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Jun 28, 2010 | 06:18 PM

Little Mike

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Any Ideas???

Okay, here's my problem, I'll try my best to explain. While rolling down the road the handlebars, fairing, and obviously front tire are pointed straight down the road and all appear to be aligned to each other. The rest of the bike seems to trail to the right. If I look down the nose of the tank on both sides and lean forward slightly so that the the bottom of the inner fairing (the part that extends down the forks) appears to "touch" the tank on the right side, the other side is forward of the tank by about 1-1.5". If I lean forward and look down the forks the right fork is noticably closer to the crash bar than the left.

I performed an alignment on it this weekend and while it used to pull slightly left, it tracks straight as an arrow now but that gap is still there on the left side. There is also no odd tire wear. Does anyone have any ideas as to what may be wrong or what else to check that I may be missing. Thanks in advance for any help.

Jun 28, 2010 | 07:02 PM

stro1965

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Is it a batwing or a sharknose? I'd guess that it's the fairing that's out of line and that the bars were tweaked at some point to match.

Jun 28, 2010 | 07:05 PM

piasspj

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Simple fix, don't look down.

Jun 28, 2010 | 07:07 PM

BLKBAGGER

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I have noticed that on many baggers that i have ridden over the years.

Jun 28, 2010 | 07:27 PM

Little Mike

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Quote:

Originally Posted by stro1965

Is it a batwing or a sharknose? I'd guess that it's the fairing that's out of line and that the bars were tweaked at some point to match.

Sorry, it's an 04 FLHTCI so it's a batwing. Everything on the front end is inline with the rest. The fairing, bars, and front tire all maintain the same line. It's while moving that the rest of the bike trails to the right.

Jun 28, 2010 | 07:43 PM

Buzzsaw

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Check the handlebar bushings...I had this on an older RK and the bars seem to have gotten tweaked when it got tied down once. They changed the rubber bushings out and it fixed it.

Jun 28, 2010 | 08:25 PM

Little Mike

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Originally Posted by Buzzsaw

Check the handlebar bushings...I had this on an older RK and the bars seem to have gotten tweaked when it got tied down once. They changed the rubber bushings out and it fixed it.

I was thinking bushings too. But wouldn't worn bushings cause the bars or something else in the front end to seem out of alignment? The whole front end, at least seems to be, a solid inline unit.