From: Robert Wilson Date: Sat, 03 Apr 1999 22:07:14 -0600 Subject: Re: new Beta Alp and GTS front end alignment I've put up a couple photos of my Beta Alp. I've had a wee bit of time since we've just gotten 8" of snow two nights ago, and it looks like we're in for another 6" tonight :( I had a couple of weeks of riding in on the new bike. The bike is slightly stripped down from the photo at www.betamotor.com. The site is cobbled together from the GTS site form. http://www.mbnet.mb.ca/~neelin/motorcycle/alpimage.html Robert Wilson ob. GTS...I just finished putting back together the front end and all the plastic and finished the front end greasing and alignment.....grrr....that damn string just wouldn't stay on the tires. Anyone planning on aligning their front end...remember this: Don't listen to the instructions for wrapping the string around the tire and spacing it off the rim. Instead set up two parallel strings the requested 7.1" off the ground, equally space the left/right sides of the rims (a & b are different numbers) before you do your camber adjusment. a a b - ------------------------------------------------------- ===== ======= - -------------------------------------------------------- a a b The next tip, to do with precision is don't use the level like they show you. It's not all that accurate. set the level visually vertical on the rear and then the front disk and read the single bubble showing the plumbness of the disk. The way they show it in the manual really lacks the ability to precisely set vertical plumbness of the disk rotor. ----------------------- From: RSRBOB@aol.com Date: Sat, 3 Apr 1999 23:47:53 EST << .I just finished putting back together the front end and all the plastic and finished the front end greasing and alignment.....grrr....that damn string just wouldn't stay on the tires. >> Duct tape the string to the tires............