bent forks or tubes or... (damned car drivers and their not knowing how to reverse!)

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wideiris

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My cbr was parked in my driveway this morning, *** end facing out. Some idiot (who i will find as they live or know someone who lives in my neighborhood and i watched them do this) was doing a three point turn in my driveway when they backed into my bike. they moved it about 10 inches forward. when i took the bike out just now, my steering is off, and doesn't line up straight. to go straight i have to turn slightly to the right. i can't see a bend or kink in the fork. how can i find out what it is? this is the second time this summer i've been hit by a driver backing up! thanks guys. and if i need a mechanic, i'll need one in the east end as the line ups at honda are atrocious.
 
How is it that your bike was pushed ten inches forward when on it's sidestand and it didn't fall over?

You watched them do this and didn't come out of the house?
 
another inch and the stand would have flipped up and it would have tipped over. so close. i don't know how it didn't fall over, but perhaps the rain helped it slide a little on the asphalt. i looked out my window as she was ripping away, then my neighbor texted me to say he thought she hit my bike. too late to rush outside. she knew she hit it and was trying to leave quickly.
 
anyone else ever adjust their forks this way? by triple clamp, i'm assuming uppermost bolts on the forks nearest the bars. my user manual doesn't refer to them as triple clamps and doesn't have this tweak as a diagram (go figure).
 
wideiris said:
anyone else ever adjust their forks this way? by triple clamp, i'm assuming uppermost bolts on the forks nearest the bars. my user manual doesn't refer to them as triple clamps and doesn't have this tweak as a diagram (go figure).
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After my crash on the track my forks were tweaked bad. John Sharrard sent me some steps to fix them, worked flawless, did track day the following day no problem.

> To align the front end, the front wheel must be off the ground. loosen the
> axle and the axle pinch bolts. Loosen the triple clamp bolts top and
> bottom and any pinch bolts the top triple clamp might have. Also loosen
> the top triple clamp stem nut. The forks should now be able to slide up
> and down in the triples, and the lower fork stanchion should be able to
> slide left and right on the axle. This should permit things to line up
> properly. Lightly lift and lower the top triple clamp to make sure it is
> free too. Now tighten things up in this order:
>
> Set the fork height left to right and tighten the lower triple clamp pinch
> bolts. Now finger tighten the top stem nut to ensure the top triple clamp
> is down properly.
> Tighten the top triple clamp pinch bolts.
> Now, holding the handlebars, tighten the top stem nut WITHOUT LETTING THE
> TRIPLE CLAMPS SWING OVER AND HIT THE STEERING STOPS, THIS IS CRITICAL. If
> the lower triples hit the steering stops, the forks will twist out of
> alignment as you tighten the top stem nut.
> Now tighten the axle ensuring the forks are parallel by wiggling them back
> and forth on the axle until they find true.
> Now tighten the axle pinch bolts, it should all be straight now, unless
> the bottom triple clamp is bent, that can be your last issue if all else
> fails....
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