Honda Rebel Handlebar Alignment (After Drop)

My model is a 2020 Rebel 500 but this will probably work for older models and some newer ones (at the time of filming). This should also work for Rebel 300 models.
#hondarebel #handlebaralignment #motorcycle

[@sleepingcar123]

You're a lifesaver bro, my Mt 03 was misaligned after my accidents, i couldn't find any alignment shop here in my hometown. Thank you os much brother

[@yahyahussain5223]

Is misalignment a bigger issue cause i recently got into an accident and I'm facing the same problem and don't know what to do

[@petermargison1402]

100% fixed my issue without trying all the fork humping. Thanks so much bud!

[@Ahhyouthought]

Dropped my Rebel a few weeks ago and noticed that my speedometer looked misaligned which led to me noticing my handlebars were as well. I'm definitely going to try this, thanks.

[@raheelmushtaque1268]

Same condition here

[@johnjohnson1681]

just put the wheel between your legs and pull the direction you want it to go LOL

[@SFRR22D]

does anyone know the torque specs for that bolt? Im trying to find a 2020 500 service manual but no luck.

[@IK-my5oq]

Did it work?

[@Ahhyouthought]

@@johnjohnson1681 Please tell me you’re joking.

[@zandermx9167]

That is a lot easier than other videos I've seen. Thank you!!!!

[@towdr1]

Awesome video! This helped with my Honda Transalp after tipping it over while trail riding. I was about to conduct the fork alignment but noticed it was my riser so tried your technique first and bingo, it centered. Turned out the dealer didn't tighten my top riser clamp screws. Top/forward one were somewhat hand tight and bottom/rear were barely finger tight.surprised the bar didn't shift prior.

[@tradewinds2121]

I dropped my Transalp,too. Will try this solution

[@ashrayhebbar5885]

This is so much helpful bro, I was facing literally the same issue

[@SFRR22D]

does anyone know the torque specs for that bolt? Im trying yo find a 2020 500 service manual but no luck.

[@Pinnaclepro07]

The Honda showroom guys didn't help me, they said they had to change the handle and said it's curved(my bike Honda cb350rs. india), in the end I didn't do anything and bought the bike and went home, thinking i'd show in another showroom tomorrow, just searched on KZbin and finally got this video. That's all, my dear friends, the scoundrels in that showroom don't know a coconut. No matter how much I thank the person who put up this video as a solution to my problem, it's not enough.❤

[@shobhitverma9058]

Bro its good to know you saved your lot of money. I was not lucky as you and suzuki service centre guys here in India charged me hell lot of time and money by changing shocker rod, handlebar, T and then also those idiots couldn't solve the issue. And just a small trick worked like charm for my gixxer 250. This shows how incapable these service centre technicians are. Lesson learned never ever trust dealerships and service centres for you beloved machines.

[@Pinnaclepro07]

@@shobhitverma9058 yaa bro

[@dibyakanta1]

i have the same problem can u tell how Exactly did u do it cause the sb 350 bolts are different than rebel

[@siddeshka8780]

I am yet to do it for my cb350rs and I am hoping it works. Showroom guys said the fork is bent and has to be removed also suggested for the handle bar change I saved myself from them by taking my bike back :)

[@parimalchavda1831]

Did it worked for you bro? I am also fed up with my meteor 350, how did you solve your prob? Please guide ​@shobhitverma9058

[@taitrunkl7086]

I fell on my kle500 because crap tyres and bent the handlebars, I tried this and easily straightened it, thank you for your advice.

[@donmcclarin9584]

Wow, that was so easy! Wasn't sure what I was going to do to align my Shadow 750 bars.

[@mwh82108]

same here spirit 750 03 model was outa wack. I looked down saw crookedness couldn't figure out what was crooked

[@malikarmaiorana1332]

Ok thx for the tip, it worked like a charm. It took about two moderate hits and the handle went back to normal.

