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<blockquote data-quote="dirtbkr188" data-source="post: 172470" data-attributes="member: 4334"><p>I've had this happen to me on a few occasions with mid '80's Z50R models that I had. I can't explain why, but the bars/top triple would be slightly offset to one side or the other, not perfectly in line with the front wheel and frame. Everything looked fine, no cracks or broken welds (that I could see) where the fork tubes are attached to the lower triple. It just seemed to have a slight "flex" to it, and I simply realigned everything by smacking a tree with the front wheel, much like I used to do as a kid with my bicycle. Granted it didn't make for a permanent fix to the issue, but everything lined up straight, at least until the next time I crashed.</p><p>I honestly never let it bother me, the bikes were backyard track-n-trail riders for overgrown 8-year olds, and were only capable of 0 to 34.57MPH sometime before the sun goes down.</p><p>If anyone has experienced this and can explain why this happens, and how to fix it, I'd be curious to know.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dirtbkr188, post: 172470, member: 4334"] I've had this happen to me on a few occasions with mid '80's Z50R models that I had. I can't explain why, but the bars/top triple would be slightly offset to one side or the other, not perfectly in line with the front wheel and frame. Everything looked fine, no cracks or broken welds (that I could see) where the fork tubes are attached to the lower triple. It just seemed to have a slight "flex" to it, and I simply realigned everything by smacking a tree with the front wheel, much like I used to do as a kid with my bicycle. Granted it didn't make for a permanent fix to the issue, but everything lined up straight, at least until the next time I crashed. I honestly never let it bother me, the bikes were backyard track-n-trail riders for overgrown 8-year olds, and were only capable of 0 to 34.57MPH sometime before the sun goes down. If anyone has experienced this and can explain why this happens, and how to fix it, I'd be curious to know. [/QUOTE]
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