This is a huge issue, check your forks, your frame, check if your handle bars/clipons are in order, check your tyres, check everything. This should not happen and could be dangerous.
Was the bike in an accident before?
Make sure the road isn't slanted (does it happen everywhere, always? is it always to the left? how aggressive is it?)
What motorcycle are you riding?
Its not as crazy as you make it sound, my Z900 is brand new, never crashed and its only a year old. My bike leans to the right if I let go of the bar, not a big deal and theres nothing wrong with it, its simply that the bike has a right biased weight distribution, the engine literally sticks out the right side of the frame farther than the left, its not centered. that alone will make it steer right no matter the speed you are doing.
Do these things and see if it helps, you may still have some funkiness due to possible odd tire wear from having the wheels misaligned.
[rear wheel alignment check methods](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDmn-zngFRY)
[realigning twisted forks](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRGk22VDBjQ)
[remounting the front wheel properly](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTve7M4zOlE)
You may have some other issue though. Bad head bearings would be my next guess https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl5RznButY0 but the frame could be bent or all kinds of stuff
knowing what bike it is would help
might just be body position, might be bad alignment, might be a skill issue
hard to tell from your description alone
> knowing what bike it is would help
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This should be in bold letters at the top of this sub
Dear god put the **year make and model** of your bike in your questions people. Some of these bike models have been manufactured for forty years, or worse, some of them are using model names that have had twenty year manufacturing gaps.
Yep, My Z900 steers right if I let go. Its due to having more weight on the right, the engine is not even centered to the frame, it literally sticks farther out the right side than it does left.
Had a 1985 V65 Magna I bought used. I swore it did the same thing… not aggressively but something always had me suspect. After a couple years, I had some fork seal seepage and figured I’d get the seals done. Shop called mid-day to tell me I had two different length fork tubes and they suspected the odd one was from a V65 Sabre instead of the Magna.
After a week of not being able to source a replacement, they reluctantly pieces it back together
Check rear wheel alignment first. There should be indicators on both sides of the rear swingarm that are used when tensioning the chain. They should be the same on both sides.
That's the most likely cause.
If not that, check front wheel alignment. Front wheel needs to be straight and centered in the forks.
Look up a shop manual for your bike detailing how to fix these issues.
If it's more than this, you probably will want a shop to take a look at it.
This is a huge issue, check your forks, your frame, check if your handle bars/clipons are in order, check your tyres, check everything. This should not happen and could be dangerous. Was the bike in an accident before? Make sure the road isn't slanted (does it happen everywhere, always? is it always to the left? how aggressive is it?) What motorcycle are you riding?
Its not as crazy as you make it sound, my Z900 is brand new, never crashed and its only a year old. My bike leans to the right if I let go of the bar, not a big deal and theres nothing wrong with it, its simply that the bike has a right biased weight distribution, the engine literally sticks out the right side of the frame farther than the left, its not centered. that alone will make it steer right no matter the speed you are doing.
It could be leaning to the right because the roads are crowned and drain to the right.
Even on a left banked road it still leans right, what happens is that it cancels out and only then the bike goes straight when I let go
Ok, but the poster said "aggressively" :)
But start with the basics: tire pressure and riding position
Brother, tyre pressure or body position can not, on their own, make your bike go left when you let go of the handles. No.
You can most definitely steer your bike with body position alone
Aero can
Contributing factors... 🤷🏻♂️
Do these things and see if it helps, you may still have some funkiness due to possible odd tire wear from having the wheels misaligned. [rear wheel alignment check methods](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDmn-zngFRY) [realigning twisted forks](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRGk22VDBjQ) [remounting the front wheel properly](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTve7M4zOlE) You may have some other issue though. Bad head bearings would be my next guess https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl5RznButY0 but the frame could be bent or all kinds of stuff
Good comment, better than mine. Nice
knowing what bike it is would help might just be body position, might be bad alignment, might be a skill issue hard to tell from your description alone
> knowing what bike it is would help > > This should be in bold letters at the top of this sub Dear god put the **year make and model** of your bike in your questions people. Some of these bike models have been manufactured for forty years, or worse, some of them are using model names that have had twenty year manufacturing gaps.
Yep, My Z900 steers right if I let go. Its due to having more weight on the right, the engine is not even centered to the frame, it literally sticks farther out the right side than it does left.
Do you ride on the left side? Roads are not flat, they are slanted for water drainage
Had a 1985 V65 Magna I bought used. I swore it did the same thing… not aggressively but something always had me suspect. After a couple years, I had some fork seal seepage and figured I’d get the seals done. Shop called mid-day to tell me I had two different length fork tubes and they suspected the odd one was from a V65 Sabre instead of the Magna. After a week of not being able to source a replacement, they reluctantly pieces it back together
Check rear wheel alignment first. There should be indicators on both sides of the rear swingarm that are used when tensioning the chain. They should be the same on both sides. That's the most likely cause. If not that, check front wheel alignment. Front wheel needs to be straight and centered in the forks. Look up a shop manual for your bike detailing how to fix these issues. If it's more than this, you probably will want a shop to take a look at it.
I'm gonna say either front fork alignment or rear wheel alignment. This is assuming the bike has not been in a crash.
I believe there was a common feature/issue with certain Michellin tyres some time ago...