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4th November 2007
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Flat Track Champion
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: manhattan
Posts: 679 Sportster/Buell Model: 1200xl Sportster/Buell Year: 2006 Sportster/Buell Model #2: 1966 mustang 302hipo Sportster/Buell Year #2: 1974 Other Motorcycle Model: sporty in pieces
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real wheel alignment
I need some expert tech advice....
has anyone measured their real wheel axel to determine alignment?
today after adjusting my chain tension I was unable to get the rear wheel into perfect alignment...the drive side is 1/4 in further back....the tension nuts will not allow perfect alignment unless the chain is too slack......the distance is not quite a link so shortining the chain is not an option
????? the bike tracks well and stops fine...so far (without highway testing)
any ideas..I'm aware of the uneven tire wear issues and possible high speed handling instability...so whats the remedy? shocks are mounted fine WTF
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4th November 2007
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Land Speed Record
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Australia-Ipswich
Posts: 756 Sportster/Buell Model: XLH 1200 Sportster/Buell Year: 2001
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Don't measure from the tension nut area. measure from the swing arm axle to the wheel axle. hope this is the info you are after
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Originally Posted by risotteria
I need some expert tech advice....
has anyone measured their real wheel axel to determine alignment?
today after adjusting my chain tension I was unable to get the rear wheel into perfect alignment...the drive side is 1/4 in further back....the tension nuts will not allow perfect alignment unless the chain is too slack......the distance is not quite a link so shortining the chain is not an option
????? the bike tracks well and stops fine...so far (without highway testing)
any ideas..I'm aware of the uneven tire wear issues and possible high speed handling instability...so whats the remedy? shocks are mounted fine WTF
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4th November 2007
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Harley Engineer
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Join Date: Nov 2004
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Swing-arm pivot to rear axle.
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4th November 2007
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Flat Track Champion
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Join Date: Nov 2006
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Posts: 679 Sportster/Buell Model: 1200xl Sportster/Buell Year: 2006 Sportster/Buell Model #2: 1966 mustang 302hipo Sportster/Buell Year #2: 1974 Other Motorcycle Model: sporty in pieces
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thats the measurement I used fro the swingarm bolt dimple to the centercup of the rear axle......still I'm 1/4' off????
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4th November 2007
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Land Speed Record
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Australia-Ipswich
Posts: 756 Sportster/Buell Model: XLH 1200 Sportster/Buell Year: 2001
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Adjust the side with the chain, then measure and adjust the other side, check and readjust as require, but this is the way it is done. sorry I can not help further. good luck
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4th November 2007
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Senior Chief Know It All 2nd Class
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: SoCal
Posts: 1,416 Sportster/Buell Model: FatBob Sportster/Buell Year: 2009 Sportster/Buell Model #2: all gone 1200R Sportster/Buell Year #2: 2007 Other Motorcycle Model: Honda ST1300;Goldwing1500 Other Motorcycle Year: 0407
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Is your '06 a chain conversion? If so, were the sprockets changed?
I'm not sure about on a sporty chain, but on my old 250 Kaw desert racer, I used a half link, not a full link, to shorten the chain a half a tad.
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4th November 2007
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Known Troublemaker !
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Lexington, NC
Posts: 7,347 Sportster/Buell Model: Sportster 1200C Sportster/Buell Year: 06
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I USed the Method called for in the manual, Using a piece of welding wire with a rubber grommet for a marker, Basically it will compare the distance from the Swingarm Axle bolt to the Wheel Axle bolt.
This should work provided the frame is straight !!
You can put in a Half link like was mentioned. But something else seems to be amiss here... Why your having so much trouble getting it aligned I don't know ??
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4th November 2007
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Flat Track Champion
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: manhattan
Posts: 679 Sportster/Buell Model: 1200xl Sportster/Buell Year: 2006 Sportster/Buell Model #2: 1966 mustang 302hipo Sportster/Buell Year #2: 1974 Other Motorcycle Model: sporty in pieces
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it's a chain conversion on an 06 I used a 52 on the tranny and a 48 on the rear wheel I cant remember the exact # of teeth yet that combo seems right
my big question is
is it safe to run like this???
guess I will find out around noon today when I go out
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