Has anyone repaired a steering stop? I discovered that at some point I sheared off the right side steering stop and would like to know if there is a fix or is it a new lower triple clamp?
I have not this happen to me since I rode a 2 banger in the sixties. Only fix then was to file the are flat. drill a hole and insert a bolt as a substitute steering stop. Coffee et al will now be shuddering at my bush mechanics-sorry about that folks only response I know without the expense of a replacement.
That's what I did on one bike. Heck, I remember a bike (can't remember what it was, though) that came with bolt in steering stops.
I sheared one of my stops off in a nasty high-side. Surgery from said high-side gave me plenty of downtime to shave down both stops flat and bolt on some steel stops from the bottom. I shaped them so the flange helps locate and offer support to the stop. Looks like my primer paint job needs a little refreshing. Both stops from the front. Right stop from the front Right stop from the rear (at stop). They had to be tall because the fixed tab is so far up from the clamp. I think the butter-soft alloy and leverage from the high fixed tab is our problem here. So far it has been bombproof and dirt cheap.
