XTremo
Junior Member
I need some advice on this one guys.....I've got a strange issue that only started today. The bike is a 2004 FZ6-S with around 17K kms/ 11K miles.
I got on, rode down the road and the front end felt very odd indeed. Took it round the block and I had a hell of a job to turn into corners....everytime I made a change of direction it seemed to want to drop into the turn.
So I went back to the house and checked tyre pressure and it was fine.
My next thought was steering head bearings.....pushed down on the pillion seat while moving the bars and it was as stiff as hell. Particularly when turning the wheel to the right. Basically it wasn't moving at all, and certainly wasn't dropping to either side as I would have expected.
Overtightened steering head bearings was something I thought of.....but it's only just started today. There was nothing unusual that happened when I rode it last, and I haven't made any adjustments or changes to anything.
So....what's your thoughts on this? Steering head bearings gone? Cos I'm aware that there is a history of this on the FZ, and they're most likely still using the original ones.
Any advice appreciated!
I got on, rode down the road and the front end felt very odd indeed. Took it round the block and I had a hell of a job to turn into corners....everytime I made a change of direction it seemed to want to drop into the turn.
So I went back to the house and checked tyre pressure and it was fine.
My next thought was steering head bearings.....pushed down on the pillion seat while moving the bars and it was as stiff as hell. Particularly when turning the wheel to the right. Basically it wasn't moving at all, and certainly wasn't dropping to either side as I would have expected.
Overtightened steering head bearings was something I thought of.....but it's only just started today. There was nothing unusual that happened when I rode it last, and I haven't made any adjustments or changes to anything.
So....what's your thoughts on this? Steering head bearings gone? Cos I'm aware that there is a history of this on the FZ, and they're most likely still using the original ones.
Any advice appreciated!