 Can somebody explain this?
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I posted awhile back concerning my bike pulling hard to the right and nose diving when using the front brake. No way in the world would I ever relate this to my front fender. Thinking back it started back after I removed my front fender, I was going to shorten it up a bit. While in the process of packing to move I decided to put the fender back on this morning rather than having to pack it. I took a ride this morning with my brother-in-law this morning and was telling him about the problem. As I pulled out if the drive I hit the front brake hard to let him see what was happening...nada, I went into the street up to second gear & nothing again. It now brakes straight as an arrow. Any ideas?
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Is your fender bracket tweaked?
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Sounds like the forks are twisting under brakes and the added bracing given by the front guard controls this. Although I would have thought it would pull the other way as the disc is on the left.
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A thought just occurred to me- it probably is pulling to the left initially and that acts like a counter steering input and the bike trys to turn right.
05 Speedmaster,Reverse Cone Shortys,Thunderbike AIR Kit,K&N Air Filter,Snorkel Removed,Dynojet Stage 1 Kit(126 main),Needle-Clip 1 From Bottom,42 Pilot,NGK Iridium Plugs,Progressive Springs,Hagon 2810's,Barnett Green Springs,TTP Safe-Start,MOSFET R/R
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Bracket not tweaked, maybe as Cloudy said, a bit of fork twist. I did remove the shrouds a few months ago and added gaiters but I don't think that would compromise the forks.
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Did you try with the fender off but the bracket in place ala fork brace? There have been a lot of "dog bones" installed over the years to mitigate fork twist from brake loading.
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Take two minutes to remove the front fender again and see IF the problem comes back.  I ride 50% of the time without the front fender (and no bracket) and I've never felt any pull. Just sayin'.
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did you do anything with fork oil? anything to make it uneven? maybe that would cause pull? is your rear tire aligned? are your forks even in the triple tree?
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