Re: [St] Hoping for a tiny miracle

[brettwilson21@xxxxxxx]

 I would be doing exactly that before I go buying other bits or swapping things around.

Put the bike on a stand, pull the front end off and get all the bits checked for "straightness".

You may as well get the forks checked again while its all apart. Any good bike shop or engineering place will be able to check if the triple clamps are bent. Remember one of those components only needs one millimeter of damage to throw things out quite a lot.

While the front wheel is in the air and before you pull anything off, I would also check the headstock bearings for any "notchyness" or evidence of abnormal wear etc.

HTH.

Brett.


 


 

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeremy Witt <jeremywitt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:27 pm
Subject: Re: [St] Hoping for a tiny miracle










I only have the means to check the fork tubes, which are in fine shape.  The
triple tree "looks" fine, but I have no real way to verify with
measurements.  Also pretty sure the frame would show signs of twisting, yes?


J

-----Original Message-----
From: st-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:st-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Frederic NIZERY
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 3:36 AM
To: ST
Subject: Re: [St] Hoping for a tiny miracle

Can't you just take the front apart and double check the parts on a
reference surface?
Did you check the alignement of the frame itself? 

Fred

>I have been trying intermittently for the last few years to get the
>handlebars on Skittles to line up square with the front tire with no luck.
>Finally I meet a guy (new co-worker) who spends his free time rebuilding
>countless (actually, more than 40) vintage Hondas, and other older bikes
>(interesting aside: the Barber Museum has been hounding him for at least
one
>of his bikes), and he took one look at Skittles and decided it's pretty
>likely I have a "tweaked" lower triple tree.  Not a big surprise, based on
>how the bike crashed prior to becoming mine.  Left-side slide with a
>destroyed front wheel, front fender and bent forks.  
>...

>What are my chances?  

>TIA (pleasepleaseplease),
>JDW

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