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Offline BSAA10

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Heavy front end
« on: 11.07. 2023 01:44 »
Maybe a silly question. I have a 1961 A10. It seems very heavy in the front end and quite hard to push around and manoeuvre when parking. Seems ok when riding. Is this a problem? Mark

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Re: Heavy front end
« Reply #1 on: 11.07. 2023 03:53 »
G'day Mark
Low tyre pressure, too tight steering damper/steering head bearings and/or brake adjusted too tight.
Both my 51 & 57 are easy.
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Re: Heavy front end
« Reply #2 on: 11.07. 2023 06:33 »
Have you raised the front end off the ground and checked the things Musky mentioned? When removing the front wheel I usually put a piece of wood under the centre stand and use a trolley jack under the sump until the back wheel just makes contact with the garage floor.

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Re: Heavy front end
« Reply #3 on: 11.07. 2023 09:20 »
Is it the correct front end ?
Anthing from a C15 to a A65 or B/M series will fit in the steering stem but shorter forks will also make it heavier to psh because it alters the centre of balance closer to th front wheel .
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Re: Heavy front end
« Reply #4 on: 11.07. 2023 16:09 »
More to the point, what are you comparing it to?
"Heavy" is subjective.

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Re: Heavy front end
« Reply #5 on: 11.07. 2023 20:41 »
"Heavy" is subjective.

That’s like heavy, man.