possible fork problem

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possible fork problem

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my nephew accidentally backed straight into my 01 suzuki bandit 1200 over the weekend pushing it back about 18 inches :furious: (thankfully, it dodn't fall over!) At first, I thought he only cracked the front fender, but once I started riding, I noticed the front brakes were rubbing, when I know for sure they weren't rubbing before. My guess is the forks are bent, so is there an easy way to check them, or should I just take it to a garage?

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#2 Unread post by Sev »

pics please
Of course I'm generalizing from a single example here, but everyone does that. At least I do.

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Sev wrote:pics please
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:laughing:

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#5 Unread post by flynrider »

That looks like a spork problem to me.
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#6 Unread post by Skier »

The fork problem is the fork is actually a spork.
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