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Old 08-08-2012, 01:54 PM
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I posted before on this. When driving straight down the road my right hand is closer to me than the right. It just seem canted to the right. It drives fine, no wobble. I had the dealer put on street slammers, thinking the integrated risers may help. Still the same. I am thinking that if they loosed the 4 pinch bolts and rotating it slightly to the left it would solve the issue. The pic show the bike going straight. The other pic is just a coll shot of the rear of my bike.
 
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Old 08-08-2012, 02:08 PM
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Maybe one of your arms is shorter than the other? Jk

take some measurements maybe the bar is longer from the top of riser area to the hand control on each side. Could just be a defective bar...
 
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Looks like something is bent. Triple tree, forks or fork tube(s)? I'm not even gonna mention the frame.......

Just a WAG. The bars look like they're parallel to the top of the tree okay but it also looks like there's some pointing to the right.

dunno.
 
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The bars are parallel to the triple tree, but your triple tree does not look aligned.
I would loosen the pinch bolts and front axle and re-align the front end.
 
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I think the triple tree maybe being off is an optical illusion of the picture, my bars always feel that when I am riding but then you have several things going on. The right side has more clutter i.e. brake reservoir. The bushings no matter how tight they are can allow you to pull the bars to the right even a little bit. If it rides fine, could just be the way it was set originally and is just canted a bit off. If it doesn't affect handling you may be pulling your hair over nothing.
 

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Originally Posted by xantasm
I think the triple tree maybe being off is an optical illusion of the picture, my bars always feel that when I am riding but then you have several things going on. The right side has more clutter i.e. brake reservoir. The bushings no matter how tight they are can allow you to pull the bars to the right even a little bit. If it rides fine, could just be the way it was set originally and is just canted a bit off. If it doesn't affect handling you may be pulling your hair over nothing.
It does drive fine but it drives me crazy. Even the tech said that they have a lot of problems with this issue although they can't apparently fix it. Brining to another dealer to get another perspective on it.
 
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