit perplexed. The bike has clip-ons and they're both correctly alligned in relation to the steering head.
My problem is the left bar hits the tank but the right one doesn't. When the left one hits the stopper still has 3-4mm to go whereas the the right stopper hits and leaves about 1-2mm between right bar and tank.
On a closer looked it seemed (and it could be tiredness from thinking about it too much) the front wheel was pointing slightly to the right. This got me thinking that if my geometry was right, if the steering head was left hand down, and the under bracket was right hand down the forks would pivot slightly leaving the wheel pointing right and the left bar to close for the stopper to work.
My one problem with this theory is i don't know if the steering head is splined onto the under bracket's shaft (i don't want to take it all apart.........yet). Is it interference fit, held in place by the bolt and thats it or is there a spline or a locating key? My trusty cycleserv manual isn't giving up any clues (what's the best repair manual for these bikes).
The other possibility is the underbracket shaft has been twisted. Can anyone else shed any light or offer suggestions please?
I've just bought my first bike, a '79 SR500. I'm going over the bike at the moment trying to sort out a few things but there's on that has me a bit perplexed. The bike has clip-ons and they're both correctly alligned in relation to the steering head.
My problem is the left bar hits the tank but the right one doesn't. When the left one hits the stopper still has 3-4mm to go whereas the the right stopper hits and leaves about 1-2mm between right bar and tank.
On a closer looked it seemed (and it could be tiredness from thinking about it too much) the front wheel was pointing slightly to the right. This got me thinking that if my geometry was right, if the steering head was left hand down, and the under bracket was right hand down the forks would pivot slightly leaving the wheel pointing right and the left bar to close for the stopper to work.
My one problem with this theory is i don't know if the steering head is splined onto the under bracket's shaft (i don't want to take it all apart.........yet). Is it interference fit, held in place by the bolt and thats it or is there a spline or a locating key? My trusty cycleserv manual isn't giving up any clues (what's the best repair manual for these bikes).
The other possibility is the underbracket shaft has been twisted. Can anyone else shed any light or offer suggestions please?
