I'd like to see if this would be a useful post and have those guys with a lot of experience post their various tips on different kinds of modifications, procedures, etc. I spend a lot of time reading on this forum and those little nuggets of useful information are sometimes hard to find. And I'm talking about the simple things like when you're removing your tank take a balled-up rag and put it in between the tank and the bracket where you took the bolt out of so that it gives you more room to work on the fuel line and vacuum line coming off the petcock valve.
So I'll start it off by sharing one tip that I don't think I've seen anybody else use that for me made a huge difference when I try to do the string thing and align my back tire. And I'm not going to share the whole procedure. I'm just adding one little tip. There are some great posts (FOG) that take you step by step through the string thing so I'm not going to duplicate that. But what I did was take a piece of wood and cut it to the same width as my back tire, 140 mm (5.512in). Then I used this as a spacer between the strings out past the front tire. That way I knew 100% that the strings running from the back tire out past the front tire were exactly parallel (as long as I followed the rest of the instructions) this made a world of difference for me and I hope it helps you.
And if doing it this way will be too confusing, let me know and I'll just post that tip on a string thing thread.
Thanks!
So I'll start it off by sharing one tip that I don't think I've seen anybody else use that for me made a huge difference when I try to do the string thing and align my back tire. And I'm not going to share the whole procedure. I'm just adding one little tip. There are some great posts (FOG) that take you step by step through the string thing so I'm not going to duplicate that. But what I did was take a piece of wood and cut it to the same width as my back tire, 140 mm (5.512in). Then I used this as a spacer between the strings out past the front tire. That way I knew 100% that the strings running from the back tire out past the front tire were exactly parallel (as long as I followed the rest of the instructions) this made a world of difference for me and I hope it helps you.
And if doing it this way will be too confusing, let me know and I'll just post that tip on a string thing thread.
Thanks!