09 Roadglide drifts left after a truck backed into me

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azulazul

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A couple of weeks ago a guy in a truck backed into my 09 Roadglide. The right side of my fender was pushed into the tire. Since then the bike has a drift to the left. Before this happened she tracked staight. I had something like this happen to a Yamaha I owned in the late 70's. I loosened the bolts on the triple tree and everything aligned itself to where it was before I dropped the bike. Just wondering if I loosened the pinch bolts will this work on the RG.

Any thoughts on this?
 
I asked the service manager at a local dealer about this after it happened. He said that it's normal for them to drift. I've got almaost 10k miles on this one and I've had several road trips and she didn't drift before. The guy that backed into me didn't have insurance or a pot to piss in. Figure it's up to me.
 
This is why I have uninsured and under-insured motorist coverage on my bike. Here in Arizona we have a HUGE number of people....cough cough illegal immigrants cough cough....that don't have a driver's license or insurance.
 
It's certainly worth a try on the pinch bolt idea. Also re-do the bolts on the bottom of the right fork leg. Follow the service manual instructions on sequence for replacing front wheel.
Hopefully your forks aren't bent. It may not be normal but it is fairly common for the bike to drift left but there are several causes.
 
Had that happen to me once, but that guy was my wife in our own driveway.
She thought I was joking, but I made her pay for everything.
 
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