DSN_KLR650
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Brad
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by Brad » Tue Nov 25, 2003 8:11 pm
As any quality machinist would know,
The shortest distance between two puns is a straight line.
heeheee!!!
crack my self up, I just love puns and the quality of your stuff Mike!
Brad A15
Centralia, WA
--- In
DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "wannabsmooth1"
wrote:
> Z,
>
> I adjust them when they need it.
>
> I check them whenever I have the bike on the lift. My riding is
> mostly street, and I think looseness is felt more on a smooth
> surface.
>
> I seem to remember a thresd here about bearng adjustment helping to
> cure handling ills on the street, and the stock fork setup seems
> more senstive than other bikes in my memory. I think part of it
> stems from a semi-dirt bike suspension geometry (stems - ar ar ar)
>
> Mike
> Eagle Mfg & Eng
> San Diego, Ca.
> 619-479-0123
>
> --- In
DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, Zachariah Mully
> wrote:
> > On Tue, 2003-11-25 at 16:13, wannabsmooth1 wrote:
> >
> > > The biggest reason they were made, was to allow adjustment of
> the
>
>
> > > steering head nearings, without having to dismount the bars.
> >
> > ??? How often do you adjust your steering head bearings? If I quit
> > hitting trees and tweaking my forks, I don't think I've ever have
a
> > reason to adjust them.
> >
> > Just curious.
> >
> > Z
> > DC
> > A5X
> > A12X
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westnash1
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by westnash1 » Mon Jan 12, 2004 12:31 pm
Has anyone tried the Eagle handlebar risers being offered and
comments on them +/-???
jp
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Rey Odejar
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by Rey Odejar » Mon Jan 12, 2004 1:34 pm
Got mine from Mike last month.
+ ? Control front end better, less stress, arm is
resting mid rib and less pressure to front end
resulting to better handling. So far so good.
- ? Can't think of anything yet.
Rey A17
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bigfatgreenbike@netscape.net
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by bigfatgreenbike@netscape.net » Mon Jan 12, 2004 5:17 pm
"westnash1" wrote:
>Has anyone tried the Eagle handlebar risers being offered and
>comments on them +/-???
Yes. I had them before I swapped front ends. They fit the KLR perfectly, and I was very happy with them. You can get a similar effect with taller bend bars, but it you like your bars these are an ideal solution. Not to mention you can fit the risers in about 10 minutes, instead of close to an hour for swapping bars.
The Zen site made a big deal about the risers making it easier to tighten the steering nut, but this always seemed silly (four allen bolts isn't a big deal and if you properly torque the stem nut it doesn't loosen up).
Devon
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Brooklyn
'01 A15-Z KLR650
'81 SR500
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Jim
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by Jim » Mon Jan 12, 2004 6:30 pm
I bought the ZEN risers which are now offered by Eagle or are similar
to I believe, and I like em. I like the position better when on the
pegs and they put me a bit more upright on the seat. Take a good look
at the attachement points for the risers and you will see that it
moves the bars more back than up, but you can rotate the bars up and
forward.
--Jim
A-15
> Has anyone tried the Eagle handlebar risers being offered and
> comments on them +/-???
>
> jp
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wannabsmooth1
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by wannabsmooth1 » Mon Jan 12, 2004 7:19 pm
Jim,
I'm actually the guy that made the Zen risers. Bill Rose of Zen has
eased out of the motorcycle business, and is going into making
trailers. I bought the project back from him. (If someone pays me
for the engineering/programming - I don't make the parts for anyone
else - they own the project.)
Mike
Eagle Mfg & Eng
San Diego, Ca.
--- In
DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "Jim" wrote:
> I bought the ZEN risers which are now offered by Eagle or are
similar
> to I believe, and I like em. I like the position better when on
the
> pegs and they put me a bit more upright on the seat. Take a good
look
> at the attachement points for the risers and you will see that it
> moves the bars more back than up, but you can rotate the bars up
and
> forward.
> --Jim
> A-15
>
> > Has anyone tried the Eagle handlebar risers being offered and
> > comments on them +/-???
> >
> > jp
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butch278@webtv.net
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by butch278@webtv.net » Thu Jan 15, 2004 9:06 am
Hey Jak,
You have me wondering about the risers for the bars. I have the
Highway peg engine guard set up also . Am thinking that It would be a
length of torso and inseam related issue. I am 5 ' 9" with 32 inseam.
Do you think it would add to riding comfort for me? Have the JCW trunk
as well. I believe you mentioned you are on the Eastern Shore. I am in
the Salisbury, and Milton Del area. Have been considering a mount off
the passenger grab rails for the JCW trunk on the zx6r as well.
Butch
A16
zx6r
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Allen Maxfield
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by Allen Maxfield » Tue Nov 02, 2004 10:59 am
I want to bring my handlebars up and back. Any source of risers of this type?
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