[@chrispz5675]

I just got a brand new rebel 500 too and my steering bar is not centered too. It's bugging the living hell out of me. Thank you for your explanation, I'm gonna try to fix mine too

[@sidetraxx]

Did it work for you?

[@chrispz5675]

@@sidetraxx it did. Was quick and fairly easy.

[@cykopvth]

thanks for making this, i had tried a couple things, but this solution worked for me! even though i’m on a cb300r, i guess the fork-handlebar connection is similar, same size bolt and everything

[@vdubkrob7099]

Thanks for the video! Saved me a lot of headache! Dropped my shadow and my handlebars where not straight. This worked for me and they are straight again!

[@carolinesherman]

you're the greatest, I was so worried about my bike and your video fixed it right up :D

[@seb1982]

That saved me a trip to the mechanics. Thanks man.

[@madhukarprasad2904]

Cheers mate. Mine got misalignment after shipping. I loosened up both the 14mm bolts and she came right. You're a lifesaver 👍🏽

[@SFRR22D]

does anyone know the torque specs for that bolt? Im trying to find a 2020 500 service manual but no luck.

[@rustytanks]

Bought a 2018 Suzuki gixxer a month ago, and realised the handlebars is of center, this technique is how we fixed our BMX's way back in the 80's, took roughly 10 minutes to center my Gixxer's bars

[@Rivek]

I have to echo the other comments here: THANK YOU! This was the perfect fix!

[@Ani-rc6yc]

Really useful advice! Worked like a charm on my Honda SP 125, Thanks a lot.

[@tornero5898]

Straight to the point, thanks for the help mate!

[@Sweep29]

Just came across your video. I had same trouble with mis alignment. Fixed it easily after watching this video. Thank you so much 👍🏻

[@theimmortalz6319]

Yoo that technic of finding a wall corner and just banging it until it's straight saved me money

[@constres-h5t]

mine keeps disaligning

[@cyberridz]

Thanks for the info. I did exactly this and everything was back to normal. Thanks.

[@brianday6433]

I think you are right about the way that you straightened your bike. I think you can also do the same thing, using the limit stops on your bike frame. My bars are off by 1/4". I hit the back of a SUV that stopped in front of me. The bike landed on my right leg and just touched the road with the tip of the brake lever. When I get the strength back in my right hand I'll try to fix my bike.

[@Chakswari101]

Bravo, this is the only method that works, don't even bother with the other nonsense about undoing all the lower bolts and bouncing suspension, does nothing.

[@iEduardian21]

bruh i just got my 2018 Rebel 300 abs and noticed this right away. thanks man!

[@mwh82108]

i dropped my shadow in garage on left side didn't leave a mark on bike anywhere but handlebars where outa wack this is what I needed exactly to see what issue was. 😊

[@liamodonnell4843]

Thanks. Worked for me and took about 3 minutes.

[@navi0062]

Z900 owner. I cannot thank you enough.

[@loexgreenboyy3548]

Great video straight to the point nice job bud keep up the good work…

[@Medinavirtualfighting]

Great video man! I just did it and it worked perfectly!

[@stonerdustinn]

The other method you speak of is for fork alignment and it work great. you just needed to straighten your handle bars.

[@FrankiesWorld]

Dude thank you! just happened with my cb500. Was installing bar risers when that part below the handlebars slightly loosened and turned so that my bars are not straight anymore. I'll have to try this method.

[@TheNejoe]

This helped me out thank you so much

[@southsidesmoka]

Yeah... my little 2020 Zero FXS goes straight again!! Awesome stuff. Doubt I'd try it on my M109r, though. lol.

[@MrSin287]

Thx brotha great video straight to the point

[@bethalpha]

It looks like one of my risers was leaning backwards I listened up the that's nut I rotated the riser and the bold 180° and the handlebars look straight

[@anonmortal1152]

This is the fix. Thanks for the video!

[@reidspeed77]

It's all true the force the jedi and you meet the nicest people on a HONDA ☝☘

[@juanduarte4612]

Thank you so much for this bro!

