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bike balance
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I know you've all had at one time or the other ridden your bike with no hands on the handle bars.
As soon as you let go of the handle bars, in order to maintain a straight ahead direction, sometimes you have to lean a little bit to the right or left in order to balance yourself with the bike in order to go straight ahead.
I've had bikes where you had to lean left and other bikes where you would have to lean right.
What causes this weird behavior.
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.there is a place in death valley where you park your car with the e-brake up hill...put it in nuetral and release the e-brake and begin to roll up hill...i shit you not.....been there....good food for thought question though...interesting for folks to chime in on....peace craig
There is a place in Florida called Spook Hill that does the same. Put it in neutral and roll up the hill.
Components like PLUMMEN described is what I would suggest
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But I did start off with the strings. Start off by making a loop that will encompass both tires. Set up the strings so that they run evenly off of the rear tire and measure how they fit with the front tire. If you've got a center stand you should be able to guess at what amounts to straight ahead if every thing's in line you should find that the measurements are symmetrical.
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KZ's have notoriously inaccurate alignment marks on their swingarms. If you're going by the marks when adjusting your chain you've probably gotten your rear wheel out of alignment with the rest of the bike. My KZ900 always required me to shift my weight to the right when I attempted to ride without any hands, at least till I started using a pair of strings to set the rear axle.
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Oh man, thanks for posting this. I'd never heard that and thought I was going nutso for the past year. :woohoo:
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