Superbike Bars, Risers, Brake Lines and Clearance Issues
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Superbike Bars, Risers, Brake Lines and Clearance Issues
Several have inquired about superbike bars and fitment/cost issues. I swapped over to superbike bars, risers and SS brake/clutch lines for a total cost of 146.00, shopping on eBay. Bars were 30.00 shipped from the following:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/black...item5ad2cbc767
Risers were off a '75 Husquarna 460 at 16.00 shipped and the SS clutch and brake lines were about 100.00 from an eBay vendor that I can't recall.
The risers are mounted with bolts coming up through the bottom of the upper triple clamp. There are two casting marks (~1/4" diameter round circles) that you can use as a guide for drilling the two holes. As you can see from the pic's the clearance is tight at the tank, fork tubes and fairing. In fact, I had to cut the fairing to get the full range of turning arc. I needed to add stacked washers to get the needed clearance for the fork tubes. The stock wiring will fit, but you have to loosen and reroute to fit. Stock brake lines will not work. Dunno about the clutch lines, because I just opted to replace all hydro lines with SS. I used Galfer SS lines (VTR 1000) which have both front brake lines going directly to the master cylinder. That gives enough length. I should have cut the upper fairing before repainting, but it slipped my mind. At any rate, the new bars are much more comfortable and worth the considerable effort. If I did it over again, I would have taped up the bars better because they got scratched up with just a single layer of masking tape as I trial fit everthing to fit. Here are the close up pic's of the finished product.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/black...item5ad2cbc767
Risers were off a '75 Husquarna 460 at 16.00 shipped and the SS clutch and brake lines were about 100.00 from an eBay vendor that I can't recall.
The risers are mounted with bolts coming up through the bottom of the upper triple clamp. There are two casting marks (~1/4" diameter round circles) that you can use as a guide for drilling the two holes. As you can see from the pic's the clearance is tight at the tank, fork tubes and fairing. In fact, I had to cut the fairing to get the full range of turning arc. I needed to add stacked washers to get the needed clearance for the fork tubes. The stock wiring will fit, but you have to loosen and reroute to fit. Stock brake lines will not work. Dunno about the clutch lines, because I just opted to replace all hydro lines with SS. I used Galfer SS lines (VTR 1000) which have both front brake lines going directly to the master cylinder. That gives enough length. I should have cut the upper fairing before repainting, but it slipped my mind. At any rate, the new bars are much more comfortable and worth the considerable effort. If I did it over again, I would have taped up the bars better because they got scratched up with just a single layer of masking tape as I trial fit everthing to fit. Here are the close up pic's of the finished product.
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