Installing Clip-ons

[OreoGaborio]

didn't get many replies in Maint. so here goes again...

You'd THINK it wouldn't be a project. and i guess it wouldn't be if they fit w/o any issues.

But unfortunately the Woodcrafts i got from GMD Computrack are too low I'm gonna have to either find a set that are slightly raised or ride w/o the ram air tube covers (they interfere w/ lock-to-lock steering, as does the headlight assembly) and either get a longer tube for the brake fluid resevoir, or mount the resevoir lower so it reaches the brake lever. I'd also have to re-route my throttle cables & re-lube em so they're not so friggin slow.... the lowered bars make the cables do a tighter bend then they would otherwise preferr.... what a bummer.

any suggestions?

(i can't mount em above the tripple clamp, since the stockers mount below & there's only about 8mm of shock above the tripples. so they're mounted as high on the shocks as they can get.)

[Honclfibr]

Originally posted by OreoGaborio
any suggestions?

either find a set that are slightly raised or ride w/o the ram air tube covers (they interfere w/ lock-to-lock steering, as does the headlight assembly) and either get a longer tube for the brake fluid resevoir, or mount the resevoir lower so it reaches the brake lever.

(Or get G forks)

[OreoGaborio]

Well folks, it seems to me that someone doesn't want to see his front stand evvverrrr agaaaiiiin

(wtf are G forks? the ones you have so i can mount em on top of the tripples? pfft, what a shitty downgrade )

[Honclfibr]

Yeah, forks from a ZX6RG1 or G2. I didn't say it was an upgrade, I said it would work

You already know all the possible solutions. Get a stock set of J1 bars with the 1/2 rise (or a set of helibars, but they're 189 and also a "downgrade" for the track) or do a bit of bending/fabbing to run with the woodcrafts. You have learned all there is to learn, grasshopper. Go forth and wreak damage to your bike.

And you better be nice to my triple stand or I'll in the gloves you left in my truck

[OreoGaborio]

Originally posted by Honclfibr
And you better be nice to my triple stand or I'll in the gloves you left in my truck

you & your boyfriend better be pretty small in order for you to suck his dick while you're in my ski gloves

[Stoneman]

You sure you got the right parts? You can rotate 'em when ya mount 'em. Maybe if you rotate 'em forward it'll give you the clearance you need, Clarence...

They're made to help you get under your windscreen. Perhaps you're trying to set 'em up more for comfort rather than for their intended purpose (lower & further reach than stock)...

[OreoGaborio]

nah, they're about 2 inches lower than stock, even though they're mounted in the same location... it's cuz the stockers are rasied up...

if i swivel em forward then they hit the headlight assembly when i turn the other way... push em lower on the forks & they hit even more

[hohum]

Installing Clip Ons on Street Faired Bike == Sawzall + Dremel + Wires + New Brake Lines + Sweat + Tears + 1 Carefully Removed Finger == Success

[Nikon]

Originally posted by OreoGaborio
any suggestions?

ummm yeah - don't crash your bike asshole

[OreoGaborio]

Guess i gotta return the woodcrafts & hittin up Ronayers.com... 60 bucks & another week later maybe i'll get to ride

(but hey... at least the handlebar perch is only 60 bucks shipped)