I hit a rock that was hidden on a corner and I did a Superman off the V. The V went on it's side then back on it's tires before it stopped. The handel bars were bent down but was still rideable. As I was riding, I noticed the V was going staight, but the handel bars were not. Got back to my truck and notice my stem was twisted a little. I have a race next weekend, so I was wondering if I could twist it back. I don't think I will be able to get a stem by next Thursday. Also who makes a good one to replace my stock one?

 

IMS/ROLL makes one, check website.....And yes they are proud of it.

 

hope your ok......

 

Just a little bruised and achey. Took a few seconds to get my thoughts. I thought I totaled the front end by how hard I hit the rock. I could not believe I only came out of that with a twisted stem. The Hiper wheel took a serious hit and didn't do a thing to them. My tie rods that I put on didn't bend at all, but because of that, I believe is why my stem twisted. But thoes tie rods soaked up a lot of hits that my stockers would of bent, so I'm not complaining. I'm going to take a test ride today to make sure everything is solid before I go to VA next weekend.

Mike said he met up with you and Andy at Clough. He said the roots were getting the best of Andy. He said he got a whole new front end, did he have it dialed it?

 

Mine is bent too. Straight back. The steering is still straight but the handlebar mounting plate is bent relative to the stem by a small amount... just enough to make it scrape on my plastic but not impede its range of movement. Other than replacement can anyone suggest alternatives?

IMS wants $350... stock is $106.45 from Ron Ayers.

What would justify a $250 premium? Is it the "anti-vibration design" or the super strong materials and welds? What makes it worth it? Is it less likely to bend? 3 times less likely? I can buy 3 stock ones and order some pizzas for the price of this IMS... but if someone can make a good argument why it's worth it I would consider it.

Anyone using the IMS have anything to say about this "anti-vibration design?" That sounds like a good selling point if it really works. I use a steering stabilizer but it only smooths out the big shocks and does nothing for high frequency vibrations.

 

It's going to cost you a lot more then $350 for the IMS one. Stem is $350, bar clamp(stock won't work) $70, new handel bars 1 1/8 bar only, longer brake lines due to the higher stem. So unless you ride hard all the time, I would buy the stock one. My stock one lasted 15 months and 5 GNCC races before I twisted mine. I'm going to buy another stock on.

 

Are you 100% sure its the steering stem? when I rolled my V-force I thought my steering stem was bent also but after removing everything I found out it was the somewhat cheaply made upside down U shaped support that holds the steering stem and is part of the frame. It was the only thing bent on mine and Im told it usually bends before the stem does?? It was also an easy fix, What I did was cut a few small Blocks of wood and was able to set it up in a way where I could use a small auto jack between the back of the frame and the U shape support and slowly bend it straight, and was able to get it just about perfect, this is something you might wanna try because it worked real good for me. It might even work on the stem if thats whats bent for a quick fix? Something most everybody that flips or rides super hard over looks is the rear eng. mounting brackets. My left side had a hair line crack in the weld and is something you wanna check because it is easy to miss and does crack. That V-Twin dosent like being on its side or upside down!~lol. Hope this idea or any of this works for you and you make it to The Patriot.. ~coop

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My V didn't roll. My left tire hit a rock on a high speed corner so hard it twisted the stem. Good tie rods is most likely the blame.

 

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Originally posted by: Marylandatv
Are you 100% sure its the steering stem? when I rolled my V-force I thought my steering stem was bent also but after removing everything I found out it was the somewhat cheaply made upside down U shaped support that holds the steering stem and is part of the frame. It was the only thing bent on mine and Im told it usually bends before the stem does?? It was also an easy fix, What I did was cut a few small Blocks of wood and was able to set it up in a way where I could use a small auto jack between the back of the frame and the U shape support and slowly bend it straight, and was able to get it just about perfect, this is something you might wanna try because it worked real good for me. It might even work on the stem if thats whats bent for a quick fix? Something most everybody that flips or rides super hard over looks is the rear eng. mounting brackets. My left side had a hair line crack in the weld and is something you wanna check because it is easy to miss and does crack. That V-Twin dosent like being on its side or upside down!~lol. Hope this idea or any of this works for you and you make it to The Patriot.. ~coop





This is what i did also. It works really well. I also welded in some supports to the upsidedown "u" shaped bracket. It felt spongy after i bent it back. Its now rock solid
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Alright guys here is the low down on the V stem. I bent my stock one last year real bad at a race. I tried to bend it back with no luck, so I ordered a new IMS/Roll stem +1" and was totally pysched, fairly simple install and already had my TagT2 bars which didn't bend a millimeter on my big crash, anyhow, the IMS/Roll stem was recalled. Yeh right they wanted me to take my new stem off and ship it back and then they would send me the new one. NO WAY! I race every other weekend and I will not put back the old one. Well IMS are really great people they just shipped me a new one last week and guess what, I bent the other one this weekend, yeh I'm not 100% sure but I believe it is the stem I am aliitle sore from the weekend,(two races 1 sat,& 1 Sun). Anyhow I will check, it ciould be the mounting braket on the frame but it is defiinitely bent. Good thing I didn't put the new on, they said they had issues with the welds on that batch so maybe it just showed up. Well as far as the antivibe, it definitely works great, I had a chance to run them two or three races befiore my steering stabilizer came in. Now I have Fasst Flex bars with the red inserts, the Roll antivibe stem and the Denton stabiler, boy the bumps are much much less noticeable, can't wait for my extended A-arms, which then leads to either extending my existing Elkas for a whooping $500 for the pair or selling these I have and buying new ones.
After all that I would say Lonestar, and Houser have stems for the V so shop around and check them out as well, Good luck!