12-06-2015, 08:19 AM
G'day all. Yes, interesting thread. The thing that is really interesting is that if I took a photo of my my bike and achieved that result my first action would be to look at the bike. Shouldn't be any optical illusions there. Not unless I had my beer glasses on. However, I would definitely not take a photo, think that the wheel was off centred, then immediately post that photo on this forum asking for help and then sit down, eating popcorn, and watch the replies come in. Unless, of course, I was pot stirring. And that doesn't happen on this forum. Does it?
On the other hand if I looked at my bike and thought that the rear wheel had mysteriously migrated a little to the left, particularly if it had been in someone else's care, I would have a thorough check of the assembly. As I mentioned in a previous post, I have seen a bloke, "Dinky" by name, when replacing the front wheel, interchange the spacers. The wheel did go back on easily but he was having some difficulty getting the brake calliper back in place. He was grateful for a little advice. Just to set this in context, some years ago I was watching this same bloke change piston rings by clamping the piston skirt, rather than the con rod, in a bench vice so that he could remove and replace the rings. Didn't do much for ensuring that the piston stayed in round. Fortunately I picked him up while he was doing the first of four. He bought me a beer or two for saving him the cost of a set of new pistons. I often wondered if he would have managed to get the pistons back in the bores without using a rubber mallet. Knowing my mate he may have thought a hammer would have been a better tool. So, as my Dad used to say, "If it can be done, it will be done". Sort of like Murphy's Law.
Mockhoff, keep us posted.
Cheers.
And Chip, I keep going back to the photos of your bike, including the one above. Beautiful. Thanks to you, I am going to change the mirrors on my CB. A Christmas gift for Last Blast.
Cheers again.
On the other hand if I looked at my bike and thought that the rear wheel had mysteriously migrated a little to the left, particularly if it had been in someone else's care, I would have a thorough check of the assembly. As I mentioned in a previous post, I have seen a bloke, "Dinky" by name, when replacing the front wheel, interchange the spacers. The wheel did go back on easily but he was having some difficulty getting the brake calliper back in place. He was grateful for a little advice. Just to set this in context, some years ago I was watching this same bloke change piston rings by clamping the piston skirt, rather than the con rod, in a bench vice so that he could remove and replace the rings. Didn't do much for ensuring that the piston stayed in round. Fortunately I picked him up while he was doing the first of four. He bought me a beer or two for saving him the cost of a set of new pistons. I often wondered if he would have managed to get the pistons back in the bores without using a rubber mallet. Knowing my mate he may have thought a hammer would have been a better tool. So, as my Dad used to say, "If it can be done, it will be done". Sort of like Murphy's Law.
Mockhoff, keep us posted.
Cheers.
And Chip, I keep going back to the photos of your bike, including the one above. Beautiful. Thanks to you, I am going to change the mirrors on my CB. A Christmas gift for Last Blast.
Cheers again.