How anal are you about rear wheel alignment?

Hydrant · 08-04-2009, 09:40 PM

I'm pretty crazy with it. I've got a set of a rough set of calipers that I will use to go from the back of the swing arm to the end of the square spacer. Trying to come up with something that I can also go off of the pivot point on the swingarm, but i think the calipers get it pretty damn close.

I'm pretty good with keeping it clean and adjusted, always have been. After the chain snapped and locked the rear tire up @ 60 mph on the TL, I tend to be pretty anal.

Stock chain, with about 10k on it. Cruising at 60 mph.

Hydrant · 08-04-2009, 09:42 PM

When it let go it got caught up in the bolts holding the rear sprocket to the cush drive and the swingarm, therefore locking the rear tire. I kept it up, don't ask how, to this day I still don't know. But it left a skidmark about 100' long on the road and another skidmark somewhere else.

derf · 08-04-2009, 09:54 PM

I did something similar on my ninja a few years ago, somehow my plate got cought in the chain (from almost 2 foot away and behind it), locked the rear wheel, and destroyed/disintegrated the adjuster plate letting the wheel move freely (still not spinning though). Anyway I slid close to 60 feet through a corner. I wasn't quite able to hold my lane, but I did keep it up

Hydrant · 08-04-2009, 10:12 PM

I think it let go and as it was coming back around got caught up in the bolts of the cush drive. The engine free spun for a split second I noticed just before it locked up.

Thankfully, it never damaged anything near the engine case, other than a deep scuff which I epoxied over.

As I was trying to muscle the bike off the side of the road (rear tire still locked up) a guy on a Fatboy came over and helped. I was pushing/ pulling the bike, and he was down trying to tug the chain loose. After we got it loose his hands were covered in chain lube he said he had to take off. I asked for his name or number so I could do something for him, and he never said a word. He said something about just trying to keep bikers safe and took off. I later saw him and his wife at a bike night and bought them dinner. Figured it was worth it, helping me with the chain and using his cell phone so I could get a truck to pick me up.

Antwanny · 08-04-2009, 11:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Hydrant

I'm pretty crazy with it. I've got a set of a rough set of calipers that I will use to go from the back of the swing arm to the end of the square spacer. Trying to come up with something that I can also go off of the pivot point on the swingarm, but i think the calipers get it pretty damn close.

I'm pretty good with keeping it clean and adjusted, always have been. After the chain snapped and locked the rear tire up @ 60 mph on the TL, I tend to be pretty anal.

Stock chain, with about 10k on it. Cruising at 60 mph.

Yeah fuck that im anal about my chains over lube them all the time, i got 22k out of the stocker, but im gonna change this next one at about 32k to be same heard way to many stories like yours about tls snapping chains

karl_1052 · 08-05-2009, 07:32 AM

I just use the hash marks on the swingarm.

Close enough.

Tmall · 08-05-2009, 09:56 AM

There's no alignment issues with the buells. The axel goes through, you tq it, it's aligned.

karl_1052 · 08-05-2009, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Tmall

There's no alignment issues with the buells. The axel goes through, you tq it, it's aligned.

Belts are for holding up the pants of fat men.

tached1000rr · 08-05-2009, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by karl_1052

Belts are for holding up the pants of fat men.

Particle Man · 08-05-2009, 12:21 PM

I use a couple pieces of string. Ghetto I know.

08-04-2009, 09:54 PM	#3
derf token jewboy Join Date: Nov 2008 Moto: CBR 900, KLR ugly ass duckling, Gas Man Posts: 10,799	I did something similar on my ninja a few years ago, somehow my plate got cought in the chain (from almost 2 foot away and behind it), locked the rear wheel, and destroyed/disintegrated the adjuster plate letting the wheel move freely (still not spinning though). Anyway I slid close to 60 feet through a corner. I wasn't quite able to hold my lane, but I did keep it up __________________

08-04-2009, 10:12 PM	#4
Hydrant WERA Yellow Plate Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Moto: 2003 Suzuki TL1000R, 2002 Honda CBR 600 F4i Posts: 660	I think it let go and as it was coming back around got caught up in the bolts of the cush drive. The engine free spun for a split second I noticed just before it locked up. Thankfully, it never damaged anything near the engine case, other than a deep scuff which I epoxied over. As I was trying to muscle the bike off the side of the road (rear tire still locked up) a guy on a Fatboy came over and helped. I was pushing/ pulling the bike, and he was down trying to tug the chain loose. After we got it loose his hands were covered in chain lube he said he had to take off. I asked for his name or number so I could do something for him, and he never said a word. He said something about just trying to keep bikers safe and took off. I later saw him and his wife at a bike night and bought them dinner. Figured it was worth it, helping me with the chain and using his cell phone so I could get a truck to pick me up. Last edited by Hydrant; 08-04-2009 at 10:19 PM..

08-05-2009, 07:32 AM	#6
karl_1052 sergeant hatred Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Ottawa Moto: The bus Posts: 2,723	I just use the hash marks on the swingarm. Close enough. __________________ My wife was afraid of the dark...then she saw me naked and now she's afraid of the light.

08-05-2009, 12:21 PM	#10
Particle Man Custom User Title Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Central NY Moto: 2003 SV650S Posts: 14,959	I use a couple pieces of string. Ghetto I know. __________________ I'm not "fat." I'm "Enlarged to show texture." Handle every stressful situation like a DOG: If you can't eat it or hump it, pi$$ on it & walk away.

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08-04-2009, 09:40 PM	#1
Hydrant WERA Yellow Plate Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Moto: 2003 Suzuki TL1000R, 2002 Honda CBR 600 F4i Posts: 660	I'm pretty crazy with it. I've got a set of a rough set of calipers that I will use to go from the back of the swing arm to the end of the square spacer. Trying to come up with something that I can also go off of the pivot point on the swingarm, but i think the calipers get it pretty damn close. I'm pretty good with keeping it clean and adjusted, always have been. After the chain snapped and locked the rear tire up @ 60 mph on the TL, I tend to be pretty anal. Stock chain, with about 10k on it. Cruising at 60 mph.

08-04-2009, 09:42 PM	#2
Hydrant WERA Yellow Plate Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Moto: 2003 Suzuki TL1000R, 2002 Honda CBR 600 F4i Posts: 660	When it let go it got caught up in the bolts holding the rear sprocket to the cush drive and the swingarm, therefore locking the rear tire. I kept it up, don't ask how, to this day I still don't know. But it left a skidmark about 100' long on the road and another skidmark somewhere else.

08-05-2009, 09:56 AM	#7
Tmall Aspiring Rapper Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Halifax, NS Moto: '12 CB1000R Posts: 3,569	There's no alignment issues with the buells. The axel goes through, you tq it, it's aligned.