Fixing Your Front End After a Crash Dirt Bike How-to

Cody had a pretty big crash during a race and messed up the whole nine yards on our YZ250 front end. So today we are going to show you how we fix the front end after a bad crash.
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[@StefanThePro]

Another perfect lesson - I appreciate learning from your videos and experience. Creating lists of what to check as well as the thought process behind it, makes for the best videos.

[@dirtbiketv1]

Thanks--- Glad you like it--

[@Bolandcustoms]

I always love watching these bike setup videos where it's so meticulous, makes me remember when I was a kid and we would put a whole bike together with an adjustable wrench and some tools that were laying on the garage floor, then sending it lol. New bikes are trash, but for some reason we still love them.

[@adrianvalbuena8158]

you look so authentic, it's a pleasure to listen to your tips.

[@AaaaandYerDhem]

Ok this is the 4th video of yours I've watched in the past 2 days. Fantastic work, sir. Subbed

[@robertcadiz4346]

Love your videos man! Best there is.

[@TheCarlejoseph]

Great tips!! Keep them coming.

[@B-Rad412]

Great great great video! definitely not enough of videos like this out there..... I started riding 5 years ago I'm 49.... don't know any of this kind of stuff 🙏🙏💥💥

[@dirtbiketv1]

Welcome aboard!

[@NOTTApro142]

I wrecked my bike a last week. A bad case of bottoming out and losing control. I haven’t checked for any damage to the bars, forks, or wheel but luckily from what I do know the had guards took the grunt of the force to save the levers

[@timturner4092]

Awesome video love stuff like this Just wish you would have touched more on Tightening the clutch cable and throttle cable But still awesome video keep up the good work💯

[@humpday2267]

Don’t forget to torque your handlebar clamp bolts. You don’t want those coming loose

[@scottmacleod6301]

Thanks for the information, I'm going to get to do this to my DR after tipping my 286# Hay Budden anvil over which landed on my front tire. Suprised the rim didn't get bent but my handlebars are turned slightly right and the tire is off to left.

[@codylippi7707]

It does happen to Cody a bit more than it should

[@codyvassar5542]

Tell me about it

[@Skippstar]

Love all your videos mate. Such good Knowledge. You should do a video for a KTM rubber O-ring on a end cap. Couldn’t find anything on KZbin and was a complete pain to do.

[@dirtbiketv1]

Email Jay. Contact info in About tab.

[@leilaandrade6022]

19 hrs seat time and already 😅 love it

[@3BrothersExtreme]

Great tips

[@loganollis9489]

Any idea what size Japanese screwdriver is used on the kill button?

[@hightower005]

Good vid, my S O Techwrenches go fast up or down by holding the button.

[@_azstudio]

Thanks a lot sir

[@chadrides914]

Do any of you know what bend the stock yz bars are in protaper or renthal?

[@buckwild1123]

Does axel pich bolts have a torque rec ?

[@andreafisher750]

What should I do if my frame is dented from my handlebar stopper slamming into the frame

[@jacobriver198]

What Allen T-hands do y’all use?

[@jessybonsant5181]

Great content! Some people could use it more then others.

[@dirtbiketv1]

😂

[@jacobriver198]

What’s stock fork height on a YZ250 ?

[@DudePlays247]

How do i fix crooked steering on a honda pcx 125?

[@Foxtrot1967]

Wiggly & Giggly - Best Pro Tip!

[@joshmanwaring3848]

Just got my first ever bike now i find myself needing a new cockpit, I'm not even mad

[@spenzee1722]

I finally got the strength to tackle my bike about 2 or 3 moths ago a pickup swerved infront of me on my 07 kx450 and im struggling to find parts does anyone know of a company that can ship to south africa 🇿🇦

[@alejandrofuncasta8887]

good video!! Couldn't straighten the handlebar to use again? Do you necessarily recommend putting a new one?

[@dirtbiketv1]

NO do not try to bend them back-- if you were to re-use them after they could more easily break and this could cause a bad accident/crash/death.

