10-04-13, 11:32 AM
(10-04-13, 10:38 AM)Lawrence link Wrote: There's a little sticky out thing at the front of the headstock (at the bottom iirc) that limits steering movement. It's possible to snap it in an accident though.
That's the "stop plate" for the steering lock. It is possible that it could have been broken. I have seen these snapped in a video with nothing but the force of a guys foot on the handle bars. The video was to demonstrate how easy steering locks could be bypassed by thieves.
This is his second spill and although I don't know the details of the first spill, but if it was along the same lines of his second spill above, then it's possible that the steering lock plate could have been snapped in the first spill. It's also possible that the handlebars could have shifted down and in closer to the tank after the first spill and it wasn't detected.
Just to keep handle bars futher away from the tank and to increase comfort....I bought these risers......
http://foc-u.co.uk/index.php/topic,6914.0.html