1 Hard steering to the left K100RS Thu Dec 15, 2011 8:26 pm
Moto Smith
Silver member
Hello,
I recently purchased a K100 RS (87) as I try to re-live the glory days of my youth. I currently have a brace of 650 singles that serve as regular transport.
Compared to the 650's the K felt (initially) quite heavy.
Now that I have some miles under my belt with the 'K' I find that she is a little heavier going to the left rather than the right. It's a subtle thing that I didn't notice initially, but it's there.
Frame and forks seem fine.
No paint flaking around the neck of the frame - no oil coming from the forks.
I'm going to replace the tyres this weekend as I believe I still have the factory front tyre in place.
The tree has been lowered on the forks and I'm hoping that the malady is nothing more than the triple tree out of alignment. I'm going to slacken axle, fork brace and both upper and lower tree and then tighten the axle first then triple and then brace.
Any thoughts?
I recently purchased a K100 RS (87) as I try to re-live the glory days of my youth. I currently have a brace of 650 singles that serve as regular transport.
Compared to the 650's the K felt (initially) quite heavy.
Now that I have some miles under my belt with the 'K' I find that she is a little heavier going to the left rather than the right. It's a subtle thing that I didn't notice initially, but it's there.
Frame and forks seem fine.
No paint flaking around the neck of the frame - no oil coming from the forks.
I'm going to replace the tyres this weekend as I believe I still have the factory front tyre in place.
The tree has been lowered on the forks and I'm hoping that the malady is nothing more than the triple tree out of alignment. I'm going to slacken axle, fork brace and both upper and lower tree and then tighten the axle first then triple and then brace.
Any thoughts?
Last edited by Moto Smith on Thu Dec 15, 2011 8:27 pm; edited 1 time in total (Reason for editing : clarity)