MotoTrex
09-22-2004, 09:43 AM
You're right and I proved it last night.
I loosened up the pinch bolts on the (top) triple clamp and just moved the tubes up to where I wanted them. Because the HBs were raised up and were above the slot where the HB tab goes to keep it in place, I was able to angle back the HBs, also. As a precaution, I jacked the bike up under the front of the motor to raise the front wheel off the ground, but I think that may not be necessary. Test riding the bike revealed no problems with the front suspenson and the bars were up where I wanted them.
After the initial test ride I found that one of the bars was angled back a bit more than the other. Being lazy, I decided to forego jacking up the front of the bike. I put it on the center stand and slightly loosened the one triple clamp and wrenched the bar over to where it looked like it matched the other bar. A test ride after that indicated the front suspension was fine. My guess is that you can adjust the bars by loosening the triple clamps without jacking up the front end, lifting the front wheel off the ground. Why bother with the lift in the first place? It is mentioned in the Suburban-Machinery instructions for their 1100 S riser bar. Then again, that riser kit is for moving HBs that are under the triple clamp (as on the Replika models) to above the triple clamp and when actually removing the stanchion tube from the triple clamp (necessary to get the HB off the stanchion tube) , it might be best to have the front wheel lifted.
Conclusion is that you can raise the bars by drawing up the tubes (keep the pinch bolts on the HB tight and just wrestle the tube up using the HB) to whatever height you want (untill you bang your hands on the windshield) and to whatever angle you want.
DOH! MOMENT: As I went through the operation in my mind, while down in the basement looking for the tools I would need, I was thinking I would have to loosen the pinch bolts on the upper and lower triple clamp and with the 1100 S body work, would the lower triple clamp be accessable? DOH! No lower triple clamp! Imagine that.
How easy? You only need the allen wrench that fits the pinch bolt.
I loosened up the pinch bolts on the (top) triple clamp and just moved the tubes up to where I wanted them. Because the HBs were raised up and were above the slot where the HB tab goes to keep it in place, I was able to angle back the HBs, also. As a precaution, I jacked the bike up under the front of the motor to raise the front wheel off the ground, but I think that may not be necessary. Test riding the bike revealed no problems with the front suspenson and the bars were up where I wanted them.
After the initial test ride I found that one of the bars was angled back a bit more than the other. Being lazy, I decided to forego jacking up the front of the bike. I put it on the center stand and slightly loosened the one triple clamp and wrenched the bar over to where it looked like it matched the other bar. A test ride after that indicated the front suspension was fine. My guess is that you can adjust the bars by loosening the triple clamps without jacking up the front end, lifting the front wheel off the ground. Why bother with the lift in the first place? It is mentioned in the Suburban-Machinery instructions for their 1100 S riser bar. Then again, that riser kit is for moving HBs that are under the triple clamp (as on the Replika models) to above the triple clamp and when actually removing the stanchion tube from the triple clamp (necessary to get the HB off the stanchion tube) , it might be best to have the front wheel lifted.
Conclusion is that you can raise the bars by drawing up the tubes (keep the pinch bolts on the HB tight and just wrestle the tube up using the HB) to whatever height you want (untill you bang your hands on the windshield) and to whatever angle you want.
DOH! MOMENT: As I went through the operation in my mind, while down in the basement looking for the tools I would need, I was thinking I would have to loosen the pinch bolts on the upper and lower triple clamp and with the 1100 S body work, would the lower triple clamp be accessable? DOH! No lower triple clamp! Imagine that.
How easy? You only need the allen wrench that fits the pinch bolt.