1100 S HB risers. Anyone install them?

[MotoTrex]

BMW makes a riser kit for the handlebars on the 1100 S. Basically, they are two alloy blocks that raise the bars up. Anyone using them? In looking at the instructions, it looks like you just move the fork stanchion on each side up higher, above the top triple clamp and that gives you the extra rise in height. Would that not change the geometry of the front end?

[lorazepam]

Moving the fork tubes would change the geometry, just raising the bars should just change your riding position. I havent see the kit, but I dont think they would want you changing the height of the tubes in the triple clamps just to raise the bars.

[MotoTrex]

...the riser kit is from Suburban-Machinery and it is specifically for those 1100 S models that had the handlebars mounted below the top triple clamp. As far as I know, the only 1100 S models like that are the Replika ones. I spoke with someone at Suburban-Machinery and they confirm the kit application and that they are not, at this time, working on a kit to raise the handlebars on standard 1100 S bikes.

[kbasa]

I had the BMW comfort bars and you mount them pretty much the same way. You pull the fork stanchions up in the triple tree until you have enough room to bolt them up.

That would, in a telescopic forked bike, change the geometry of the front end. In a telelever bike, the shock determines the front end geometry.

So, go ahead and don't worry about it.

[Villalobos]

Originally posted by Moto Trex
BMW makes a riser kit for the handlebars on the 1100 S. Basically, they are two alloy blocks that raise the bars up. Anyone using them? In looking at the instructions, it looks like you just move the fork stanchion on each side up higher, above the top triple clamp and that gives you the extra rise in height. Would that not change the geometry of the front end?

I live in Mexico and own a 2002 R1100S. Got the suburban machinery ones. They cost around $70. which is quite less than the BMW Hbars, but with the same effect. Now a ride in a better up position but had to change the fairing for a larger one. In fact the OEM.
by the way no change in geometry.

If your bike is non-ABS you will probably have to install a larger Gas cable, and front brake line. I did not have any clearance problem anyway. If you have arm reach problems there is a Kit made by Verholen which is adjustable or you may try these barbacks at http://www.sdcsoftware.com/rapiddog/barbacks.htm

Good Luck

[mcholt212]

Me being a relatively newbian, I own an R1100S that had the comfort bar setup when I bought it last April. As I began to log the miles and get to know my bike, I noticed my back was really taking a beating from my riding position. I have lower back problems anyway, and i've learned to live with varying amounts of pain and discomfort 24 hours a day. I found myself straightening up at red lights and stretching my back to relieve the ache from me being bent over. As I started to examine the handlebar set up, I thought boy, wouldn't it be great to get a set of risers to bring those bars up and back. After some research and fab input from other MOA'ers, I realized my bike had the comfort bar set up!!! Holy cow, how could I have ever ridden an R11S with the bars BELOW the triple clamp???? After a tip from this board, I found a fellow who sells pairs of alum blocks that slip over the fork tubes and provide a "new", higher mounting point for my grips, raising them 1.75 inches, and bringing them back 1.5 inches. The config took about 10 minutes to set up, and I had enough existing slack in all cables, so no other mods were needed. My only complaints are these: the grips are not only up and back more, but they are further APART due to the way they are designed...and I can't get the alum blocks tight enough on the fork tubes--and a sudden stop/forward force on the bars can cause them to "spin" on the fork tubes-that is def dangerous and scared the crap out of me the first time it happened (which luckily enough, was when I was pushing the bike forward off the center stand). I love the riding position I have now for the most part, but I have to figure out a way to help the risers grip the fork tubes more tightly. I will post a picture of the risers when I finally get my bike back from the shop after being stolen/recovered--which, by the way, seems like it is taking a lifetime!:cry

[lorazepam]

Try using some shim stock. It is very thin metal that you could place in between the tubes and the blocks to act as a spacer. It comes in Brass, and steel. That might be what you need to make them tighter.

[28796]

I installed a pair of K12RS adjustable bars on my wife's 03 BC Prep. These give a much more comfortable riding position & allows back & forth adjustment similar to the R-RS.

[MotoTrex]

Bikpaintr - I took a look at that model BMW and I noticed that the "bars" themselves are different in how they attach to the tubes. The S has a real clip-on kind of arraigment, the RT does not.

If you switched your wife's BCR bars, would you provide some details on all the parts you used and their cost? I do like the fact that the RT system is adjustable.

Thanks.

[rapiddog]

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