[@dynasticmoth1591]

Thanks needed this !!

[@jimmyjakes1823]

If it wasn't a crash and especially if you wrestled the bike up by the handlebars instead of doing the thing where you walk the bike up by stepping backwards, then it's a lot more likely that this is your problem instead of the forks being misaligned.

[@harveylapid8929]

Same as My Honda XRM 125FI, thanks Bro👍

[@christianmouraux7269]

Great’ thank you for your video. So precious to know 👍👍

[@vaizkhan3075]

Did you remove the nuts or just loosen them? I have a Yamaha bolt and there is a metal plate holding the two bolts together even if I loosen the nuts

[@NammaRohit]

Bro mine handlebar looks the same after i dropped it. Can you tell me which side did you bang the wheel to make it aligned. Thanks

[@Milovm27]

this helped s lot thanks for the video

[@TotallyNormalBean]

THANK YOU. I dropped my Rebel 300 kinda bad.

[@xGetRoasted]

Did this work for you?

[@xGetRoasted]

I just dropped mine and I bent my handlebars and my right break

[@xGetRoasted]

Brake*

[@TotallyNormalBean]

@@xGetRoasted It did.! You just gotta be a bit patient when hitting the tire. Make sure you loose the bolts.

[@connorfl1831]

@@xGetRoastedI dropped mine and bent my right rear brake and now it’s engaging the braking. Really hoping that replacing that will fix it

[@scsbo]

I want to buy a beer for you!

[@sahnigarcia517]

You saved my life

[@constres-h5t]

I have this problem on my Suzuki Smash 110, it keeps coming back and my left back is painful

[@Zjones55555]

So did you do this with all the bolts down the forks losened aswell? Or just the two bar risers lose?

[@EZ-D-FIANT]

He would have done this with just those two loose, if he had done it with it all loose it would have been worst after for sure.....

[@ovenCHRONICles]

Yep! Just the two bolts.

[@diegomartineza86]

Do you think it'll work on an 05 Rebel?

[@agnijitdeb1558]

Did it really get aligned like this? How is it possible. The 14 mm nut that you showed is not designed to move. It's a tight fitting thing. Can you please explain? I have the same problem. I bought a brand new RE Hunter 350. The handlebar is slightly to the right while the tyre is straight. Does the nut you showed has room to move or rotate in any way? I just cant get my head around this procedure.

[@shashankmudgal05]

Have the same issue with my Honda hness cb350 after a minor drop. Honda guys are just not getting the issue, they've serviced it twice but the problem still persists. Let me know if you have found a solution around it.

[@PaisteZildjian]

I'm thinking banging it in the correct direction causes it to slip back towards being aligned, regardless of whether those pedestal bolts are loosened. I agree that the 14 mm nut probably does nothing.

[@parimalchavda1831]

I have a brand new meteor and I came to know about such problem after 4 days and without even dropping the bike. I realized when my shoulder pain was started. When asked at Showroom they said it's fine. This is cruiser bike so it feels left part up and right part lower in handlebar. Are you nuts, Service Center guyz? It's been 10 months and my shoulder lower part makes tuck tuck noise. Bike is still same even after showing different Service Centers. If your bike get repaired please reply so I can try

[@bethalpha]

Maybe the bolt is bent and curved and when you bang the tire you're making the curve go in some other direction that allows a handlebar to be aligned

[@ELMASQUELAMONTA]

Thank you

[@lenyxia1598]

Tried this, broke my Riser bolt lmao

[@billparker8954]

This is it.

[@amirulasyraf2588]

It help me alot

[@mafridreams2801]

Thanks gotcha

[@713TacBear]

So you don't need to lose the pinch bolts and side tree bolts or axle right?? You just need to lose the handle bar raiser bolts and bumped it????

[@irritatingdetective761]

Did you tried buddy?

[@leebradley271]

I have this problem with my royal Enfield since guy slammed brake in front of me and I bumped him

[@Kenpachi-gs6bv]

Thank you