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Over the course of more than a year, I have changed the tires, tried everything else too, but that thing is still there. It doesn't veer at high speeds, so I've kinda learned to live with it. One possible explanation could be that since the bike is so damn light, the removal of saree guard causes a big enough weight imbalance to cause this problem ![]() | |
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| ![]() My bike has a noticeable wobble at low speed(I recall since day one ) , not handle related but rather front wheel alignment is my guess . In general low speed as in below 40 makes this noticeable and irregular surface doesn't helps either . It has also developed a tendency to pull towards left again at low speed during front brake application . This is easy to counter except for when riding pillion , then the bike is a proper nuisance to ride within city traffic . PS : Both sari guard and the tyre hugger removed from my bike . Last edited by basuroy : 11th February 2015 at 03:26. |
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| ![]() Saree guard for this bike is the biggest joke. Who in the sane mind would ride a pillion in a saree. Bajaj needs to think about common sense sometimes. veering to the right at that low speed is expected. The bike is losing momentum and secondly the engine is trying to catch some rpm at those speeds and the only way to assess this veer is by removing both the hands which means the engine RPM is rapid or intermittent. Unlike a bullet or low RPM high torque engine, these high RPM high torque engine with light weight chassis will react. Heavier the bike the better balance it has at lower speed compared to lighter ones. The bike needs speed to stay upright before veering. The point to consider is not by taking your hands of the bike. But are you negating this move every two seconds to correct the bike position. If so check more than tyre pressure including fork, handle bar and suspension. Last edited by VW2010 : 11th February 2015 at 03:41. |
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My good old honda activa is far more balanced at any speeds, when compared to my bike. Activa is lighter and atleast it is a scooter. I tried to balance the bike after putting the bike to neutral, to remove any engine braking effect. Still it veers right. | |
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One of the main reasons of a motorcycle veering to a certain direction is because the motorcycle is being pushed to the direction via bad alignment OR because of bad torquing of the fork. If a motorcycle is veering to the right, it means the right fork leg is torqued tightly OR the left fork leg is torqued loosely. In either case, have the SVC to check the alignment, handle bars and the forks checked. There is a specific amount of torque that is used to tighten these forks. Do not let them use a spanner and do it. The SVC guys usually guys prefer not doing this by the books because it is time consuming and tedious till you get it right. DM99 | |
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It's very likely that the KTM SVC won't do this job for you and give you another harebrained alibi. I'd advise you to take it to any Castrol Bike Point or reputed private service center. Do let us know the status after getting the aforementioned things checked. | |
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I doubt that. Have faced this issue all over the country, and even outside it! Not to mention the fact that roads generally slope out towards the left side because that's where the footpath section is. Bike pulling towards right doesn't make much sense in that scenario ![]() |
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| ![]() Probably Akshay, although I faced the same problem with the Metz too, then also with Pirelli front Michelin rear, and no with MRF front Michelin rear. I have noticed that as awesome as KTM bikes may be, their quality department can be described as shoddy at best. No 2 390s are alike! All have some slight differences, be it rim quality, or roughness, or issues. |
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At least then, somewhere in this country there would stand a KTM technician with lots of passion, skill and humility! ![]() | |
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You just spoke my mind, mate. I weigh in 3 digits and have ridden my bike as sedately as possible and avoided potholes and stones more than I'd avoid my past. Even though, there have been one or two instances where I have hit potholes hard. So hard and so quick that I didn't even get time to react or dodge. My first reaction in both the cases was to immediately pull over and check my rims, because logic would imply that when normal weighing people have their rims battered, a heavy weighing person like me would stand no chance! And in both the cases, the rims have been perfect and shiny, as they should be. Not only that, my fork and tyre pressures has been intact too! *touchwood* Call me a perfectionist or a very particular biker, but I never start a long ride without pre ride checks. Chain lubing, tyre pressures, brake pads, fork adjustments, cables & fluids check and thorough cleaning. I attribute my ride's 'no worries bro I got this' performance to this. Why? I have seen people who have kept their D390s in such condition that the 'Duke' on the fuel tank would best be scratched out and 'Adventure' written on top of it. The catch here? They're the one with the most complaints and niggles. And this is a fact, at least for me. Mods, I wasn't able to merge both of my replies nor delete both replies and try a fresh 'quote +' feature. Kindly merge. Thanks! Last edited by barcalad : 11th February 2015 at 22:08. |
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