How do front forks get straightened?

[tri again]

250 sx 1985 looks like only the
left one is bent a little.

Doesn't leak and seems to go up and down.

also, has anyone ever had luck straightening a rim?

[smvorndran]

Straightening forks is pretty easy. Find the high side and push. We have an electric hydraulic press, so a push of a button is easier than pumping a jack. Overbend just a little, and it will spring back a little bit. I find gradual, whole fork bends are easier to straighten than a fork tweaked right at a triple tree, but either can be done. I've never attempted a rim.

[ama009]

I tried the press method. It works really well as long as you go slowly. As smvorndran mentioned, overbend a little.

[Thorpe]

A bent rim is a similar process... Takes a little patience, a press, and some precision measuring.

[Dirtcrasher]

3 V-blocks, a press and a dial indicator......

[tri again]

My neighbor is a gunsmith and he straightened a 12 ga barrel for me.
He understands trikes but quit riding since a hip replacement (unrelated to trikes)
so I'll run it by him.

Thanks everyone