Hi Guys,
I've read everything I can find on the pulls-to-the-right issue for the st1300, and haven't found a solution for mine yet. Tried the updated install\torque sequence for the front tire with little to no difference. My last tire change was about a month ago with the left side of both my tires very heavily worn down due to always leaning to the left to avoid flying off the road to the right. I got about 14k miles out of my last tire set, so its not an excessive amount of wear, but obviously heavier on the left side.
To me, the problem seems to be weight balance between the left and right sides of the bike. Mine (and I assume everyone else's) seems to have a large amount of extra weight on the right side of the bike. I've read that several people have come to the conclusion of carrying heavy things in their left saddlebag to counteract this weight imbalance. I've tried that myself with success, but I don't like the idea of losing a large amount of my cargo space just to make the bike go straight.
I find it amazing that the majority of ST owners don't seem to have this problem, or at least are not reporting it.
Has anyone come up with an inventive idea for more permanently balancing the st1300? I've toyed with the idea of custom molding a lead weight and attaching it to the left crash bar (under the cover of course), but haven't attempted this yet.
How about replacing the battery with a lighter lithium version? They're lighter, but I'm not sure that its enough of a weight difference...
Any thoughts are greatly appreciated.
I've read everything I can find on the pulls-to-the-right issue for the st1300, and haven't found a solution for mine yet. Tried the updated install\torque sequence for the front tire with little to no difference. My last tire change was about a month ago with the left side of both my tires very heavily worn down due to always leaning to the left to avoid flying off the road to the right. I got about 14k miles out of my last tire set, so its not an excessive amount of wear, but obviously heavier on the left side.
To me, the problem seems to be weight balance between the left and right sides of the bike. Mine (and I assume everyone else's) seems to have a large amount of extra weight on the right side of the bike. I've read that several people have come to the conclusion of carrying heavy things in their left saddlebag to counteract this weight imbalance. I've tried that myself with success, but I don't like the idea of losing a large amount of my cargo space just to make the bike go straight.
I find it amazing that the majority of ST owners don't seem to have this problem, or at least are not reporting it.
Has anyone come up with an inventive idea for more permanently balancing the st1300? I've toyed with the idea of custom molding a lead weight and attaching it to the left crash bar (under the cover of course), but haven't attempted this yet.
How about replacing the battery with a lighter lithium version? They're lighter, but I'm not sure that its enough of a weight difference...
Any thoughts are greatly appreciated.