I do track riding and looking to reduce my turning radius, I can't remember what the part is called that lets me reduce it! Anyone help please?
Don't quite understand the question. There are only four means of reducing turning radius: Remove restrictions caused by fairing/headstem components (for walking pace turning); Remove stops from lower yoke in conjunction with above (again only applies for walking pace); Decrease wheelbase (will aid turn in but have adverse effect on stability) Increase lean angle or compensate with shifting body weight.
So at the moment when I turn the bike I have bits that stop the steering doing a 360 if you like, they are attached to the yoke that holds the forks I think? It's like 2 teeth that hit against the frame, someone told me you can buy something that fits on and restricts the turning ... this is so that if I come off then my front wheel won't dig into the dirt and flip my bike causing more damage. At present aswell if I turn my steering because I have fitted clip ons and different fairings when I turn my steering almost full lock my brake cables are hitting my fairing.. so I want to reduce the lock of my steering so this also doesn't happen. Hope that kinda makes sense?
Ok, the bits you speak of that 'stop the steering doing a 360' are what I referred to in No. 2 as the 'stops'. The movement of your handlebars whether race clip ons or stock bars will always be restricted by fairings and/or the range of movement between bars and tank. In any situation there would be very little range of movement to be added or gained by removing the stops on the lower yoke. They are there to prevent excessive movement and consequent damage to tank/fairings. In the event of an off, whether caused by front wheel slide or rear wheel slide, if the front wheel digs in to the ground at ANY angle, there is the POTENTIAL for the bike to flip. Equally, it could continue sliding. The determining factor is the terrain along which the bike is sliding. I am not aware of any implement or modification that will prevent or reduce the incidence of such an event occurring, and firmly believe that nothing would. However, I am prepared to be corrected by one of the many experienced track riders on this forum. Perhaps not what you want to hear, but I hope this helps.
I think Liddell is actually trying to reduce the lock-to-lock movement of the handlebars by installing additional steering stops, not removing the stock ones. Obviously for track riding you don't need full side to side movement of the bars. Mate, a quick search found these: http://www.road-race-service.de/cra....html?osCsid=847c9e3443f05708b4a8e40f3a9b8f67 https://www.reactiveparts.com/reactive-parts-steering-lock-stops.html (these are for Kawasaki) What these will do is bump against the frame, before the actual steering stops on the lower triple engage, thus limiting the side-to-side movement and protecting them against damage in the event of a crash.
Yep, got it now. I did exactly that years ago by taking a small drill through the stops and inserting a bolt and double nut through the hole. Was able to adjust precisely. This of course, depends on the thickness configuration of the stop itself, BUT, could save 49.90!
Sorry for the delayed response! Appreciate the responses and yes that's exactly what I was meaning so thanks for the useful info
