This is crazy. I am very particular about the way things look. I notice things that are "off center or crooked".
A buddy comes over, we go out to the shop to drink a cold one. We walk in and right away I notice my rear fender is not centered on the wheel! The wheel seems in line with the front of the bike. The sub frame looks "tweaked" with relation to the rear wheel. This bike has never crashed. It has fallen over due to the stupid kickstand many times and I caught my right shoelace on the peg and fell over but it has never hit the ground at speed.
I rode it a few days prior to noticing this and she felt great.
A couple weeks ago I bumped into her and the damn kickstand folded and she fell over (again) into the 450 and they both went down......no damage to either that I could find at the time.
That was weeks ago. I work in the shop and see the hind end of this bike many times a day. I have ridden it several times since it fell over last time. I have no idea why I did not notice this or when it happened. My buddy, said "I saw it when we walked in and wondered if you'd crashed it"!!!!!!!
I have no idea why the thing looks "tweaked", how it happened or what to do about it. Nothing looks bent on the sub frame. It is not "really bad" but noticable.
Any ideas would be appreciated. I have had another fellow look at it, his son races and he's a rider as well and they fix bikes. He agrees something is "off" but not sure what.
If it was not locked up I'd swear someone rode and crashed it!
Do the sub frames loosen and "twist"? I've not had time to check bolts but nothing is bent. It's crazy.
Again, any thoughts would be appreciated.
Ed
ps...The bike was new when I got it 3 years ago....had been just sitting around at the dealer...I've been the only rider. She's got 5k miles now.
A buddy comes over, we go out to the shop to drink a cold one. We walk in and right away I notice my rear fender is not centered on the wheel! The wheel seems in line with the front of the bike. The sub frame looks "tweaked" with relation to the rear wheel. This bike has never crashed. It has fallen over due to the stupid kickstand many times and I caught my right shoelace on the peg and fell over but it has never hit the ground at speed.
I rode it a few days prior to noticing this and she felt great.
A couple weeks ago I bumped into her and the damn kickstand folded and she fell over (again) into the 450 and they both went down......no damage to either that I could find at the time.
That was weeks ago. I work in the shop and see the hind end of this bike many times a day. I have ridden it several times since it fell over last time. I have no idea why I did not notice this or when it happened. My buddy, said "I saw it when we walked in and wondered if you'd crashed it"!!!!!!!
I have no idea why the thing looks "tweaked", how it happened or what to do about it. Nothing looks bent on the sub frame. It is not "really bad" but noticable.
Any ideas would be appreciated. I have had another fellow look at it, his son races and he's a rider as well and they fix bikes. He agrees something is "off" but not sure what.
If it was not locked up I'd swear someone rode and crashed it!
Do the sub frames loosen and "twist"? I've not had time to check bolts but nothing is bent. It's crazy.
Again, any thoughts would be appreciated.
Ed
ps...The bike was new when I got it 3 years ago....had been just sitting around at the dealer...I've been the only rider. She's got 5k miles now.
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