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How close should my handle bars line up with my front tire?
Cruising today. Wide open road. Next to no traffic. I look down and as I was tracking straight, my handle bars are biased to the right.
Cruising today. Wide open road. Next to no traffic. I look down and as I was tracking straight, my handle bars are biased to the right.
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actually, I have small risers. When I put them on I had to put pressure on the bars to line them up as strait as I could to the upper tree. When I was ridding I noticed the center clamp of the upper bracket does point a little right while tracking straight. ( I hope I am using the right terms here)
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actually, I have small risers. When I put them on I had to put pressure on the bars to line them up as strait as I could to the upper tree. When I was ridding I noticed the center clamp of the upper bracket does point a little right while tracking straight. ( I hope I am using the right terms here)
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could be your fork tubes are not straight also. or the y are cocked in the trees. loosen the clamps holding the tubes, pull the bars straight or a little past straight, and have sometighten the clamps.
pretty common.
pretty common.
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could be your fork tubes are not straight also. or the y are cocked in the trees. loosen the clamps holding the tubes, pull the bars straight or a little past straight, and have sometighten the clamps.
pretty common.
pretty common.
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It looks as though you have the HD 4" Pullback risers though it's hard to tell from the photo. This is NO GOOD this right twist situation you have here. Loosen it all up, square it up, apply Locktite to the bolts, and crank 'em down. I say crank 'en, since when adding the 4" pullbacks to my FatBoy, there was absolutely NO WAY to use the torque wrench that was all ready at my side...just too weird of an angle. Take it seriously though, and redo it carefully.
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Could be a number of things , the most common are shot riser bushings , the risers & top clamp may be tweaked a bit or the trees them selves are twisted just a hair . Push on the bars if they move freely or have any shake change the bushing and get the harder poly ones not the rubber . Old school fix for the risers stand in front of the bike hold the wheel tight between you knees loosed the top clamp just a bit and pull the bar straight , this is how you do the trees also you loosen the lower clamp bolts and twist till aligned and torque it all back down .
From the pic I'm leaning to bushing .
From the pic I'm leaning to bushing .
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Could be a number of things , the most common are shot riser bushings , the risers & top clamp may be tweaked a bit or the trees them selves are twisted just a hair . Push on the bars if they move freely or have any shake change the bushing and get the harder poly ones not the rubber . Old school fix for the risers stand in front of the bike hold the wheel tight between you knees loosed the top clamp just a bit and pull the bar straight , this is how you do the trees also you loosen the lower clamp bolts and twist till aligned and torque it all back down .
From the pic I'm leaning to bushing .
From the pic I'm leaning to bushing .
