New Handlebar Risers

[grubsie]

Bought some 1 1/2" handlebar risers for my RSV on ebay. Brought them to a friend of mine who has a small machine shop in his basement to make the mods I wanted. I had him make 1" dowels to add to one side of each so that the bumpers on the fairing would fit on them as if the old position handle bars were still there. He did an amazing job. They look awesome.

All the cables fit OK except for the throttle cables. A little re-routing and they are fine now. That little re-routing required removing the outer fairing and removing the bolts holding the inner fairing so that I could get some space between the inner fairing and the forks so I could re-route the throttle cables. Not a hard job though. Only took me about 1/2 hour. Having owned 3 RSV's I can remove the fairing and re-install it in my sleep.

It's like a new bike now. Went out for a 3 hour ride. No more pain in my shoulders or neck. Would have ridden longer but I had an appointment I had to keep. This damn work thing gets in the way of everything.

 

A few pics:

 

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[2004 venture]

Would these work on a 2005 model?

[bongobobny]

All RSV's from 1999 to 2013 are all the same bike!!!

[grubsie]

They will fit any year. The only draw back and one that doesn't concern me at all is that the risers contact the ignition cover when the front end reaches the right and left turning stops. It makes the ignition cover bend a little bit but nothing serious.

The better news that under no circumstance, would anyone ever turn their front wheel that far while riding. The only time anyone would ever turn the front end that far would be while stopped and moving the bike while sitting on it. Most likely only while walking the bike back out of a parking space so the ignition cover would get minimal contact.

 

For me, the trade off for the comfort level far outweighs the minimal ignition cover contact. I am however, having my machinist buddy take a look at this minor detail to see if he can figure a solution to eliminate this minor problem just because. It appears that the contact is only made by the top OEM (original) cap. He's very sharp and will most likely figure out an easy solution, but it costs me a lot of beer that he makes me share with him for his services. The horrible things I have to go through for the betterment of all RSV's.

[Davin]

A bit more of an issue if you have the ABS chrome ignition cover which will scratch and/or crack from the contact. I was looking at mine the other day thinking about it and you confirmed there is contact. I like what you achieved with yours and the dowels look great.

 

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