There are are indents on both sides of the swing arm specifically designed for aligning the rear axle.
Take a length of stainless steel rod, ground a point at one end and then bend that 90 degrees. use a small o-ring to mark where the axle center is on one side and then check the other.
Yea, it ain't rocket science... ut it will get the job done!

 

Amen brother

 

oh yeah dude. This is my secret weapon against the dreaded super nut. Sometimes the old way is the best way.

 

Cleared Customs and brought her home. 2015 with 824 miles!

 

Got my new bars in today. Todd's cycle 14" strip bars

 

Axle adjustment is correct and tension is where it should be. Still off about a inch or so really strange. bike rides great and tracks like it should. Hands off the bars and it is going straight down the road. Might take blue bob up on the offer.

And I didn't check to see if the fender is straight. but I did nothing to it only other change was new rear shocks.

Not a huge issue at this point just found it odd.

 

Not that simple ... If your Rotor-to Caliper alignment is good now, you have to maintain that "Relationship".

Changing the Right Spacer will mess that up. You would have to take the Material off the right side of the Caliper BRACKET (the "Spacer" part of the bracket)


Also if the the '1" Difference' is the difference in tire-to-fender gaps then it's half of that ... so 1/2" off from centerline


1/2" off seems odd, but I don't have one to look at now

 

True. I will measure again tonight. Not a huge deal like I said rides fine just looks odd, and I don't remember it look like this before I took the tire off, but then again I never measured it to check.

 

Edit: got mixed up with you and izhd on who had the accident. I'd go with checking wheel is correctly trued. Also, hard to tell from the photo but your right side shock looks like it's at a weird angle.

I'm late to the party. You said you had an accident, but I dont know what kind of accident, so I'm just going to throw out some stuff. You said your wheel spacers were correctly installed and it looked like you pulley and disc were aligned in there respective spots, which means your wheel hub is in the correct position. In my mind, this leaves:

• Wheel not true. Your rim is not positioned correctly (left to right) with respect to the hub. You'll need to have someone lace the wheel correctly
• Bent swingarm. I don't remember how it was positioned in your picture now that I think about it.
• Bent fender/fender struts. Basically wheel, swingarm and everything are correct, but you have the illusion of being off because the fender is janky.
• Wheel alignment/belt tension. If its tracking true, its probably not this. For an alignment tool, I use a metal coat hanger with a 90 degree bend and a zip tie clipped to a point to measure alignment.

 

Lost a dang screw from my sissy bar luggage rack. Looked up the part # and its $3 replace but all the places seem to want $10 for shipping... grrrr