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Old 06-26-2010, 10:00 AM
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[quote=Signal Major;6916915]Nice.. I love this one! The toilets flush the other way down there. That's what Mr. Wizard says. Should work on a bike too. It's called the Coriolis Effect.*

Ok, almost got that confused with the areolas affect.
 
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Old 06-26-2010, 10:07 AM
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My bike wanted to go left unless I leaned to compensate. Was doing some routine maint. to tighten up the rear drive belt and the rear tire wasn't aligned properly. Bought mine new and it came from the dealer miss-aligned. Now it tracks straight.
 
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Mine tracks staight and true and it even inputs small corrections itself to ensure stability. Whilst that's happening I can get break open a tinny and get down to some serious texting.........
 
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Old 06-26-2010, 03:03 PM
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It could be front tire wear. In North America, the front tires often tend to wear on the left side more than the right side.
http://www.rattlebars.com/valkfaq/tirewear/
 
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I've seen quite a few posts about Softails pulling left, but that may just be random posts that I've come across, and not a real indicator that it's a model trait. My Dyna tracks very straight with no hands, and in fact is pretty easy to steer just like a bicycle with no hands.
 
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Originally Posted by lo-rider
Bringing up your mommy may often be your first instinct but do you think your sense of your own maturity may be over-rated? Big boy?

For those who were baffled by my simple comment: "Keep your hands on the bars. End of problem", the OP has had no trouble with the bike's handling until he let go of the bars.

Guy walks into the doctor's office, raises his arm over his head, says: "Doc, it hurts when I go like that." Doc says: "Don't go like that. That'll be $100."
Do me a favor there beach boy take your shorts, flip-flops, bleached hair and opinion and pack em in your saddlebag or better yet here . If I want or need which I seriously doubt I will, I will ask. As for the Big Boy, if you want to pretend you're Mae West do it on your drag queen forum.

To the OP once you clarified it I would suggest that you take it to your indy or HD to exactly what the problem is. They only time it should fall when you take your hands off the bars if you are standing next to it and let go. Otherwise you have a problem on your hands.
 
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