took my 25 SG to a large dealer to have them check it out, ride it, and see that it noticeably pulls to the left, even against minor road crown.

was told its normal due to the weight balance of hte bike being more on the left side of the bike.. such as the primary. still seems janky to me, when i buy a brand new bike i at least want it to roll down the road straight. i test this by leaving the cruise on and taking hands off of the bars and the damn thing immediately starts going slightly but steadily to the left.

me with my 15 years of life on sportbikes i'd just back out hte axle a smidge on one side to counter this, assuming everything else was good. everything else on my bike was checked and found to be fine, steering head and all that.

the dealer didnt charge me anything, basically just trying to educate me then send me on my way. fair enough. but is anyone else buying this?

 

Yeah, if you're coming off a sport bike it takes awhile to get used to. Just make sure to put all your stuff in your right saddle bag.

 

My 23 cvo and 24 cvo road glides both pulled hard to the right. My 25 road glide tracks straight down the road.
The 24 and 25 are 2 in 1 exhaust, so even less weight on left side, the 25 does not pull.

Something is off with the bikes.
the dealers doesn't want to look for it

 

The bike should track straight down the road. I align my wheels this way: Wheel alignment

 

It should not pull to either side, the bike is weight balanced side to side. Dealerships have been using that not balanced BS since HD made the first Electra Glide. Go back and talk to someone different, first person either an idiot or too lazy to do their job. You have an alignment issue that they should correct for you, good luck.

 

Neither of my 25's pull to the left of right. 25 Street Glide Ultra and 25 Road Glide CVO. I would definitely push the dealer to figure it out.

 

That reminds me.... I realize its not a trike but my brother took a Goldwing trike to the local dealership here years ago and they fixed it all right. They just kept dropping tire pressure in one rear tire until it tracked straight. Charged him almost $300.00. I asked what they did to fix it but wouldn't tell us. I figured it out. His credit card was credited shortly after....

My 2024 CVO goes straight down the road....

 

Have a similar issue going on with my 2025 SG. Pulling left with an associated "whirring" sound at low speeds, with clutch in. To me, I think it may be a rear wheel bearing (at 1700 miles?....c'mon). Dealer said it's the rear brake rotor is out of tolerance causing brake drag. I said, "wouldn't this cause it to drift to the right?" Response, "not necessarily".......YGBSM. Going through the d!ckdance with the MoCo on these issues, now.

You can do an easy swing-arm alignment check with the rear axle using a wire coat hanger and a zip-tie. Go to the University of Tube and look it up. If it looks pretty close, then your front/rear wheels may be out of alignment, as @Hulkss suggested.

 

I have the whirring noise that suddenly appeared after my 1k service. It’s not the brakes, that would go away when I squeezed them if that was the case, and it doesn’t. The belt is awfully damn tight. I measured it and it seems in spec, but at the tightest end of it, but I’m also wondering now if it’s wheel alignment. The manual does say to set the belt tension closer to the minimum deflection if the bike has under 1k miles though. I don’t want to take it in for 30 minutes of work I can do myself. I bet it’s a combination of slight misalignment and tight belt. Great thread!

 

interesting. still a fair amount of people with non-straight bike, seems like

the tech at the dealer i went to (san diego sd near clairemont) was uh on the young side of the age scale for sure, but nice guy and took me in the back showing me stuff on other bikes and so on. high marks for customer service although his explanation of putting a magnetic level on the brake rotors to check wheel straightness didnt seem like anything real flash, to me.

the weight balance thing would have to be tested by at least 2 people holding it upright with hte kickstand up and juuuuuuuuust letting go of it and seeing, across multiple attempts, which side it more often starts to lean toward. thats for another day though.

i think i'll take it back to the dealer i actually bought it from, as i know the front end is fine since it was gone over repeatedly when they installed my ohlins. clearly the rear wheel needs to be backed out a half degree or whatever on one side. this is basic stuff.