| Author | Message | ||
     Huxley |
First I'd like to say what's up to everyone. I picked up a new black Uly last week and it has to go on my list of all time best decisions. What a fantastic motorcycle. Previous bikes include an xs1100 turned muscle bike, a CRM250 dual sport( 2-stroke street legal, I was overseas) and a yzf600. The Uly really does have the best of each of those and is the easiest bike to ride I've ever been on. I was hoping that my first post be more helpful than needy but such is life. Has anyone here had problems with the front tire contacting the chin spoiler? I have slight but obvious contact right between the front fairing torx screws, with quite a bit of tire dust covering the chin spoiler. I changed the oil at 22 mi after a motoman type break-in so my first suspicion was that the fairing was not mounted properly, but after double checking I can't see how it could fit tighter. I will pull it off again tomorrow to be triple sure. I also thought excessive head slop might be letting the tire come back under hard breaking, but after pushing, pulling and tugging everyway I can think of there is no obvious play. I'm sure I will sort it out in the next couple of days I'm just curious if anyone else has seen this problem. Visions of bent frames and flexing forks haunt me. Thanks for any thoughts. | ||
| Fubar |
I have a very slight scuff. I have done a couple of aggressive stops, but not "stoppie" level stuff. I am a bit worried too... | ||
| Huxley |
No stoppies for me either, one little "dork wheelie" which compressed the suspension pretty good, but it was far from "slamming down". At least I'm not alone. | ||
| Daves |
I have had that on all the XBs I have ridden. I figured it was from all the wheelies? Don't worry about it it has never caused me any problems. | ||
| Huxley |
Thanks Dave, I've lurked enough to respect your opinion. By the time I got home and noticed the rubbing I figured it was a minor nuisance as it had not caught enough to feel it or throw me over the bars. Besides it should self clearance in short order. I'm still going to investigate a bit further before I write it off as a "quirk" of the bike though. I work on aircraft in quality assurance so I tend to get a little paranoid. | ||
| Lowflyer |
I have done plenty of wheelies and stoppies and do not have any evidence of wheel-to-fairing contact. I don't understand why some bikes have this and some do not.  | ||
| Brat |
Same here, though I tend to hang on with my knees rather than hands, maybe throwing your shoulder weight into the bars does it? | ||
| Lowflyer |
I have noticed that some bikes have a different color on the front of the fairing. Some are greyish with black on the sides, but mine is black with black on the sides. I wonder if the ones with the grey colored front piece are the ones that have the problem. ...er...scratch that, it looks like Brat has the grey fairing.  (Message edited by lowflyer on April 03, 2006) | ||
| Aeholton |
Mine has plenty of road grime, but no tire contact marks. I wheelie as much as I can. Wonder if if some header pipes cause the muffler to be mounted ever so slightly forward. | ||
| Debueller |
My Uly scuffed the chin since day one. When I put the drummer on it I slightly pushed the muffler to the rear of the bike when tightening down the strap clamps. Now I don't notice any additonal rub marks. I agree with Aeholton, I think it has to do with the position of the muffler. | ||
| Debueller |
Also, remember that the muffler/chin is attached to the engine. When braking hard over jolting bumps the rubber engine isolators could allow some foward movement of the entire engine/muffler/chin assembly. I wouldn't worry except for the cosmetic issue. BTW my chin fairing looks kinda rough anyway due to road grime, gravel, ect. |
