Bars

[kwallace21]

Got a 2018 1200 Adventure a few months ago.
One owner, 1800 miles and totally immaculate. Came from a BMW dealer.
When I ride it I get the feeling that the bars point slightly left all the time. Its the tiniest amount but it seems as it does slightly.
Bike rides fab and I don't for a second suspect it's been even dropped off the stand.
Anyone else notice this on theirs?

 

[stanley]

Just loosen the lower yoke clamp bolts, hold the front wheel against something and give the bars a tweak. Re-torque bolts to correct setting.
I've had bikes where the bars have looked out of line owing to asymmetrical switchgear and things, but were probably ok.

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[del1150]

I've felt this too on both my TC GSA and my 1250GSA - just the tiniest amount. I've put it down to incorrect perception on my part or maybe that I sit slightly "off" on the bike

 

[Slipperyeel]

I've had this also on my TC. I've mostly cured it after having the front off to do the steering bearings, forks and front shock. I can still tell the bars are off by s miniscule amount, enough to ignore!

But what I did notice was that the bars were mounted on the piss, to one side. When I reassembled it all I got the punch marks in the bars properly centered. Maybe worth checking this too.

Oh, in long trips, before I did all the work, I used to get s serious localised pain in between my shoulder blades. Now that had totally gone. It's only my arse that suffers now!

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[batman1]

As per Stanley's advice but also slacken the two Torx screws at the bottom of the legs, the ones below the wheel spindle. I would also crack the 17mm spindle nut too, then everything will be free of tension, give it a couple of bounces, then centre the bars and torque everything back up tightening left side lower torx nut last after tightening the 17mm spindle nut.

Pretty standard procedure after any bike forks have been apart

 

[Slipperyeel]

As per Stanley's advice but also slacken the two Torx screws at the bottom of the legs, the ones below the wheel spindle. I would also crack the 17mm spindle nut too, then everything will be free of tension, give it a couple of bounces, then centre the bars and torque everything back up tightening left side lower torx nut last after tightening the 17mm spindle nut.

Pretty standard procedure after any bike forks have been apart

None of that worked for me. Every time I came to torque up the lower yoke bolts it brought in tension to the spindle, meaning screwing in the spindle was far tighter than I think it should have been - screwed in all the way by hand before torquing the yoke bolts...

Maybe there's a knack to it, but despite a few different sequences, I only arrived at a compromise. Spindle isn't bent either.

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[batman1]

Your spindle would indeed be very tight if you try and fit it after tightening the two bottom torx screws as the torx screws tighten onto split clamps which are designed to clamp the spindle after it has been fitted and the end nut tightened.