Hi all, hoping someone can help me with this issue! My 08 XT660R was stolen and had a small accident! Grrrr!!! Due to a lack of funding my poor baby had to stand for a year before i could get her up and running. Now that I'm back on the road i notice that my steering is getting sticky! I obviously feel this at lower speeds when i need to turn the handle bars more to turn. It seems as if i turn the bars its rather tight and then coming to the max turn point it loosens up! When getting my bike back on the road i had a major service done, they also replaced shock seals and front brake pads. I have had the bike back 3 times to the Yamaha dealer and they assure me that nothing they have done could cause this problem. The mechanic couldn't even feel this when testing the bike. The owner however did, so they stripped everything they touched and reassembled. The problem is still there i did ask them if it could maybe be the steering head bearings which they said they don't think so as there is no real grinding when they turn the bars! Could this maybe be the start of the bearing going? I must be honest I'm rather scared to dismantle the front to check the bearings myself and i don't want to have to pay R1500 to have the bearing changed if its not going to solve the problem! I just spent R6500 repairing my bike after the theft!
Any ideas?
Would really appreciate it!