Springer Problem?
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Springer Problem?
i was looking at my bike today after a ride and i noticed the springer rockers hanging down(see pic) bike didn't ride or handle any differently but i was concerned because when i look at other classic springers i don't see their rockers hanging this low. what needs to be adjusted or fixed?
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To me it looks like your forks are fully compressed. I can not see that you have much, if any, travel left in your forks. Must be hell over rail road tracks.
I would jack up the bike to see what is binding. Or, if you bought the bike used, someone may have put "lowering" (read: shorter) springs onto the front end, resulting in the condition you now see.
If, when the bike is jacked up, the wheel (and rocker) lowers down to level with the ground (or pointed slightly downward), then the front end is not binding, so it is probably lowering springs installed. If the wheel can not move up an down, I would suspect that the bushings within the forks are bound up (either tightened too much and/or siezed due to lack of lubrication). Either way, you might need to rebuild the front end by replacing (or minimally lubing up) the bushings.
If it is due to lowering springs being installed, well, then you will just need to get a new set of stock-length springs and install. You may need to replace the shock as well.
Let me know what you discover after jacking the bike up.
I would jack up the bike to see what is binding. Or, if you bought the bike used, someone may have put "lowering" (read: shorter) springs onto the front end, resulting in the condition you now see.
If, when the bike is jacked up, the wheel (and rocker) lowers down to level with the ground (or pointed slightly downward), then the front end is not binding, so it is probably lowering springs installed. If the wheel can not move up an down, I would suspect that the bushings within the forks are bound up (either tightened too much and/or siezed due to lack of lubrication). Either way, you might need to rebuild the front end by replacing (or minimally lubing up) the bushings.
If it is due to lowering springs being installed, well, then you will just need to get a new set of stock-length springs and install. You may need to replace the shock as well.
Let me know what you discover after jacking the bike up.
Last edited by SprungDave; Nov 25, 2012 at 08:03 PM.
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lowering shocks
To me it looks like your forks are fully compressed. I can not see that you have much, if any, travel left in your forks. Must be hell over rail road tracks.
I would jack up the bike to see what is binding. Or, if you bought the bike used, someone may have put "lowering" (read: shorter) springs onto the front end, resulting in the condition you now see.
If, when the bike is jacked up, the wheel (and rocker) lowers down to level with the ground (or pointed slightly downward), then the front end is not binding, so it is probably lowering springs installed. If the wheel can not move up an down, I would suspect that the bushings within the forks are bound up (either tightened too much and/or siezed due to lack of lubrication). Either way, you might need to rebuild the front end by replacing (or minimally lubing up) the bushings.
If it is due to lowering springs being installed, well, then you will just need to get a new set of stock-length springs and install. You may need to replace the shock as well.
Let me know what you discover after jacking the bike up.
I would jack up the bike to see what is binding. Or, if you bought the bike used, someone may have put "lowering" (read: shorter) springs onto the front end, resulting in the condition you now see.
If, when the bike is jacked up, the wheel (and rocker) lowers down to level with the ground (or pointed slightly downward), then the front end is not binding, so it is probably lowering springs installed. If the wheel can not move up an down, I would suspect that the bushings within the forks are bound up (either tightened too much and/or siezed due to lack of lubrication). Either way, you might need to rebuild the front end by replacing (or minimally lubing up) the bushings.
If it is due to lowering springs being installed, well, then you will just need to get a new set of stock-length springs and install. You may need to replace the shock as well.
Let me know what you discover after jacking the bike up.
they must be lowering shocks because on the jack it all falls into place thanks for the info
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The shock doesn't support the front end, it only dampens the spring's upward and downward movement. It may be binding. Only way to tell is to remove one end of it and run it through its full range of motion. My bet is that it's something else in the front end that is all bound up though.
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