Trueing a softail.
Mainly softails built before 2016 and before. Unless there were any major chassis changes in between?
Are there any good threads covering this?
Trying to determine if the reason will fall to the left if I remove my hands from the bars.
With my hands on the bars, I can feel the extra weight, or tendency. Mu bike is a 2014 Slim with 33k mi
My wife has a 2008 x bones with 17k mi and you van tide hands free all day with it.

 

Balance on this case is usually do to where the weight is placed off the center of the bike, either static weight, or pressure applied from side to side. But I have never had any bike not respond to these two things in equal or opposite reactions.Of course I keep all my bikes properly aligned and centered.

 

Hey splatttttt are you using Ride-On or wheel weights for balancing?? I've had good luck with Ride-On....

 

What you mentioned sounds intriguing. But I’ll humbly admit that, it all went over my head.
Is there a simpler definition in laymen terms for someone who is trying to learn more about this?
I still don’t understand why two identical motorcycles, react so differently?
Obviously, there is something wrong with my bike. As I can not let go of the bars for a
millisecond before it falls left. And my wifes bike can just set the cruise and go hands free till a stop.

 

I don’t know the difference between each of them Rockah!

 

Ah, yeah Rockah! Weights of course.
But my issue is not tire balance related. But chassis weight/ balance related (;

 

I've never given it much though until I read this thread. My heritage drifts left when I take my hands off the bars. I have a tool bag in my left saddlebag, about 8-10 pounds. Wonder if that is the cause. Crap, now I have to move the tool bag to the other side and go for a ride.

 

Heard mention of the left side of the motor weighing more because of the primary. But in my opinion, that is absurd. Again, my wife’s bike is the same. Only differences are the forks. And it will ride true with out hands on the bar.
The gall away on my bike falls left in a hard way.
Could that have anything to do with it?
Of course I checked this with all cables mounted.
Doing this correctly takes time I don’t have the privilege of. And I have no one I trust to do it right.

 

double-check your rear wheel alignment from swing arm to rear axle. an off center alignment will cause pulling.

 

Thanks Bill!
Recently adjusted the final drive belts on both bikes and use an indicator I made out of a metal shirt hanger specifically for this purpose.
Adjustment intervals are so rate, that I keep having to make them over each time.
Don’t use a dry cleaning service but have a fee I stole from the boss. Hope she won’t notice?
Oh yeah, and they are centered.
Pretty sure its the fall away at the fork. The springer with all cables attached, fall away is almost equal left to right. And steering stem is nice and tight as the fall is later in the end of wheel tilt.
Mine seems much much more sudden, indicating the steering stem nut could use torquing down.
How much should my shop charge me for a fall away adjustment?
Just gonna grin and bare it.