Front end of bike fell too far down.

[jon.sagrero7]

Hi guys, I was recently installing some clip ons onto my bike and I got all the pieces off (and must I say was it annoying) and was finishing up the clip ons install. I was just finding the right angle to tighten the clip ons and I was leaning on my tank working on it and well then that's when my front end lowered nearly all the way down. I have no idea how to raise it back up. I hope you guys have some amazing tips. Thanks everyone!

 

[xorbe]

Iirc, one way is to strap to the garage rafters, and tap them back down through the clamps. This happened in the thread about lowering the front end too.

 

[Scott_Thomas]

Iirc, one way is to strap to the garage rafters, and tap them back down through the clamps. This happened in the thread about lowering the front end too.

+1, you need to lift bike somehow so that forks come back up. You may be able to jack underneath the exhaust (with a board between jack and exhaust) if you have the stock exhaust. I've seen a few other do it. Not the recommended way.,but should work in a pinch.

 

[jon.sagrero7]

First I want to say I got the forks back up. What I ended up doing was laying the bike on its side and I was able to lift the forks up pretty easily. Second, when I looked at my bottom triple tree, one of the screws was missing and the other one was loose. So that's the reason my bike was lowered so low when I applied weight to the tank. Now does anyone know where I can get a replacement part for the clamp that holds onto the bottom triple tree for the fork. Thanks a lot guys.

 

[Scott_Thomas]

First I want to say I got the forks back up. What I ended up doing was laying the bike on its side and I was able to lift the forks up pretty easily. Second, when I looked at my bottom triple tree, one of the screws was missing and the other one was loose. So that's the reason my bike was lowered so low when I applied weight to the tank. Now does anyone know where I can get a replacement part for the clamp that holds onto the bottom triple tree for the fork. Thanks a lot guys.

I'd check bikebandit.com They have blow up drawings to narrow parts search and are usally pretty cheap. I've ordered a bunch of OEM stuff from them.

 

[joeyboy3131]

What kind of clip on's did you get?