There are only three main components here in the rear frame section that determine alignment. The fender, the wheel and the swingarm. If the fender is centered to the frame, and the modified wheel is sectioned evenly and spaced properly, there is only one other factor remaining to create misalignment...the swingarm. Did you have any problems fitting the swingarm in the frame or connecting the shock linkage? When you take the pics, show the mod done to the swingarm too. Good luck.
Rich B.

 

The stock fender can be off center. It has happened many times. The wheels are perfectly centered.

 

quote:Originally posted by Bismarck

The stock fender can be off center. It has happened many times. The wheels are perfectly centered.



I checked the wheel as well - and the distance from each edge to the center line was the same. I was up last night until 2am building a jig for the rear wheel to measure the exact spacing and how the wheel sits in the frame. The center line of the bike - tank and rear frame mount - falls between 1/4 - 1/2" to the right of the center line of the wheel. There are no changes to the spacers and no issues with the swing arm - everything else lines up as it should with the brake caliper, pulley, etc. I shimmed the fender over last night and finished the bike - I will get it to Daytona and have Shawn and Sam at BMS take a closer look at it to make sure that there isn't something that I am missing.

 

I have the same situation with the 280...My temporary solution is getting ride of the rear fennder. When the bike was lowered more the fender struts hit the tire both on the left and right side. On the rightside, the struts hit about 1/4" form the edge of the tire and the leftside, the struts hit about 1/8" from the edge of the tire. Rides fine I m just going to have to space the struts out more on the right to make a fender line up with the tire. You really cant tell unless you see the marks on the tire. I have no clearance problems with the belt or the pulleys alignment. High speeds do not feel any different, no wobbles or vereing left or right.

 

ok, now i'm worried.... I have a baron's arm and waiting for a 240 from Reza. Anyone have problems with this set up? Any advice?

 

Sammy , has this thing been solved ??
What was the outcome ?

Kyle

 

I shimmed the fender over 1/4". You can't REALLY tell - it's a temp fix.

 

Just out of curiosity where did you get the swingarm and rim? If its Cycle image I have reza number and Can't imagine him not walking you through it.

 

I want to bring this up again. I installed the 280 wheel, swingarm, hidden bracket, custom fender and realized that my wheel is off center. Where can possibly the issue be? The wheel has been spaced properly on the axle using all stock parts. The fender sits symmetrically aligned on the bike once I bolt it to struts. The remaining parts are the swingarm and widened rim..

 

Right side

Left side

It appears that the wheel is roughly 1/2” or even more off the center to right side:

I doubt that’s the way it should be.

 

The warriors rear wheel is off center from the beginning.....So ur gonna have to shimmed the wheel you it doesn't rub on the lip of fender.



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To make fender perfectly aligned on the wheel I’d have to shim it ~1/2” which seems to me a lot. Or just to shim it for a bit like you said so the wheel has no contact with fender lip. Cause it does now , fender comes right on the edge of the tire.

 

When I installed my 260 kit the tire wasn't centered. Had to modify the wheel spacers and ended up having to shim out one of the fender stays to slightly pull the fender out so I could tuck the tire in the fender when my air ride is down.

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Did that mess up the seat position as it’s bracket would move to the right too? Does it all look ok now if you look at the bike from the rear? Cause when I look at mine now, you can tell that the wheel is more on the right side, making the LeD taillight look to be off the center.
I’m also concerned that after shifting the fender you’d feel that slight twist of the seat under your butt that would be a few degree off . Correct me if I’m wrong.
Sounds like I’d have to grind the spacer on left side and add that amount to the right side..

 

I run a 280 also. I bought wheel spacers for Harley on eBay and had them machined to move my custom wheel more to the left to center the wheel. The left one had to be shortened and the right one i added what i removed from the left side to compensate for the wider distance it created on the right side. Also, having a 1 1/2" front pulley makes it easier to adjust the belt so it does not get to close to the tire and rub. I'm going to the 33 tooth pulley pretty soon to try that out.

 

Me personally would just shim it so theres no contact of the fender to the tire.
But also remember the you have to check that it doesn't bottom out on the inside of the fender...

This issue is why I went with the 250..

It fits perfectly and no shimming or rubbing issues.

Goodluck you'll get it all figured out

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Cool, i got few ideas now. One is to shim the fender, which may cause some issues with putting the seat back in place. Another is to grind the left wheel spacer. Let me go and take a few pictures and share the setup I have now before I started adjusting it.

I got the 33T pulley too, I just have not installed it yet. When I look at the belt now from the rear of the bike, I see that it sits closer to the outter pulley edge leaving a small gap on the right side. Ill take a pic and show what I mean.
The belt does not rub now as there is small gap in between belt and tire. Cause I added washers under the rear pulley pushing it out for a bit.

 

Stock pulley and belt position with 280 wheel:

The other side of the belt:

Gap between the wheel and the belt:

Stock wheel spacers on both sides:

Here is what I think - shifting the wheel to the left would eventually move brake rotor too along with it. This will create problem for my hidden brake bracket.

Or moving both the wheel and the hidden bracket to the left will require adjustment of the brake bracket mounting point. That makes me think that the only option left is to shim the fender.