mark whitrock
Active Member
Follow the direction, if the bikes front tire is going to the right then you need to move the front of the rear tire to the right.
Five Five needs help
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I think if you do this then you end up with irregular rear tire wear!
reloaderbmg
OLD DOG
you left out "hold my beer!"
moog5050
Active Member
Don't do it. People will think you are vain. A slight imperfection does not impact your overall look. As my wife would say, MUY GUAPO!
Five Five
Well-Known Member
Thanks all for the comments.....I did the 1-turn adjustment and it made little difference.... so i put it back and re-aligned the rear tire again...Im not a big hands free guy but it is nice to change positions once and a while, when doing some longer rides.....
Ray.... I will do the full alignment procedure like you mentioned .... I have the instructions Curtis sent me when I did my Pitbull
Paul .... I think your right about the weight factor of the V/H big radius 2:1
Here are my thoughts ....with my 2003 Pitbull with (LSD) and the offset and big primary case it pulled hard left ... I now have a 2006 K-9 with "Balanced Drive" (RSD) and i'm thinking Kool hands free .... well its not, and im tweeking and aligning the bike to see WTF ....
Ray.... I will do the full alignment procedure like you mentioned .... I have the instructions Curtis sent me when I did my Pitbull
Paul .... I think your right about the weight factor of the V/H big radius 2:1
Here are my thoughts ....with my 2003 Pitbull with (LSD) and the offset and big primary case it pulled hard left ... I now have a 2006 K-9 with "Balanced Drive" (RSD) and i'm thinking Kool hands free .... well its not, and im tweeking and aligning the bike to see WTF ....
KaptinAmerika
Guru
Remember
Just like a car, but with a few less variables, there are multiple things that can affect the alignment. Verify these are correct "before" you start playing with the rear tire alignment. Center the rear tire and make sure it and the belt track straight, verify all the other variables are good and then test ride the bike. Weight can be a factor if you hang 50 or more pounds off one side i.e. a supercharger but anything else on the BDs is minor and can be compensated for with minor alignment adjustments. The biggest thing to remember is not all the bikes were, I know its blasphemy but BD put me through hell on my first chop so I have the right, built well. Get an improperly built bike, take your pick engine isnt aligned gear box out of alignment e.t.c., and I don't care how much tweaking you do it wont run straight until the other issues are fixed.
Lastly if you have to make the rear tire track crooked to get the bike to run straight then you have bigger issues that need to be resolved first.
How do I know any of this you ask? Because Ive been through it on both my 03 chop, which I had to re-desing my rear swing arm connection to resolve the issue and BD later turned in to a recall issue and used my design with absolutely no credit to me, and I have had to realign both the gear box and my entire rear end on my 06 K9. Both of which ,upon re-work, ran straight as an arrow and didn't burn tires.
Just like a car, but with a few less variables, there are multiple things that can affect the alignment. Verify these are correct "before" you start playing with the rear tire alignment. Center the rear tire and make sure it and the belt track straight, verify all the other variables are good and then test ride the bike. Weight can be a factor if you hang 50 or more pounds off one side i.e. a supercharger but anything else on the BDs is minor and can be compensated for with minor alignment adjustments. The biggest thing to remember is not all the bikes were, I know its blasphemy but BD put me through hell on my first chop so I have the right, built well. Get an improperly built bike, take your pick engine isnt aligned gear box out of alignment e.t.c., and I don't care how much tweaking you do it wont run straight until the other issues are fixed.
Lastly if you have to make the rear tire track crooked to get the bike to run straight then you have bigger issues that need to be resolved first.
How do I know any of this you ask? Because Ive been through it on both my 03 chop, which I had to re-desing my rear swing arm connection to resolve the issue and BD later turned in to a recall issue and used my design with absolutely no credit to me, and I have had to realign both the gear box and my entire rear end on my 06 K9. Both of which ,upon re-work, ran straight as an arrow and didn't burn tires.
Five Five
Well-Known Member
Thanks Kaptan ....good info....