Kevhed

Thanks for all the suggestions! I got my tabs welded (with negative batt cable disconnected) for 10,00 and they seem to be very strong. As for the wandering, I was finally able to get at the bearing nuts with a long thin steel rod and a hammer. One of the prev owners had already taken the washer out so the 2 nuts were jammed together. I loosened the nuts almost a full 2 inches just to get the bars to rebound a little, It seems to have fixed my wandering by about 95%, I still have a very small bit of wander at about 35 so I may try to loosen just a bit more, The steering is wayyy lighter and "neutral" than the fighting and constant corrections I had before. Drives great. Thanks again. Kev

Chasing an instability problem and am trying to get to the bearings. I believe they are too tight as the bars will not move to the stop without assistance. It appears someone has tried to loosen them with a flat blade. I can see the marks. There is no washer between the nuts. My question is I have the bars off and have removed the big nut over the part that covers the bearing nuts. I loosened the 2 bolts around the top of the forks (by the A Hex head top caps) but am not sure what actually needs to be done to get that part off so I can get at the bearing nuts. Any help would be appreciate. I am waiting for a manual. Thanks

Just got a 90 vr with about 40k on it. Simple question- with the bike on the center stand, not running and in neutral, I spin the back tire forward and it sounds kind of like a roulette wheel. No noise going backward. I have a shaft drive Honda cx500 and it makes no noise in either direction. The bike runs great but I want to make sure this is not something to be concerned with. Thanks

Thanks for all the feedback. I have Dunlop elites front and back maybe 50% left. Pressure 42 rear and 38 front so I am hoping fixing the class and getting some air in the shocks will help the wandering. I am going to the welder tomorrow. Is disconnecting the battery negative sufficient to protect the electronics?

Thanks Pete. The prob with frame tab is its 90 degrees. There is a chunk which attaches to the " half circle" that's left and then the tab bends 90 degrees to accept the bolt coming from above. The part that bends 90 is broken off. I am wondering if the steering bearings are too tight. On the center stand with front off ground the bars won't drop to the side without assistance and don't bounce hardly at all from the stop.

Fram pic

Trunk bracket- you can see the broken mounting tab- like half a circle. The mounting hole in front of the broken tab is where the bolt drops down to the broken tab on the frame. The broken tab in this pic accepts the back of the passenger grab rail.

Hello- Just got a new 90 vr with 40k on the clock. Runs well but a couple of things to start with. The trunk was really loose so when I removed it the bracket on the bike almost directly under the rear of the grab rail is broken. It's the bracket on the bike frame where the bolt drops down through the trunk bracket and into the l shaped bracket welded to the frame. Snapped in two. The broken half was still there. Can this be welded back together? The bracket on the trunk mount frame where the grab rail connects also snapped in two. Same side must have really taken a whack. Right at the circular hole where the grab rail enters. Can this be welded as well? On the ride home the bike felt like a drunken sailor from 20 to 80. Very unnerving. The class was not working but I have already fixed that and aired up the shocks. Have not driven it since because the trunk is hangin there but I hope it helps the wandering problem Any help is always appreciated. Kev