I believe I've seen people complain that the stock front fender doesnt line up with the tire. Now that I am pretty much done adding farkles to my ATAS, I've moved on to hyper focusing on little problems. Anybody come up with a way to correct the fender/wheel divide?
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I've sometimes wondered if this misalignement could be caused by very slight fork leg misalignment. The main downside of this is fork stiction, but perhaps this could result in a fender slightly askew. Slight axial distortion or lateral offset could cause the wheel to point slightly off-center.
Apologies if this is well known to you and this is the procedure you follow (since this is by-the-book for just about any bike), but there are some key steps to perform when installing the front wheel to achieve fork alignment and minimize stiction. I underlined the ones that I could imagine people skipping. From the Honda service manual.
Anyway - maybe worth checking? Just kind of a guess on my part.
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Apologies if this is well known to you and this is the procedure you follow (since this is by-the-book for just about any bike), but there are some key steps to perform when installing the front wheel to achieve fork alignment and minimize stiction. I underlined the ones that I could imagine people skipping. From the Honda service manual.
Anyway - maybe worth checking? Just kind of a guess on my part.
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All of the steps before installing the brake calipers are done with the front wheel off the ground. Right hand side pinch bolts are final-tightened on the ground. The factory manual doesn't make this clear, but the Haynes manual does (attached picture - step 13). Make sure your spacers are all there also, of course.
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