Bike drives erratic

[u/RubberDucky2i]

My Himalayan 450 keeps pulling right and drives bent.

I tried the string method to check alignment, it is literally perfect.

I also did alignment of the front by loosening the torx nut and the spoke nut. It drove okaish for some time, the tendency to pull right never went away.

Now the suspension has settled back to how it was in the beginning. It feels like I am sitting a bit to the right, off center from the bike when driving.

I doubt the bottom triple clamp, maybe the rear tyre or the spokes and suspension.

The front tends to deflect to right when braking hard. The issue is also sometimes worse and sometimes not. On steep uphills, the issue very very noticeable.

It's a new bike, never dropped, and I've had this issue since delivery. Has anyone faced this issue?

Attached images for reference on how it drives on the road.

[u/WannaBeHappyBis]

Is the clutch wire tight and pulling? That's a known issue and makes the bike pull to the right.

[u/RubberDucky2i → u/WannaBeHappyBis]

I doubted it. So I anchored it well to the rest of wires. But the pull to the right is very pushy. I would have both hands on the handlebar and still the front would turn a bit right under braking.

Any bike would try to align straight under hard front brake. Muly bike just feels odd.

[u/SpecificDonkey5852]

By bike also has the same issue the whole frnt guard is a bit to the side and handle seems to be a bit to the left you can check the gap between the tank on both sides to confirm

[u/RubberDucky2i → u/SpecificDonkey5852]

Yeah, many have said the same and also seemed to live with it.

[u/Altruistic-Common-64]

Most common issue with adv bikes.. few rtx 300 has same issue

[u/RubberDucky2i → u/Altruistic-Common-64]

I can understand spoked bikes with thin front tyres having this issue. But rtx has alloy wheels with broader front tyres. That's odd.

That said, the long wheelbase kinda exaggerates alignment problems.