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How to Install Clamp Style Risers

Risers are a way to raise or lower the height of the handlebars and hand controls on a motorcycle. Risers usually raise the riders connection to the bike by about 3 inches and may push the controls 2 inches closer to the saddle. This small change is usually enough to prevent back problems during a multi-state ride. But you should know before you begin that new risers may make your old control cables slightly too short. And, if that is the case, you must install the risers before you can measure your motorcycle for new cables.

Instructions

1

Drape towels over all sheet metal components on the front of the motorcycle, including the gas tank or air box and the front fender.

2

Loosen the instrument cluster in the middle of the handlebars if your motorcycle has an instrument cluster there. Typically, the cluster attaches to the handlebars with four Torx or Allen bolts, so they should be loosened with Torx or Allen sockets and a socket wrench. Do not remove the cluster from the bars or any wires or cables.

3

Instruct an assistant to sit in the saddle and hold the handlebars. Loosen the original upper handlebar clamps with a socket wrench and socket. The size of the socket and whether that measurement is metric (such as 22 mm) or standard (such as 7/8 inch) varies by brand of motorcycle.

4

Instruct your assistant to hold the handlebars upright and remove the lower handlebar clamps with a socket wrench and socket.

5

Install both new risers to the upper fork bracket in the same location as the original lower handlebar clamps with a socket of the correct size and a socket wrench. Instruct your assistant to hold the handlebars in the new lower riser clamps.

6

Attach but do not fully tighten the upper riser clamps with the nuts, screws or other fasteners that came with your risers. Apply two drops of strong thread locker to each fastener. The handlebars will now be sandwiched between the lower and upper riser clamps.

7

Instruct your assistant to dismount the motorcycle. Sit on the motorcycle and adjust the position of the handlebars before the final tightening.

8

Tighten the upper riser clamps with a socket wrench and the correct socket. Retighten the instrument cluster screws or bolts.

9

Turn the handlebars fully right and left to check for cable binding.

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