Fork alignment

[b1k3rdude]

Someone will correct me if Im wrong, but this potentially sounds like one of the forks is ever so slighty bent. I have it you have tried the followign method..?

• nip up the top yoke just enough to stop the fork stancions(chrome tube) moving up through the yoke.
  
• leave the bottom yoke loose.
  
• nip up the wheel axel just enough to remove any slack between the wheel and the forks.
  
• with the bike perpendiclular to a wall or high kerb, and holding both handle bars bump the front wheel of the wall/kerb a few times.
  
• tighten lower and uppper yoke bolts and wheel axel.
  
• put on center stand and check alignment.
  

If the alignment is still off then the above will confirm a fork is bent. One trick I have used in the past as an short term work around, is to rotate for the stancion in the fork tube untill the 'bend' is facing outward and inline with the wheel axcel. That way when tightening up axel it pulls the bend in, but this only works if the bend is slight, and is only a short term fix. The stancion should either be properly straightened or replaced when finances and time allow.