Steering Check???

[neattoes3000]

As you all know I'm the Dumbass who dropped there bike on Monday. I was hoping I would see some of you at bike night so I could get suggestions on how to fix the damage, but no one was there. No I had met before. Anyway, now my bike seems STRANGE... I don't know if this is all mental, because I have to get used to riding again after my fall or if there really is something tweaked with the front end? IS there a definitive check I can do to see if the front end was tweaked by my fall. I rode to HB, and everything seemed to work, but it just FELT strange. What do you all think? Did I damage more than my fairing and my ego? Let me know...

Craig

PS: Don't drop your bike...I'm all paranoid about riding now. It will take some time to get my confidence up again. Dammit:sad:

[Setter32]

Elaborate on strange..........

I know that Gregg (Burst) and I felt that our handle bars were tweaked at one time, but when we got on and check each others' bike......they looked fine.

It could be you're a little paranoid after the crash. It's a very common phenomena. I went through it. I think Gregg did too.

But this is not to say that you don't actually have a prob with your front end. Be more specific on...."strange".....

:D

[Burst]

My bars actually are bent a little. The top triple clamp shifted slightly.... Though, it has had NO EFFECT at all on the handling of the bike. I have ridden a few other SV's since I dropped mine and they all feel pretty much the same.

Paraoia played a big part in my issues with the way the bike felt. That and the SQUARE rear tire I was riding forever......