I'm happy with the alignment by eye, been doing it for years, but I do think there's a slight issue with the way the front wheel was laced up as it runs closer to the left hand fork than the right by a few mls. Think I'll look at that first and see if it changes anything. Don't get me wrong, I've ridden much worse and you adjust to the way each bike rides. Generally, I fling it into corners quite confidently, it was just the odd twitch that made me think.Just a quick update on the comment above. Fitted new brackets today which took around four hours.
The reason the wheel looked closer to the left hand bracket was because of the following:
1. The 'dimple' in the left hand side of the mudguard is deeper than the right (dimple referring to the indent allowing the mudguard to go round the forks).
2. The original brackets were slightly bent and the welds on the fork leg where the brackets attach to are different depths (corrected with washer spacers)
3. The whole mudguard is twisted.
4. The holes in the new bracket were the wrong size and needed redrilling (after painting, of course)
So, after much swearing, sweat and spannering, I've got it just about right with the brackets equidistant with the tyre.
Unfortunately, my beautifully sprayed bracket is now bearing the marks of all that swearing, sweat and spannering and now needs repainting.
I've also discovered cracks in the front and rear extremities of the mudguard, so if anyone knows anyone who supplies these at a sensible price I'd be quite interested.
The originals needed a lot of work to get them into any sort of decent shape.
Work all finished, bike polished, ready for the road, awaiting next problem.
Cheers all