Originally Posted by Yamaharley

Lift the bike with the rear wheel off the ground, then pull the bags and wheel. Pull the top shock bolts and try to wiggle the swingarm assembly. If the bushings are bad it will have side to side movement.

Originally Posted by santajim

I am not sure why you are looking at a swing arm issue when you posted that your fairing is out of alignment, and why you are measuring from the rear to a crashbar that doesn't even bolt to or have anything to do with the fairing unless the frame is bent.

Originally Posted by jpooch00

IMO, it's the forks that are out of parallel alignment.

Try jacking the bike up to the point that the front wheel is just about to leave the ground, but still barely touching, and then loosen the 4 pinch bolts on the triple tree where they grip the fork legs and the front axle pinch bolt. This will allow you (or a helper, which is easier) to hold the front wheel straight while twisting the fairing/bars into alignment, to the left in your case - they might even just spring back into perfect alignment on their own. Tighten the pinch bolts to the specified torque while holding the bars in the desired position & you're done. Loosen the pinch bolts just enough to let you accomplish this, not so much that the fork legs try to slide up or down.

I've had to do this on a couple of H-D's that I've owned and I've seen this same issue posted several other times by others on this and other forums. The MOCO's people are universally and totally clueless about this issue or how to deal with it, just like they are about pretty much everything else - they're not the brightest bulbs in the box even under the best of circumstances - so they just claim that "It's normal, they all do that" and cheerfully head back to their little cubicles. Pretty pathetic!

Good luck,

JP

Originally Posted by K Melancon

Check this. The fairing may be straight but the handlebars are bent which makes the fairing look crooked. Level bike frame and put a straight edge along the ground on the front wheel to hold it straight. Take measurements. First you can measure bars from the fairing to give you an idea. Bars are easy to bend and could be from being used as a tie down point, lifting bike when tipped over etc. That's where I would start first and I'm looking at the picture thinking that. Also in your video the camera is not dead center of the bike it's off to the left which give an optical illusion to begin start with.

Originally Posted by IUOE ROB

Friend of mine bought a new ('17) Tri Glide, he kept looking at it from the rear and it looked "off". He took it back to the dealer a few times, they finally brought in a factory rep who said the frame was out of alignment. Dealer re-aligned the frame (whatever that involved) and all is good...good luck!

Originally Posted by jpooch00

True, it could be that the axle isn't set perfectly perpendicular to the swing arm. If that's the case, then it should try to turn if you momentarily let go of the bars on a straight, level road with no cross winds.

Try having a buddy ride (or drive) behind you to see if it's tracking straight. As far as it appears to be out of line in the video, it should be really obvious to the observer if this is the case. If it's not tracking straight, then adj. the rear axle till it does.

If it's already tracking straight, then try my suggestion outlined above.

Originally Posted by Rocket67

The angle of your camera is misleading and if you look at the signal lamps they appear to be off as well indicating that the bars are turned slightly. Are you leaning to the left in this video? If you have to lean to have this go straight down the road I am thinking your alignment is out. Like other have said, check the rear swingarm. As far as the crashbar, there are a lot of reasons that could be 3/16" off (using a tape measure) that have nothing to do with alignment.

Originally Posted by FireFighter200

I will agree that the camera angle was off a bit. It was kind of hard to get the video they were asking for while my wife was over my shoulder recording from the back. I was not leaning in the video as the road is pretty much flat but will long swooping hills. In the video, you can see I am running parallel with the center line.

I do plan on checking the swingarm once I get the bike back. I was using the tape measure to compare my bike against my friends and the others on the show room floor. While all of the other bikes I checked measured the same from side to side, mine does not. I am just trying to isolate the problem and get it fixed.