Since reading about this alignment issue's come up... I've read here and there that the HD MoCo have purposely offset the front and rear's vertical line somewhere between 8 and 13mm.
Modern Harley-Davidsons have the rear wheel offset somew
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Anyone here able to debunk as to why, or explain as to why this statement's presence rampant through out the www?
Could this be HD's way of balancing the engine's disproportional position in how it sits on the frame? And how it effects the steering characteristics of the bike?

 

You both are totally missing the point. You take your hands off to check the alignment. The bike SHOULD continue in a straight line is the point of this thread. Just a doing it for a second isn't dangerous unless you're a terrible rider.

 

It's you. Your applying to much front brake and not enough rear to counter balance.

 

No one said anything about applying brakes, so not correct. We are taking about riding straight then removing your hands off the steering.

 

Hang some of those extra long tassels off the right side of your handlebar and the drag it produces will make your bike ride straight as an arrow.

 

Sorry, you said pulling no drifting.

The tassels are a keepsake front Rompers wife's nipples.

 

1. Both of who?

2. Exactly what did you read in my quote that makes you think I disagree with what you're saying and that I'm therefore "missing the point"?

 

They don't all do it. My dyna did for a short time. It started over a couple years time. Solution, tightened spokes on front rim. They were all loose and needed to be tightened and the front rim trued. My 2014 deluxe just started doing it. Had new tires and brakes put on and it started to pull left when i got it finished. Solution, rear tire out of alignment. From center of axel to center of bolt on swing arm on right side was 3/8" shorter then same distance on left side from center of axel to bolt on swing arm. Solution, used coat hanger and wrenches to adjust an align rear tire to get the same measurement from center of axel to bolts on swing arm making sure both sides measured equal on the coat hanger. Check belt tension when finished.