one or both of my forks are bent. how do i figure out which one it is?

 

Take them off and get them checked by a shop.

 

You should be able to either check visually or check by looking for the one that binds when compressed.

A few shops can put them in a jig and measure and straighten if the runout is unsatisfactory. The proper way would be to remove the tube.

 

straighten them eh? that sounds a hell of alot cheaper than buying some... i'll check around

 

Try measuringfrom the front axle to the rear axle on each side and compare.

 

You can get some of the alignment data that way, but what's to say that the problem isn't the rear or the headstock, or frame, or... you get my drift???

It's not that simple. Can't be always done and alot of places don't have the tools to do it properly. PLUS it weakens the material, and if not done right- You get a stress fracture right when you're hard on the brakes orup on a stoppie.

 

Remove the tubes and roll them on a window glass, becauze the window glass is perfectly straight. My advice is to buy new tubes and a new triple tree.

 

If you're going to spring for new tubes, you may as well contact a suspension shop and offer to buy whatever they have.

 

Honestly, its off so little that i'm just gonna try and ignore it for as long as i can... It doesn't pull and there are no noticable driving issues because of it.

 

...this is really getting annoying... The only noticable problems are the tires wears a little more on one side than the other and the handlebars look slighlty off.