In response to the riser ? About a 3-4" rise would be sufficient for my purposes.Iwas pretty excited about the pics of the setup that I immediately did a mock up of my spyder and played w/it alittle.Anything better than the stock setup.Looks like you did a great job and a lot of thought went in to the project.It will also help in the effort of steering much more quickly and end the need for playing around w/the front shock adjustments.Theres nothing wrong w/alittle effort to add these bars to an already exciting ride and make it even BETTER!The plate is cool too but I'm playing around w/something my son is excited about doing to the handlebars to cover them also in his shop class.All I need is the MadMatt bars.