Slight bend in frame great.

[rockhammer]

frame

Well it rides great so at this point there are other things that I am working on and I don't want to take it apart to fix this, summer and good weather are here. Maybe during the winter when I take her apart for paint. I appreciate the responses gentlemen, your responses help me get over my obsession about the frame.

Cheers

[posplayr]

Well it rides great so at this point there are other things that I am working on and I don't want to take it apart to fix this, summer and good weather are here. Maybe during the winter when I take her apart for paint. I appreciate the responses gentlemen, your responses help me get over my obsession about the frame.

Cheers

So why not check the wheel alignment at least? That will at least bound the frame straightness issue quantitatively.

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So why not check the wheel alignment at least? That will at least bound the frame straightness issue quantitatively.

I like your approach.

[ThrottleBack]

this may have been mentioned but should you try and fix it you MUST MUST MUST make a frame jig, simply strapping it down is not the proper way. If you don't know what that means please pay a shop with documented frame experience.

[Flyboy]

If it is your daily ride and not a show piece, it rides straight hands off and has no bad manners in the corners, leave it be, I can assure you there is no danger of the thing coming apart on you, I have T boned a car so hard on my 850 it lodged the frond wheel firmly between the header pipers and up against the motor, not the slightest bend or twist on the steering head or any cracked welds.
Can't say the same for me though, came out of hospital with a lot more steel than I went in with., my doc keeps telling me to loose weight, I tell him, its the steel inside me that is so heavy.

These bikes are built like brick sh1thouses, but the one thing to look for is under the tank.
If you lift the tank off, you will see the two pipes running rearwards, either side of the main spine.
Put your fingers under those two pipes and feel for any kinks, if you feel kinks under there, you are in trouble, I means the steering head has moved and the bike is not straight.
Be aware, there is a pretty tight radius turn where the pipes bend down, don't kak yourself and mistake it for a kink, that is normal.
If it is bent, as Tom said, your best bet is $100 junker as an organ donor.

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Just ride.

If it is your daily ride and not a show piece, it rides straight hands off and has no bad manners in the corners, leave it be, I can assure you there is no danger of the thing coming apart on you, I have T boned a car so hard on my 850 it lodged the frond wheel firmly between the header pipers and up against the motor, not the slightest bend or twist on the steering head or any cracked welds.
Can't say the same for me though, came out of hospital with a lot more steel than I went in with., my doc keeps telling me to loose weight, I tell him, its the steel inside me that is so heavy.

These bikes are built like brick sh1thouses, but the one thing to look for is under the tank.
If you lift the tank off, you will see the two pipes running rearwards, either side of the main spine.
Put your fingers under those two pipes and feel for any kinks, if you feel kinks under there, you are in trouble, I means the steering head has moved and the bike is not straight.
Be aware, there is a pretty tight radius turn where the pipes bend down, don't kak yourself and mistake it for a kink, that is normal.
If it is bent, as Tom said, your best bet is $100 junker as an organ donor.

I ride fine no problems I am going to forget about and enjoy the bike.