Lanz, ¿puede decirnos si las carrozas están estampadas con el cuadrado oficial de Mikuni en sello cuadrado? Sería bueno saber si son piezas genuinas de Mikuni.
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That gap is a little wide. That could be down to a slight bent tube, (they get bent over time, natural occurrence), and as long as your forks don't bind then it would be ok..............if you wanted to close the gap then loosen the axle nut, then the fork tube bottom clamp and slide the fork closer to the speed'o drive, the re-tighten every thing and check that the forks are not binding when compressed.
What can cause more fork tube bending is there is no front guard, (it acts as a fork brace), to stop the tubes from flexing when the brake is applied. Having a single front disk will also exaggerate the twist on stops due to the pressure on one fork alone
YUP - I agree with that statement too: leaving the front fender off is a bad mistake on an XS650.
That fender is there for two reasons:
LanzSilva: if you have any sort of wobble with your bike - I'll bet it is related to not having a fender on the front.
- it keep road debris from flying off the front wheel and messing up / damaging the engine
- it stiffens the forks and makes the bike handle more steadily.
Pete
Have a look under the front fender where it bolts to the forks. there is extra bracing across that area and the guard can be cut front and back to shorten it while still retaining the bracing qualities. Can make the guard style to suit your look.
A coiple of examples where the front guard has been cut to suit a look without compromising the bracing
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this is an early guard on a 74/74 that has used the guard braces to make a fork brace and also bobbed the guard for a look.
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I'm here again I did a few laps over the weekend but I felt a bit strange the balance of the front tire. Now that I check the alignment again and put the rim on, I realize that when I first tighten the nut on the front axle first (I read that it should be done like this, I don't know if I'm wrong. Previously I tightened the left side axle clamp and then the axle nut.) there is too big a gap on the left side.
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Check to see if your fork tubes are bent, causing them to spread out at the bottom. That would account for the front end feeling a bit strange (a lot of stiction) and the excessive gap at the bottom of the left lower.
It certainly would put me off too.This has put me off a bit.