do you see anything wrong?
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6th Gear
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From: Sherwood, OR
do you see anything wrong?
i recently bought this '08 sporty 1200R, and the guy was upfront and told me i need to replace the front fork.. im taking the riders course in 2 weeks so i cant just ride this to the shop.. in the meanwhile, id like to know if its roadworthy as it sits.. or how bad it is.. any help/advice is very welcome..
the bike sits as straight as can be, it looks to me like the tire points to a side, i rode it around the block a bit and it doesnt ride straight ..
the bike sits as straight as can be, it looks to me like the tire points to a side, i rode it around the block a bit and it doesnt ride straight ..
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Looks tweaked to me, when I worked on bikes and if the forks were not bent we would loosen the upper triple tree put the tire against a pole while sitting on the bike then "twist or turn" the handle bars till it looked straight then tighten everything back up.
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You might also want to look into purchasing the factory maintenance manual as this will give you all the torques and the nomenclature of all of the parts on your Harley.
Here is a link to a web site that has the IPC, Illistrated Parts Catalog, for your bike. This helps alot in findng the part numbers and the location of these parts. http://partsfinder.onlinemicrofiche....?Type=12&A=503
Also welcome to the forum.
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Man, no one can judge what you are asking from pictures, especially not from crappy cell phone pics turned on their side.
Take it to a shop for an inspection.
Take it to a shop for an inspection.
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If I bought a sporty and the previous owner told me the forks needed to be replaced, first, I would believe him, secondly, I certainly wouldn't ride it anywhere and would learn to replace the forks myself. I also would have asked him what he hit to tweek them. Weren't you curious to what happened?