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A steering lock stop issue.
Athame57:
While my bike was in the garage this morning the mechanic pointed something out to me I hadn't been aware of. The handle bars could reach the tank and it explains a tiny chip in the paint. The lock stops were present on the yoke but there was nothing to meet them on the frame, could I have broken something off down the line somewhere, issue is on both sides.
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
The lock stops are part of the casting on the lower steering yoke, these touch what I would describe as a tongue shape on the front of the frame where the steering tube fits.
Usually a bent lock stop is the cause of contact with the tank.
Photo is my 400 on full left lock you can see the tongue that is part of the frame in the centre right of the photo.
.400 lock stop by Macabe Thiele, on Flickr
Athame57:
Thanks for this Ted, I'll be taking a closer look at my bike in the daylight! ;D
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
I should have cleaned off the dust plus some recent Aluminium filings before I took the photo but you get the drift.
taysidedragon:
My lockstops are undamaged but my fork stanchions can just touch the tank. Everything is correct and straight, as far as I can tell, so I added a small packing piece to each lockstop to reduce the steering lock a little.
It works fine as it is now.
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