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Had an 'off' need your input :-)
Hey team,
It's been perfectly dry here in Spain for two weeks, one spot of rain and the roads turn into a bloody ice rink. Chucked it down the road at about 40km/h - I knew I shouldn't touch that front brake but the corner came up fast. Managed to keep my head up and no scratches to the helmet, so that's good. Klim gear just slid me down the road, no bumps or scrapes. The bike is mostly fine, barkbuster and peli case took all the brunt of the slide. Had mushrooms on the front forks and my brake lever is totally bent. Two guys helped me get the bike up, and I noticed my handlebar out of alignment. Tools out, first checked the bolts that hold the bars onto the yoke. All good. While I was doing this, another bike came sliding round the corner and I helped him up! After checking he was ok, I described my predicament to him in terrible Spanish, but he got the idea, put my front wheel between his legs while I yanked my handlebars back into place. I've then set about loosening everything from bottom clamp down, slammed the front wheel into the ground a few times and tightened it all back up to ensure fork alignment. Everything is sort of ok and I've just ridden 40km without problems, but I still think the bars are out of whack - don't think they're bent, though. What should I be checking when I finally get to Granada? Would I be best off getting a mechanic to check it over, it might seem fine to me but I bet there's some stresses I couldn't see. By twisting the bars against the wheel, would I have loosened something that needs checking? Any input mucho appreciado! Ciao for now |
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I'm going to a mechanic anyway to get these torqued up properly, but can someone check and make sure I remember them correctly?
Front axle - 60Nm Pinch bolts - 18Nm Caliper bolts - 40Nm Bottom clamp bolts - 23Nm If someone wouldn't mind checking for me, ta. |
23 Nm top yoke bolt
21Nm bottom yoke bolt Front axle nut 60 Nm Caliper bolts 40 Nm Good luck. |
Hi Steve, what a bummer, luckily no damage to you. ..if you can brave it on a quiet and straight bit of road try taking both hands off the bars...if she stays in a straight line alls well. Look forward to seeing some pics of the trip! Steve
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my mechanics stop at just what you've done, loosen all, realign and tighten back up.
glad your ok |
Did you loosen the barmount in the top triple clamp?? The rubber mounted ones?
Dropped mine stationary but it landed hard on the barkbuster and although everything looked straight the bars still felt out of whack. Loosened the two nuts under the mounts and gave the bars a wiggle to re-centre the bars and been all good since. Glad youre ok. Matt |
Get someone to hold the wheel on full lock against the stops,and give the front wheel a good'kungfu'side kick. This should be enough to straighten things out. Happens quite often when my off road enduro moto takes a heavy fall and it works every time after that.
Are you due to be in the Pyr�n�es at some stage? If so drop by for a beer if you wish. There's tent space in the garden if I'm here. :) . |
Good that you and the bike are OK. How did the moose fair?
As mentioned above, I'd focus on the rubber bushings for the handlebar riser mounts in the top yoke. It really doesn't take much of a knock to make them wonky. Loosen, realign and re-tighten. |
Sorry to hear off your off, when you check the bar mount bushes remove the bottom bar clamp and check the stud is not bent, I've bent mine in my many trips into the scenery! Have a good trip.
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