[SittingDuck]

Uh, what do the bearings look like in there? (I'm talking about the ones supporting the steering stem)

I guess it's possible that they seized due to the extra weight from braking hard, but you surely would have realized that something was wrong before now.

Maybe it was the oil cooler that folded around your front tire when the tire hit it

 

[Rontopia]

I havent check the bearings. there has never been any reason for me to check. everything has always worked smoothly. the bars move freely smoothly from left to right. while driving or stopped.

I really had trouble moving them under heavy breaking and just after. I have been riding for 25 years. I have been in many close calls and been down once.. in all that time I have had to come to full stops to avoid a crash many times on many different bikes. this is the first time I have had something like this happen.

 

[Dino M]

So were the forks collapsed when they locked up or had they returned to there normal height? You have new tires so maybe you axle was not tightened enough and the forks were allowed to twist. Has the bike been lowered?

 

[scrivens]

Have you got a fender extender or a fork brace? Have a look at the front guard, brake line union and so on for damage. Also possible that severe compression has caused one of the damper rods to bind.

 

[greywolf]

If you apply the front brake, can you pump the suspension up and down or is it stuck? The only cases I've heard of preventing steering involved a front frame bolt falling out onto the lower triple clamp behind the steering head and jamming the mechanism.

 

[AceRider]

do u have anything installed in the fairings such as a cruise control module or horn. something must have caused it to jammed. The reason i was is then i was doing test in the garage, i discovered on full compression my Rick's brace could, at certain angle, potentially come in contact with the body of my electric cruise control module - modified a brace a little to ensure no possible foul play.

Do a stationery test. support the bike on centrestand or paddock stand AND underneath the engine. take fork caps off, spacer and washers out. push the front wheel all the way up (may need a scissor jack under the tyre to help) - at full compression turn steering left and right - is anything jamming?

I couldnt think damper rod could have jammed

good luck and let us know what happened - u should really get to the bottom of this before riding again.

 

[kick]

I would be interested to know if the forks stayed compressed during this lock-up period or not.

 

[Strider1520]

Or highway bar/pegs mounted to a skid plate? When I mounted my highway peg bar from HT, I mounted it one row of holes on the skid plate higher than is shown in the pictures because I was worried about them digging in in a tight twisty, and everything looked fine until I took it through a ditch and kind of bottomed out the front end. My front fender came above the highway bar and stuck on it when it came back down again (kind of locking up steering).

Just a thought.

 

[jeems]

I, for one, commend you on the use of "dillweed". Bravo.

And I am also glad you did not hit said dillweed.

 

[superman]

I, for one, commend you on the use of "dillweed". Bravo.

And I am also glad you did not hit said dillweed.

what EXACTLY is a dillweed??

 

[mad dingo]

Dillweed: some idiot driving a cage that pulls in front of a motorcycle and stops.

Exact definition. Look it up.

 

[kick]

what EXACTLY is a dillweed??

DILLWEED: Any person who uses a retail store to try on helmets or gear, or asks a zillion questions about products he or she is interested in and then goes home and buys said gear on-line.

 

[jeems]

DILLWEED: Any person who uses a retail store to try on helmets or gear, or asks a zillion questions about products he or she is interested in and then goes home and buys said gear on-line.

Bad day?

And dillweed is in fact an herb. But also a good insult.:thumbup:

 

[PTRider]

Dill (Anethum graveolens) is a perennial herb. It is the sole species of the genus Anethum. Fresh and dried dill leaves (called dill weed to separate it from dill seeds) is a widely used herb in many ethnic cuisines, and in the west often used with seafood, pickles, and other foods.

 

[Stromin'Nroman]

I thought it is the yak hair that is sometimes glued to the base of a fake schloinker.

Glad you kept it up.

The bike, that is.

 

[Rontopia]

LOL:thumbup:


I use the word dillweed for dumb ass drivers. people that seem to think they are the only ones on the planet when in there cars.


as far as my front forks.

how could something binding in the fork tube(s) cause the forks to lock up? I had a lot of adrenaline flowing through my vanes ( which I usually like) so what I remember my not be that accurate.

1 the bike did seem to be a little shorter than normal. by the time I noticed this I was on the side of the road in the dirt and I that I might just be on uneven ground..

2 I do remember a popping noise as well as tires screaching on the pavement..also when I tried to turn after I stopped there was a popping noise when I forced the bars over.. not a one pop and done.. it was several pops as i turned the bars.

so this leads me to understand that I had some sort of spring binding going on in the tubes? if so.

1 what can I do about it?

2 do I need to fix? is there any damage that can happen to the bike?

3 how does springs binding keep me from turning the wheel? seems like that should be independent..

as I said I have been riding for many years and I have never even heard of this before.

 

[kick]

Bad day?

Apparently, you've never worked retail?

 

[Stromin'Nroman]

I'm wondering if you might have had something come loose in the fairing. Maybe some gravel or something got kicked up in there at some time and got jarred loose during the hard stop and then it got lodged between the lower triple tree and the frame.

I have found stuff up in my fairing after getting roosted.

 

[johnnail]

any possibility the brake just plain stuck?.....oh, and did you at least give the guy a cussing?