[@Wasatch_Sasquatch]

Yes, using a special bar bender tool I’ve had for many years I’ve straightened many handle bars quickly and successfully. When you’re between Motos or a desert race pit stop or out trail riding and no spare replacement bars, bar benders are a lifesaver and your everybody’s friend when another rider needs them, too Most of the time in an impact to the bars it’s the bars that bend but the impact can go on to misalign other stuff but, bending bars about an inch back I’ve never had a problem in their reliability. I guess if you really pretzel them or repeatedly bend and straighten them you could definitely have issues but the advantage is you don’t have to remove any levers, grips or throttles before straightening them. Bar benders are so useful I’ve even bent back subframes, too, right on the bike. I don’t remember exactly but I could’ve got it from Chaparral and it was called an Ace Bar Bender. It may not be the recommended thing to do on this channel but, they are useful and always with me when I go out to ride.

[@chrisamorio8284]

Good day my suspension in inner tube has a dent, it's need to be replaced? or should be ok for now

[@dirtbiketv1]

Email Jay. Contact info in About tab.

[@DiamondPistolproject]

So fkn helpful

[@T-Dawg983]

Can you help me buddy?! My bike hasn't been crashed but if you hold the front wheel with your legs and wobble the bars from side to side there's a bit of movement/wobble from side to side but no wobble when brake is pressed and wiggled back and forwards just side to side??? Your help would be so highly appreciated right now!

[@dirtbiketv1]

Email Jay. Contact info in About tab. Or link in bio on Instagram.

[@jonahan8925]

It may be your front wheel bearings need to be replaced.

[@mathieusynnott8915]

i was super exited when i saw this video to see that you actually don't explain the right way to align triple tree, and rubber mount bushings. I actually do my best to eyeball them with fender and numberplates removed but i still dont know the real right professionnal way to do it.

[@EarthSurferUSA]

We need to form a competing race series to the FIM/AMA, our own series. One that lets 2 strokes of equal displacement race with 4-strokes. This is an advantage that no series has ever had before over the FIM/AMA, and it has to attract more races because of the lower cost of racing. Or we can let the FIM run our racing to the point we can't fill the gates in the USA, like they can't at a MXGP today. Sport is growing? Really? Not with out racing 2-strokes it won't.

[@spencerclark2269]

Awesome video, but I really think the best advice is to not crash at all.

[@andrewbecker3700]

So how do you propose we not ever crash? This is probably the most common thing any serious rider needs to deal with on a regular basis. Last week I went through this realignment procedure, after taking a low speed header, when the rear-end whipped out from under me on a gnarly logging access road. I wasn't carrying enough speed and when I tried to give her, my rear tire just spun out on a giant rock face in the middle of the road, and down I went. Face first into solid rock! I was certain it would cost me at least $100 bucks in parts? Nope, all is back to straight and ready for another spill. How do you improve your riding skill if you never wreck trying?

[@woodysrockspyro6436]

If you aren't crashing you haven't pushed yourself enough. Trying things we are uncomfortable with is how we improve. Failure is just part of the process.

[@andrewbecker3700]

@@woodysrockspyro6436 Also, it helps you find weak points in your setup. I've changed soo many parts to get my bike where I'm way more comfortable now in almost any situation. '21 YZ450f is a handfull the way its setup from the factory. Now I can actually relax a bit, and with the various ecu maps I've created, take on way more challenging terrain. Everybody likes different shit. My bikes all about durability. Power is way beyond most peoples needs.

[@brakefaded]

You ain’t wrecking you ain’t riding. It’s never if but when

[@cane2253]

If anyone wants to learn about Jesus Christ reply

[@gregoryooley5159]

It's crazy how much lower quality everything is on a Japanese bike compared to the Austrian bikes. The clamps and risers and frame and even the bolts.

[@kylekdk456]

The Austrian bikes are like Harleys, billet parts and high quality materials, unfortunately they still ride like shit.

[@alexjones-qe5gc]

Jap bikes are way more reliable. Ktm is using Chinese top ends now.

[@chadrides914]

@@kylekdk456so true

[@yamirider208]

well it is a Yamaha not much quality to be expected lol