I have been having a lot of trouble getting the brake rotors to line up with the callipers. I had a chat with the chaps at Motorworks about fork yokes. Click HERE for their website. They suggested I took some pictures and email to them. Well....I got the camera out and went into the garage. I had a hard look at the forks to try and work out where the problem is. I have done this several times before. The difference is that this times the penny dropped.
I am ashamed to reveal I had put the forks on back to front. The fix was easy enough to do. Seat off, Tanks off, front wheel out, mudguard off, callipers off, handle bars off and finally the forks. The big fork end bolts had to come off then I undid the bottom yoke pinch bolts. I knocked a wedge in the pinch bolt slot which opened the yokes to make removing the stanchions. I swapped the stanchions over and started to reassemble the front of the bike. Whilst I had the fork leg top out I took the opportunity to fit the auxiliary instrument pods brackets which fit on the top of the top yoke and held in place by the top yoke bolt. I put the handle bars back on which was a bit fiddly. Then I jacked the stand up to put the mud guard at a easy working height. Then the bike was jacked up to the top level to fit the wheel. The wheel went on but the brake rotors still did line up correctly. It was not out by much. Whilst have a chin scratch I saw that I had left in the spacers between the rotor and the wheel body. I took off the discs and removed the spacers. Then a few minutes later the discs were bolted back in place. It was no surprise that the wheel slipped into place between the fork legs and neatly into the callipers. The wheel spindle was fitted and the pinch bolt nipped up. It took a few minutes the adjust the eccentric cams within the callipers. The wheels and brakes now spin freely. I finished off by topping up the battery electrolyte, refitting the tank and the seat.
That is the last of the mechanical jobs. I have an electrical problem to fix. Then just a small job to fit a instrument pod but I am not which pod is to house.
