GkS
Junior Member
George,
Most of the time when a bike crashes, and skids on the ground the fork tubes become twisted in their clamps. This will make the sliders on the forks much less smooth in their motion up and down the fork legs.
Even with the Yamaha mechanic telling you everything is perfect, please try the following:
1) loosen the upper triple clamp pinch bolts, the fender mounting bolts, and the front axle. Leave the lower triple clamp tight.
2) sit on the bike, and engage the front brake hard.
3) with the brake on, compress the fork as hard as you can. Shove it down violently. Do this 6 or 7 times. Make the fork compress as much as you can.
4) tighten all the bolts you loosened.
5) take the bike for a ride and see if it feels any better.
This is cheap, and simple; and it has a good chance of improving what's going on.
So, just to not make any mistakes with it, what you mean is that I should loosen screws, numbered: 3, 1 and the wheel axel? But not to touch number 4...Is that correct?