Like the title says, I dumped the bike the other night. It happened while I was slowing down for an upcoming red light. It had been foggy/misting for a couple hours so the roads were wicked slick. Thought I was being gentle enough, but turns out not. The front got wobbly under braking and I lowsided off the right side. Plastics, peg, brake lever, handlebar end, mirror, turnsignal and exhaust are scraped up pretty good. The bike is still rideable tho.

Couple things tho - the handlebars are out of alignment when the front wheel is straight now. My right hand is a good 1.5-2" back from my left when the wheel is straight. And this could just be psychosomatic, but it feels like the bike wants to throw me again whenever I decelerate.. I dunno it just feels loose and squirrely.

Am I just being paranoid now, or apart from additional front end repairs to fix the alignment, anything else you can think of that might be giving it that "loose" feeking?

 

Ouch! As long as you are okay

As for handlebar check it hasn't just simply twisted on the fork at the top yolk. Slacken hex bolt and there's a small amount of adjustment. If the handlebar is bent you might be able to straighten with some subtle long leverage suitably applied or replace.

 

If the handlebars are bent, it's also possible the fork is twisted... Either just tensioned, meaning loosening bolts and shaking stuff gets it back in place, or actually bent which will cost money... The result of that should be the front end being wobbly, since the wheel isn't tracking completely... That could very well be what you feel when you decelerate...