My bike pulls to the left side
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Seriously, my Heritage also drifts to the left, but if I lean just a little it will ride straight.
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My Dyna does this just a little if I let go of the bars. Can correct it by leaning to the right a freckle.Has done it since new. I looked at the tire alignment and its nuts on. More weight on that side with the primary??????
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From: England, Feltwell area
This is kind of a funny thread. As far as I understand the bike is not perfectly balanced considering it has the rather large primary cover hanging off the left side, and nothing on the right to counter that. I'm not sure how much all that weighs, clutches and all but I have noticed the same thing if I let go of the bars at speed I have to lean to the right to keep it from pulling left. It has just always seemed reasonable since the primary is on the left.
It's a two wheeled machine and I can not think of any reason for it to actually PULL to one side without something being seriously wrong with it, and for the dealer to have it a month, with nothing figured out is crazy. Have they ridden it? can they reproduce the issue, or determine if it is just a drift and not an actual PULL?
I know it's been a month now but do you think it is an actual pull or maybe just drifts left when hands off the bars?
It's a two wheeled machine and I can not think of any reason for it to actually PULL to one side without something being seriously wrong with it, and for the dealer to have it a month, with nothing figured out is crazy. Have they ridden it? can they reproduce the issue, or determine if it is just a drift and not an actual PULL?
I know it's been a month now but do you think it is an actual pull or maybe just drifts left when hands off the bars?
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I would get the bike back from the dealer...holding it a month is ridiculous. Get it on the road and if it only does it when you take your hands off the bars, its no big deal.
If I take my hands off the bars, mine will drift left also. I can lean some to the right and it will straighten up. But like Deadanimal said above, I think its just because of the left side of the bike being a little heavier than the right.
If I take my hands off the bars, mine will drift left also. I can lean some to the right and it will straighten up. But like Deadanimal said above, I think its just because of the left side of the bike being a little heavier than the right.