Problem with brakes or front wheels or ?? I need as much help as I can get

[Dubliner]

Hopefully when you reassemble it all will be fine. Very often when you hit a tope, sleeping policeman or road hump depending what country you are living in, at speed it can disturb or even distort one of the steering components. Sometimes something as simple as loosening off all the components; axels, bolts on brake calipers and on motorcycles fork clamps and ride slowly and grab the brakes enough that the suspension compresses and the brake components realign with the disks. Do this several times and then retighten everything again and try riding it again.

The visual scoring on the disk could be from light sand or dirt embedded in the brake pads, if you run your thumb nail across the scoring and can feel it there is damage and it will wear your pads faster on that side. To check if the disk is warped remove it and place on a piece of glass with a smear of oil on it. If there is a high spot you will see it quite easily. Remove the oil with rubbing alcohol afterwards.

I was a motorcycle mechanic in Dublin for 30 plus years at a time when motorcycles were often the only form of motor transport in some families. Lane sharing and dodging potholes was a way of life and bouncing off curbs and hitting cows all too familiar... So loosening off the steering components and grabbing a handful of brake with a dose of speed is often enough to pull everything back in line.

 

[satownsendsr]

Just by listening to the first video it sounds like the brake rotor is warped. I have had it happen on a car before when going over a railroad track too fast and the track was in bad shape. I would suggest removing the brake assembly and spin the wheel. If the noise disappears obviously it is a brake problem. I'm assuming that when going over the bumps you were braking pretty hard. If the front wheels jerked any at all when going over the bumps I would bet the rotors are warped.
If the noise continues with the brake assembly off and the fact that the sound was not constant but alternated it is possible the bearing is damaged but the sound I heard did not sound like a bearing.
If it turns out to be the rotor, depending on the mileage on the bike you can have them turned to true then up or just replace them if you have a lot of mileage on the bike.

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[trikermutha]

Has the problem been solved yet?? inquiring minds need to know.. :thumbup:

 

[beadaholic]

Has the problem been solved yet?? inquiring minds need to know.. :thumbup:

The doctor wouldn't let me ride, my shoulder is causing me grief...just a calcium deposit but it has caused me to not have full range of motion and it is swollen double. Arg....this is also a huge damper on my fun. Oh well, I guess I will live. Anyway I went out on a short trip today and it seems to have resolved itself. I cannot say what caused it, and I cannot say what we did to fix it. I really don't know, all I know is it is put back together and seems fine. No noise now. It is a rainy day (been raining days straight right now "El Nino") well I stomped on the brakes and had never stopped that fast before, not going real fast (because of the shoulder) but when I can I will go out somewhere and really go at it, and film it too! haha, should be fun and I am looking forward to it. Thank you everyone for the help, it gave me confidence to do this, it is rather simple. Which is nice....Thank you!