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Steering options
The Street Machine Gte comes with either un-
der seat or above seat steering. In both cases,
the handlebars are connected with the front
fork through a stem.
The stem is clamped onto the steerer tube of
the front fork and at the same time fixes the
steering head bearing (so called "A head
stem")
Adjusting the handlebars
The handlebars are connected to the front frok with an A-Head
stem.The two bolts on the side of the stem clamp it to the stee-
rer tube of the front fork.
Alignment of stem and front wheel
Check the parallel alignment of the stem to
the front wheel and looking at both stem and
front wheel.
If you have Above Seat Steering, folding the
stem completely forward makes it easier to
compare the alignement with the front wheel.
To adjust this alignment, loosen both clamp-
ingscrews of the stem / fork steerer tube con-
nection. Do not loosen the screw in the head-
set cap. Sit on the bike, hold the front wheel
with your feet and turn the stem so that it is
aligned to the front wheel.
Then tighten both clamping screws alternately
with 8–10 Nm. Check the clamping by trying
to turn the stem against the front wheel.
Check the play of the steering head bearing,
see page 48.
Danger!
Aligning the stem can require ad-
justment of the head set bearings. In case of
assembly errors the danger of accidents is
increased. If you are in doubt have your bicy-
cle mechanic adjust the stem.
Danger!
The hex-headed screw in the cap
adjusts the play of the steering head bearing.
This screw does not help to clamp the stem
tightly to the steerer tube. It does not se-
cure it against turning.Take care that both
clamping screws on the side are tightened as
prescribed after you have finished your
works at the stem. Otherwise the stem may
turn while riding and cause an accident.
