st1300 handeling

[bobsee]

 
Hi all, st1300,04mod.new tyres, headstem bearings, fork seals. checked fork play, wheel bearings f@r, ect,ect.
my question is, it seems twitchy in frontend, rideing normal, corners well. tried verious tyre pressures.
just wont track straight, not bad just abit anoying.
any suggestions.  ps be kind.

[Pezzz]

Can you define "twitchy" ???
Is it following road grooves? or as you ride it suddenly goes off in it's own direction?
As you turn is it notching? Any noises?

[bobsee]

Hi.
possably road grooves, seems to be on knife edge, have to hold bars tight and correct a bit left to right only small bit to keep it in line. then again i can hold bars one handed, light to steer smooth but still wanders no waggel.

[Pezzz]

Stem head not over tight? Sounds like a tightness problem where you have to keep making adjustments on the straight. Do your wheels also spin freely when off the ground?

[bobsee]

Thanks, will try, wheels ok

[Abe]

Did you replace your front axle (no tyre) with the yoke finger tight, so you could re align the forks to your axle.

I will try and find the reading material and post.

You should do the same with the rear as well, just lightly loosen the 4 nuts on the rear drive housing, align axle with tyre on and tighten.

I think Greencan mentioned something like this a while ago.

[bobsee]

 
Thanks for that, not good to do things at 11.00 pm.