Bar risers and mirror extensions

[FJDuffer]

Installed bar risers I made after work this past Friday. Also installed 1-1/4 mirror extensions. I'll post pics of both..... when I figure out how........


Todd

[FJDuffer]

Risers & s.s. screws

[fj11.5]

No pic, don't panic , I can't post them here either    ,,, your custom parts sound good though

[FJDuffer]

No pic, don't panic , I can't post them here either    ,,, your custom parts sound good though

Wow...I uploaded the pic from Dropbox and it worked. It also opened up my Dropbox account....not so good! So I deleted the pic.

[fj11.5]

Seen the risers mate, briliant work, ever thought about making a fork brace or two  ,,, losing your acount ,is not so good

[FJDuffer]

Seen the risers mate, briliant work, ever thought about making a fork brace or two  ,,, losing your acount ,is not so good

Actually I have thought about making a fork brace. I saw some really nice looking CAD drawings here on the forum.

I was able to post a pic of the risers in the gallery section.

[fj11.5]

Cool,, be a market for them if you wanted to make a few

[FJmonkey]

Fork brace post:
http://www.fjowners.com/index.php?topic=1684.msg13307#msg13307

FYI, Randy at RPM made improvements to this design, this design tends to pinch some forks and cause binding.

[movenon]

No pic, don't panic , I can't post them here either    ,,, your custom parts sound good though

Wow...I uploaded the pic from Dropbox and it worked. It also opened up my Dropbox account....not so good! So I deleted the pic.

I have found it easier to just upload pictures into the fjowners "Gallery". Then you can copy and paste the picture into the forum. Or someone can do it for you from there.

George

[fj11.5]

Ooooohh nice work mark, did anyone else have a try at making these, other than randy,s cool offerings 

[mr blackstock]

I recently bought some risers off another member here and have not had a chance to use them on the road yet because when I fitted them, it looked like the handlebars would not have enough fork to securely attach to.  Looking at the picture above, this is how mine turned out, I was worried a decent bump from the road and one bar would pop that screw out and drift off.

I thought I was doing it wrong, but is the above pic how most riders are doing it?

I have been looking awhile for bars from other bikes that are higher by design than the FJ ones, as I would feel better having them properly secured.

Cheers, Gareth

[FJDuffer]

Fork brace post:
http://www.fjowners.com/index.php?topic=1684.msg13307#msg13307

FYI, Randy at RPM made improvements to this design, this design tends to pinch some forks and cause binding.

I was thinking that the cover plugs (which I haven't made yet) inserted into the top of the bar would counteract any pinching effect.

[Derek Young]

I believe the pinching mentioned was for the fork brace. If you raise the forks slightly in the triple clamps, through the risers,the handlebars will clamp to the top of the fork.

Derek

[FJDuffer]

I believe the pinching mentioned was for the fork brace. If you raise the forks slightly in the triple clamps, through the risers,the handlebars will clamp to the top of the fork.

Derek

Hee Hee....The pinching comment from FJmonkey makes a lot more sense now! As far as raising the forks, I posted a rather lengthy comment explaining my experience riding a bike with raised fork tubes. It was bad. There could have been more going on than just the forks though.

[aviationfred]

I recently bought some risers off another member here and have not had a chance to use them on the road yet because when I fitted them, it looked like the handlebars would not have enough fork to securely attach to.  Looking at the picture above, this is how mine turned out, I was worried a decent bump from the road and one bar would pop that screw out and drift off.

I thought I was doing it wrong, but is the above pic how most riders are doing it?

I have been looking awhile for bars from other bikes that are higher by design than the FJ ones, as I would feel better having them properly secured.

Cheers, Gareth

I have used the a set of bar risers like the set the RPM sells. I have put 8000 miles on the bike since they were installed. I have had no issues with the handle bars getting loose or any other issues with them. Plus the RPM logo on top of each plug/cap looks great.

Fred