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    So last night in southwest wisconsin we had a pretty bad wind/rainstorm. Long story short somebody came and told me my bike was laying down, I ran outside to find it tipped over, with a tiny scratch on the swingarm, and a busted blinker, and a busted bar end mirror, I was thankful that nothing else was ruined and set it next to the building out of the wind. Upon riding it the morning my worst fear became true. the forks/barends are tweaked. DAMNIT. So guys, what do I do, is there any possible way that they got knoked out of algnment, or are the bent for sure?

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    Anybody know of any good buell friendly dealers in the platteville area?

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    It's not the forks, just the clip on. They are only like $20 new

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    it felt like when I was aimng it left the rode straight, is it possible its the triple trees?

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    You could try loosening the pinch bolts and twist it back into shape.

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    If they were slightly loose the forks could have slipped.

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    I dont see your forks getting bent from just falling over. You sure something didnt hit it to cause it to fall over?

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    You could try loosening the pinch bolts and twist it back into shape.
    this is probably what happened. look for cracks in the thin sections of the triple trees though.

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    I just loosened the bolt all the way at the bottom, it moved a tiny bit, but it's still of which bolt exactly?



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