New Front Fork Assembly, Bent Old One
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 11:37 am
I bumped and fell over a curb and must have damaged something. My handlebar is sticky, harder to turn and wants to veer to the left.
With no gas and coasting it makes a weening sound like the front brake is braking, but more like a gear than a squeak sound.
Here's the outcome!
Here's the after effects of when I hit that curb (about a foot high) going 20mph and flipped over the curb (youtube):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8cH9PuwukQ
Finally took off the handlebar to get to the Front Fork Assembly on my motorbike. So now I can take out my broken one and in goes the new.
(dealer said it'd be 3 hours so saved $240)
http://imgur.com/a/2qpgS
I try putting the brakes on and when I do that I put the acceleration on too, it's like a natural motion. Maybe from when I was always riding a bike I braked and pushed my weight forward to the bottom of my hand, which if it was a throttle would turn backward and accelerate.
Basically I accelerated the back wheel while braking the front wheel and locking it, skidding into the curb.
With no gas and coasting it makes a weening sound like the front brake is braking, but more like a gear than a squeak sound.
Here's the outcome!
Here's the after effects of when I hit that curb (about a foot high) going 20mph and flipped over the curb (youtube):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8cH9PuwukQ
Finally took off the handlebar to get to the Front Fork Assembly on my motorbike. So now I can take out my broken one and in goes the new.
(dealer said it'd be 3 hours so saved $240)
http://imgur.com/a/2qpgS
I try putting the brakes on and when I do that I put the acceleration on too, it's like a natural motion. Maybe from when I was always riding a bike I braked and pushed my weight forward to the bottom of my hand, which if it was a throttle would turn backward and accelerate.
Basically I accelerated the back wheel while braking the front wheel and locking it, skidding into the curb.