Wilsons Sandbox

Hello Group, Last night the bike got away from me on the street during a low speed wheelie. It launched from underneath stood erect enough to scrape/bust the tail light and rear fender then it came down on the right side bumping the throttle, rear brake, a bit of the muffler and the engine case just below the oil cap. Now I have the handlebars & front end off about 15 degrees from center and would appreciate some tips about realignment. Also while not busted the rear brake isn t functioning it seems loose like the right foot-peg is which was also bumped up. Perhaps I should be looking for the maintenance manual about now but I need to ride in the mean time. Thanks in advance for your helpful responses. JMT 8^) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience http://launch.yahoo.com

> Now I have the handlebars & front end off about 15 degrees from > center and would appreciate some tips about realignment.

Put the bike up on a milk crate with the front end off the ground, loosen all triple clamp bolts (not so loose that the fork tubes drop), stand in front of the bike with the front wheel between your legs and use the handlebar to bring the wheel/bar into alignment. Once it's pretty good, tighten things up, take the bike down and check the view from the seat. If it's not perfect, loosen the bolts just a little again, stick the wheel against something immovable, and 'fine tune' the alignment with the handlebars. Torque all fasteners to spec and you're ready to ride. Go slow at first and make sure there's no other problems, like cracked triple clamps or bent fork tubes. Good luck! __Arden Kysely

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., "s2mumford" wrote:

> --- In DSN_klr650@y..., RM wrote: > > > > On Thu, 16 May 2002, jayhummm wrote: > > > > >Why bother filing the knobs off your tire? It's much easier to > lighten > > >your wheel by removing some spokes. Every third or fourth one > should do > > >it. (You don't really need all of them anyway.) > > > > I recommend having your brake rotors machined down to 1.5mm > thickness. > > You can use shims under the brake-pads to keep the caliper

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> from > > popping out. You can also drill holes in your rims and rotors. > Drillium > > is the lightest metal known to man. > > > > RM > > You guys are all cracked out. > The best thing to do is buy the Inertial Suspension device and

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> it upside down so it counteracts gravity. > > Stu

You guys go to all this mechanical trouble when all you have to do is raise your butt up off the seat to cut down on the weight. Jim