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So last weekend I went out and had a small wreck. Everything is fine as far as the whole bike goes. The crash cage worked like a charm and I rode the bike after that with no issues.
When I was loading the bike back up I noticed it had a odd noise in the front somewhere. A few guys looked at it and also thought it was odd but no clue as to what it could be.
I took gas tank off and looked around, everything was in the proper place and no issues, the frame seemed fine and no cracks that I noticed.
So anyhow, here is a video that I made demonstrating the noise. It comes from the very front of the bike, Near radiator area. I do not know if the sound is fooling me but I am pretty sure its from the front. Anyhow, here it is.
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i dont know whats doing it but i wish every body that needed help made a vid like this. somebody should be able to help no prob
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hahaha, thanks man. yeah I wish it was brighter but by the time I am off work and I also took crash cage apart and no issues spotted so I figured I would make a video to ask. Figured talking about it just wouldn't be enough. Either way, solution or not, ima go out again this weekend and practice getting to balance point.
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Originally Posted by
vegasrider2005
i dont know whats doing it but i wish every body that needed help made a vid like this. somebody should be able to help no prob
This. One thousand times this.
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could it be your bearings
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Or the springs might be rubbing on the forks you could have bent the forks a bit for it to make that noise my f4i used to do that noise after i wrecked it
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Originally Posted by
*Crash*
Or the springs might be rubbing on the forks you could have bent the forks a bit for it to make that noise my f4i used to do that noise after i wrecked it
^^^ That's what i was thinking. Maybe one of the springs are hung up or broken. You'd be suprised how straight i bike can ride on twisted forks too. Maybe they are a lil tweaked
Hope you find out whats wrong bro.
Great idea with the vid in the post
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Thanks for the fast replies guys.
Crash, how long did you ride your bike after that? I don't really want to replace the forks just yet, but if its something I need to do i guess I should. One odd thing is, I laid the bike on its side and compressed the forks and didn't hear it. It could be the bearing actually because when I put force of the complete front while on the ground the noise came up, I will look at it again tomorrow and try to get another video of the bike laid over.
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Front wheels in the air anyway, fuck it
My triples are bent, my forks are bent, and I'm pretty sure my neck bearings are fucked up.
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Originally Posted by
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Thanks for the fast replies guys.
Crash, how long did you ride your bike after that? I don't really want to replace the forks just yet, but if its something I need to do i guess I should. One odd thing is, I laid the bike on its side and compressed the forks and didn't hear it. It could be the bearing actually because when I put force of the complete front while on the ground the noise came up, I will look at it again tomorrow and try to get another video of the bike laid over.
For ever it was an f4i
