10,000K Voyage, mechanical advice needed

[YoungEngineer]

Does anyone on here know anyone who has used a third party, I.E non original rear MC?

[YoungEngineer]

So i dropped the bike this week, first time ever on the K11.
The instruments now look off to one side, my first thoughts were that the bars were bent but upon inspection it seems like the front end (Headlight and front fairing) have been slightly pushed to one side.
My thoughts are to strip all the fairings off and straighten the front steel frame that holds it all together but that is allot of work!




Anyone ever had this problem? Any shortcuts or other things I should be looking at?

[The Mighty Gryphon]

My RT went down last summer and pushed the fairing slightly to the left.  One of the fairing mounts broke from the fairing, but was easily reattached with epoxy. 

I tried to straighten the steel spider that holds the front fairing.  Thought I had it, but after getting everything back together it is still slightly off center.   I am at a loss as to how to gauge the "straightness" of the spider to know when I have it right.

Fortunately, it isn't bad enough that I can't ride the bike.  Am debating whether I should get a used spider for installation next winter.  There seems to be a fair number of them on eBay.  Price for new is bizarre, but with used you don't know if it is going to be any better than your old one. :dunno

[herseyb]

I learnt me what anapana means today.

[YoungEngineer]

Yes indeed. It seems as though it will take some trail and error. I think I will start by removing all the front fairings and straightening the front steel bracket bit by bit and gauging the straightness by eye.

[The Mighty Gryphon]

The problem I had was that the four mounting points of the spider are out in space and seem to define a plane relative to the steering head and the center-line of the bike's frame.  That plane exists in three dimensions and has no easy reference points to the frame.

I tried measuring to points in the frame, to points on the floor and using a spirit level.  I got close, but still had some error that while not noticeable to a passerby, is still there and shows up as uneven gaps around the side pockets and a visual misalignment between the instrument cluster and the center of the fairing when the wheel is straight ahead.  That is not to mention the difficulty in getting all the mounting points of the fairing panels, lowers and radiator trim to line up.

[YoungEngineer]

Yes true indeed. Maybe I should try a less technical approach and just drop it on the other side :)


Either way it does not need to be perfect, I suppose I will try once and see what I get.