Thread: Is that normal?
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Old 05-29-2010, 12:47 PM   #14
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Originally Posted by NONE_too_SOFT View Post
what do you mean "cocked to the side"? like the tire isnt set on the wheel or the axle is cock-eyed? that sounds like a very dangerous situation.
Like the rear tire is not aligned straight. When I first started riding nobody really showed me how to adjust my chain length on my own, so after some reading I tackled the job myself, but I skipped the part where it said to do both sides of the swingarm to keep the wheel straight. After adjusting it a few times the wheel was so crooked in the swingarm that it cause major handling problems.

As for the front wheel, the ex500 ninja has a tendancy when dropped to twist the front forks in the triple trees, causes the rider to want to fight with the bike to keep it going straight
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