Late last year I found a dirty running gold DT250A at L&L Cycle in Dallas ($700 no title). Bike shows less than 4000 miles but who knows, appears to have been buried there for years. I replaced the chain and sprockets and the rusty bent handlebars. After replacing the bars, the bars are not straight on the bike, is there a process to correct this? I don't want to think th the triple trees need replaced.

Next on on the list is to get a fabricator to affix a new kickstand bracket to the hole in the frame where my bracket used to be. Then install a battery and see if I can get blinkers and lights to work.

Bike is fun to ride but not tracking straight bugs me. Think I detect piston slap but don't want to address that yet. It smokers a lot, still on injection. Solution will be to switch to Benol oil since I love the way it smells. I just ride it in the neighborhood with an old 74 TX plate that was hanging on the wall one the garage. Will chase a title eventually. 

If the forks are just twisted not bent, just slightly loosen the clamps enough to let them slip a bit & force it around past straight then bring it back to the middle--all that with wheel between your knees & holding the handlebars. If the triples are slightly bent & more than just twisted they'll straighten ok doing a big tweak past straight & then back. But might need to loosen the clamp bolts a little more. That's the easy way--first--well, what i do anyway. You could though--if you wanted more worry--revolve the forks individually using the cap nut to see if the tubes 'are' bent. But really need to support the bike neutrally so the front wheel is lightly touching the floor or the forks will move up until they run into the handlebars, unless they clear.

One other thing to check. Loosen the two nuts on the right lower fork that pinch the axle. Push the forks down several times and then retighten the two nuts. If the two nuts are tightened before the axle nut it can pull the right fork in a little bit.

I was hoping that this was an option and I think it is 90% improved after three attempts to adjust with test drives. Thanks for the help.

Don in Dallas