Suzuki GT500 Crooked Wheel

[tyf324]

This is my Suzuki GT500 that I have been building for the better part of three years now. I bought the bike as a crappy Frankenstein cafe project someone else had done. After investing about 3000 dollars into this thing between expansion chambers, engine rebuild, new electrical, powdercoating, polishing, etc., I still have this problem. When the front wheel is mounted, it appears to be crooked. The rotor would rub against the inside of the caliper mount and the brake pads a little too much. The original hub was re-laced to a new shouldered 18" wheel, the fork tubes are new and the caliper was rebuilt. The only original items are the fork legs, triple clamp and the original axle and spacers. I took the whole assembly (forks, wheel, triple clamp, axle and spacers, caliper) to a place that works on vintage motorcycles. They ground some paint off the caliper and told me everything was fine. The wheel still looked crooked when they wheeled it out to me (all assembled), and when I said something about it, I was told that was normal. Maybe I'm crazy or it's a trick on the eyes, but it still looks crooked and I don't want to go down the road like that, especially when I've come this far. When I spin the wheel, it does not look wobbly and there is minimal brake pad rub, which is also normal (I think). Please tell me what you think. Thanks.
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[Coyote]

I trust you have greased the caliper axles. Try this. Loosen the upper and lower pinch bolts on ONE fork leg. Apply the brake and shove the front end up and down with some reasonable force. This will square things up. You might find that one leg is slightly shorter / longer than the other. It will show at the top of the tree. Had to do this when I rebuilt my GS1000. It worked for me.

[old racer]

Looking at pic 4,It seems like there is a twist in the steering head.
I would like to see a pic showing the whole front end head on.