• 4 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Italy - About 1989 to 2014
     TE = 4st Enduro & TC = 4st Cross

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forks/handlebars twisted?

C

c3eh

Husqvarna
So the other night while leaving school to come home, I had the good fortune of a girl changing her mind and pulling out in front of me. Slammed on the brakes while going over a speed bump hit a little wet spot and flew off. Fortunately it was very low speed and I was hardly scathed. The bike lay in the street I picked it up and it was also fine. Until I started riding home and realized it was off center, now I'm no expert thats why I'm asking on here. The bike (looking from behind the motorcycle) fell onto the right side, but you have to turn the handlebars slightly right for it to be on center. Any ideas as to the culprit and a solution to fix it?
Thanks everyone.
 
Sorry to hear about your accident, but glad to hear your ok :thumbsup:
Your handle bars have twisted in the mounts thats all, no biggie. Happens to my bike occaisonaly when i crash in the dirt.
Just slightly loosen off the bar mount nuts underneath the top triple and the four bar clamp bolts, secure the front wheel so it can't move, realign handle bars, tighten all nuts and bolts and you're done.
 
Blakelpd5 said:
OR, a possible easier fix is to sung the front tire up against a tree, and twist the bars in the opposite direction to try to re-center them. Might take some serious brute force, but usually works, and is a tool-less fix.
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That does work well, especially out in the middle of nowhere. Been there done that.
 
Thanks all,
i will probably try it the tools way since the bike is in my garage
but i will keep the other in mind for future offroad reference
I was really just worried it was something more serious
 
c2eh,
If you are very lucky, you can just stand in front of the bike, hold the front wheel between your knees and twist the bars back straight. If you have to loosen the fork bolts you MUST use a torque wrench to tighten them as you really don't want those too tight.

BUT: Your bike has rubber bar mount bushings and a fairly weak top clamp. Take your top clamp off and check that it is still flat. I really suspect that is the problem! See how I fixed mine here:
http://www.cafehusky.com/threads/20...-and-my-introduction.17845/page-2#post-158497

The rubber bushings allow the bars to twist and warp the top clamp. The thru bolts that hold the clamp to the triple clamp can get bent as well. Luckily the top clamp isn't very expensive.
You can get the billet bushings here:
http://www.brpmoto.com/index.php?pa...1532&vmcchk=1&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=49


Carl
 
Thanks carl,
fortunately when I bought the bike the previous owner had the foresight to replace the bar mount[?]. Not sure the correct name but the part that holds the actual bars, with the billet one.
 
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