steering pulls under hard braking

[aches@deltech.net]

Hmmmmm. The '47 Knucklehead and the 3 other V-twin HD's so I could sell them at todays prices. To keep. '78 XT500 Yama. Tons of fun. Still have scars on my butt from that one. . Andy Chesley Jennings, Louisiana

[Ron]

In 1975 I rode in an ISDT qualifier where I watched the Rokon factory team having a great ride on their 340's. Since I worked for the local Yamaha-Rokon dealer I had him order me an MX 340, the one with spoke wheels, Sun rims, chromoly frame, and mx type chamber. I added a large Rokon tank, tool bag, Yamaha TY250 lights, and had a machinist friend weld a length of angle iron along the bottom of the expansion chamber for protection and competed in local hare scrambles and enduros. I paid $1800 for it and sold it about 3 years later for something like $500. Those Rokons were always hard to sell. Wish I had it back. Ron-A15 in MO

--- In DSN_klr650@egroups.com, rusig1@a... wrote: > I had a brand new 1982 XL500R my dad bought me in 1986. It was the 1st year

[Backroad Bill]

--- In DSN_klr650@egroups.com, Todd Schroder wrote: Ok, I did the springs followed by the brake > line without test riding the new springs first. While testing the brakes, I > noticed that the bars pull slightly to the right under hard - near panic - > braking. I am not sure if this condition existed before, and with an improved > front brake system is now more noticable or if I may have goofed the spring > replacement somehow. Maybe I'm just pulling the bars myself when I pull the > brake. Todd, that's a sure sign that you don't have the axle and its retaining nut torqued adequately, don't ask me how I know. Although due to its design, if you pull hard enough on the brake lever, it has to pull to the right at least a little. Backroad Bill resting after a freezing trip to the Trinity River...what the hell happended to Labor Day's nice warm weather?