Mon, 05 Oct 1998 11:15:31 +0300 - Message No. 4169
From: Phoebus Katsanos

Subject: Re: Stearing Head


muehlberger@grz.at wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I just noticed the following problem on my @:
> 
> When turning the steering while the bike is standing, Ineed quite a lot of
> power to turn the steering over the middle position. So I lifted the front
> wheel (with my mainstand :-)) ) and found out, that the steering has a
> position where it "rests" (einrasten). This position is the
> "middle-position", which means the front wheel is straight.
> 
> My questions now are: what's the reason, how to fix it, and probably how
> long I can wait for fixing it (which means: is it dangerous) ??
> 
> Thanks for your answers,
> 
> mfg
> 
> Achim Muehlberger

Sounds to me like the stearing bearings are gone.
After 50.000 km's, a lot of them off road, and quite a few weelies, I
had the same problem.
Center stand, the stearing rests in the straight position, then it takes
a bit of force for it to go either to the right, of to the left, with a
little "clack" (not sound, but as a feeling on your hands if you know
what I mean), and then it turns ok until the end of it's turn angle.
You have to go change it.
My mechanic told me it is safe to keep going for a while without
changing, but he was too busy at that time to do the work for me, so
maybe he wasn't very sure about it but told me anyway. I am not sure.
What you can do, is go to yours, have him see it and tell me/us if he
thinks it is dangerous. I am curious.
Anyway, I did more that 1500 km's plus two roadbooks (= about 120 km's
hard off road) and had no problem.

CU
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