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Post by justincase on Sept 1, 2022 9:55:47 GMT 10
I use a magnetic digital inclinometer on the rear brake disc. Amazon and a few AU auto part stores have them around AUD$45 or cheaper with an internet search. ……Digital inclinometer………your I phone has one. 👀. Just sayin’. Yeah but, no but, how much are they? If only I had one!
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Post by Uralee on Sept 1, 2022 13:31:29 GMT 10
Ha ha, Iphone is an expensive gauge but works well and if you can’t figure out what to do you can call a friend. 🤣🤣
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Post by miker on Sept 1, 2022 13:34:58 GMT 10
I use a magnetic digital inclinometer on the rear brake disc. Amazon and a few AU auto part stores have them around AUD$45 or cheaper with an internet search. ……Digital inclinometer………your I phone has one. 👀. Just sayin’. Ah, but wait! You must have an absolutely level floor for that to work. I install signs for a living, if we used spirit or iPhone levels to get everything straight, we'd mostly have a lot of level signs that didn't look level because of a wonky floor or ceiling or building fascia.
Cat amongst the pigeons..... I have a digital angle finder, a bit like a sliding bevel, but it's 400mm long on each arm and can find an angle between say, the floor and the disc rotor on your Ural. I just did a bit of a test. On the Angle finder, I have 90.5 degrees of angle between the floor and the disc rotor, or 0.5 degree lean out. If I put the iPhone on the floor it shows 0 degrees, but a spirit level shows it to slope away slightly to the left of the rear wheel. If I put the iPhone on the disc rotor it shows 0 degrees (perfectly vertical) and if I offer up the spirit level it also shows the rotor to be perfectly vertical ie. the bubble in the middle.
So, the floor not being perfectly horizontal, can show a difference in the vertical if you use a digital inclinometer. The only way to be sure is to use that same inclinometer on the floor before taking your reading from the disc rotor.
Then begs the question... doe's 0.5 degrees really make that much of a difference? Can you over think it? Oh indeed you can.....
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Post by Uralee on Sept 1, 2022 15:30:32 GMT 10
Yes, you are over thinking it. You only need a starting point…….as I said, set it between 0 and 1 degree……the final adjustment is done on the road. If your floor is 0.5 and and phone or whatever says 0 then you are ready for a test ride with spanners in the boot. 👍😇. Try to have the minimum of both toe-in and lean out with it steering to your liking (or as a URAL does)……😂
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Post by miker on Sept 1, 2022 15:51:32 GMT 10
Yes, you are over thinking it. You only need a starting point…….as I said, set it between 0 and 1 degree……the final adjustment is done on the road. If your floor is 0.5 and and phone or whatever says 0 then you are ready for a test ride with spanners in the boot. 👍😇. Try to have the minimum of both toe-in and lean out with it steering to your liking (or as a URAL does)……😂 I knew I was over thinking it. My post was more tongue in cheek than anything else.... Riding my Ural reminds me of driving my long gone Land Rover Series 3. You never knew whether it would steer straight, let alone stop straight. 😂
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Post by keith on Sept 3, 2022 9:12:45 GMT 10
I went through the lean out adjustment early on , the bike came to me new with a 3 degree lean out , I felt like a was riding along the side of a hill. I started adjusting it with the use of my Iphone inclinator app , pieces of string and so on , the iphone app was the best. I finally adjusted it to about 1 degree and it feels much better. But...It's not an exact science , there are so many variables , How much weight in the sidecar , how much fuel in the tank etc et , it goes on.
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Post by Uralee on Sept 3, 2022 9:26:54 GMT 10
Keith…….yes! 👍👍👏👏
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