How do I stop the front wheel of my motorcycle from shimmying?
375366
A lot depends on what kind of shimmy it is, there could be a few causes. First thing that comes to mind is something wrong with the tire. Check tire pressure of both front and back tires. They should be equal. Also have the balance checked. It's new enough to still be under warranty. If it's bothersome return to where you bought it and have them check it out. Better to be safe than sorry on a bike. Good luck!
256946
Check to see how badly worn the pads are. Most pads have lines in them perpendicular to wheel. Once the pads have worn down to where the lines are longer there, its time to replace them. Also, clean your rims where the pads make contact with the rim. As the pads weear down they leave part on the rims. Finally, on the brake levers where the cable enters the housing there should be an adjusting nut. Turn this to take up the extra slack in your cables as the pads wear down.
702464
it's OK!!! but take the wheels off first!!
569815
Hit the CTRL Key and with your scrool bar mouse..move it down. The wheelie thing on the mouse.
1156123
The wheels in contact with the ground are the only source of force to change your motion from straight-line.  On flat ground, only the motorcycle can lean into the turn.
825445
you have to give it alot of gas at first to get it pop up. then use your body to help keep balance, but also use the throttle a little. give it a little gas if you feel the front end going down. dont kick the gas too hard, if you do you'll fall backwards, and that will hurt.
551723
Just jam yer foot on the brake, then stomp the gas.  The engine will overpower the brake on the driven wheel.  \n\nYou are already screwing up your car, why not burn up the brakes too?
1082270
nearly all motorcycles have front and rear disc brakes but normally the rear brake is a smaller single disc as opposed to a larger twin disc set up at the front. This is because the weight of the bike mainly transfers to the front under braking hence the need for powerfull brakes up front....the rear gets lighter so only minimal amount of braking power is needed so as not to lock up the rear wheel.
1031387
As far as reving high, you need carburator adjustment. This may solve the choke problem as well. For the bike kicking into gear by itself, if it is new they will do that until broken in properly but if it is older you need to check the clutch plates as they may be worn and need to be replaced.
593478
Remove the tyre and inner tube. \n\nSaw through the rim. Take a large mallet and gradually bash away until the rim is one long straight piece.\n\nJob done - but I can't think why you'd want to do this ....
428456
Get a book. "The Bicycle Wheel" by Jobst Brandt is the best out there.\n\nIf you don't know what you're doing, you can cause more harm than good. Proper wheel truing involves maintaining correct and even spoke tension throughout the wheel.\n\nNot only to you have to worry about lateral adjustment (while maintaining the proper wheel dish - meaning the rim is centered over the hub), you also need to ensure that the wheel stays round. Experience will better enable you to disscern whether the rim is out of round to the high side or low side of things (in this way, you'll also know whether you need to increase or decrease spoke tension - but remembering that you should be mindful of balancing things out on the opposite side of the wheel).
174813
It is best to hire a pro for this but if you must give it a go yourself heres the methods.\n  1=The spokes should be removed. 2- true the wheel 3-reinstall the spokes tightening slowly and carefully. The spokes can alter both the twist of your wheel as well the roundness.Tighten like you would a drum skin meaning not in rotation but opposing noting as well the side of the hub each spoke is fastened this is what will create or eliminate twist.The roundness is controlled by the distribution of torque.You can also eliminate the complete removal of the spokes but will most likly not achieve the same results.
755299
I would guess you have a derailleur problem, freewheel or cassette it doesn't matter or make a difference.\nThe 1st thing to address would be make sure your tension bolt is adjusted to the proper tension.\n\nIf this doesn't work you may have to adjust your high and low adjustment screws which will adjust your pulleys with your top and low gear.\nThis is done by shifting to the lowest gear and turning the low adjustment screw or bolt so that the guide pulley moves to a position directly below the low gear and then repeat the process again using the high end adjustment bolt with your highest gear.\n\nAfter that try adjusting the adjustment bolt, it's on the back of the derailleur the one the cable runs through.\n1st put your bike on a stand and put your chain on the second smallest gear and turn the crank slowly, if your chain is touching 3rd gear turn the adjustment bolt clockwise until the chain noise is gone.\n If it's touching 1st gear then turn it counterclockwise until the noise is gone. \nFollowing the procedure should solve your problem.
1186713
Damn, I did the same thing to mine last weekend! Lucky for me, I just pushed it back into the water after running up on an unseen sand bar - and it started right back up, no problems.  I dunno about yours though -- I guess it would really depend on how much debris you sucked up in the intake. I think all I had was a little bit of sand, no rocks. Gotta be careful not to damage the turbines. If it's bad, I'd probably call Yamaha and get them to tell me what they thought. Good luck.
241180
By the throttle there should be a little screw that u turn
575330
In brief.... friction.\n\nBasically, there is friction at the hub of the wheel which is acting as a force that slows down the wheel. In addition, there is also friction between the wheel and the air surrounding it (often called wind resistance). The two forces will eventually stop the wheel.
710361
If your chain is streched, I would just get a new one.\nThe chain is already streched out, it won't last to long.\nBut like most guys I ride with they're lazy, so before you take the chain off, look and see how many links needs to come off by pulling the chain tight. You need a rivet remover to pop links off.