Hi guys! It's been a while since I asked you guys for help with my xs11 - which was great - but I have a new pony in the stable that I am going to try and fix up for my wife.
I found this xj 1100 for next to nothing. The major problem is that someone dumped it in a field and the front forks are tweaked. It doesn't look as if anything is bent or broken except the left mirror is gone, and the mounting hole has one side broken off. The rest of the bike is in very good shape, and it even runs after sitting a year or two in a garage.
My question is how to get the front end straightened out???????
It looks as if the forks turned in the brackets, but the fork tubes still look straight. The front wheel is cocked at about 11 o'clock when the handle bars are straight.
Are there any tricks here that can straighten things out without breaking anything? Maybe a stout board thru the forks and a mighty yank? Maybe if I can dump it on the other side and even things out?
I'm sure someone has faced this before, so any help would be appreciated. I got this bike for almost nothing, and I really don't have money to spend on it right now, so a new front end is not under consideration at this point.
Sam - Still ridin' the xs11.
I found this xj 1100 for next to nothing. The major problem is that someone dumped it in a field and the front forks are tweaked. It doesn't look as if anything is bent or broken except the left mirror is gone, and the mounting hole has one side broken off. The rest of the bike is in very good shape, and it even runs after sitting a year or two in a garage.
My question is how to get the front end straightened out???????
It looks as if the forks turned in the brackets, but the fork tubes still look straight. The front wheel is cocked at about 11 o'clock when the handle bars are straight.
Are there any tricks here that can straighten things out without breaking anything? Maybe a stout board thru the forks and a mighty yank? Maybe if I can dump it on the other side and even things out?
I'm sure someone has faced this before, so any help would be appreciated. I got this bike for almost nothing, and I really don't have money to spend on it right now, so a new front end is not under consideration at this point.
Sam - Still ridin' the xs11.
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