Short reach handlebar question

[Badco149]

Just loosen the bolts, "roll" the bar up a bit, tighten bolts. Check it's all clear at full lock both directions.
hyea:

Thank you for the tip. I loosened the bars and rolled them up and forward. Retightened and torqued down. Gave them a turn right and left and SUCCESS! There is not a whole lot of clearance maybe a 1/8 but I am a Happy Camper.

Thank you
Badco

 

[loisk]

. :congrats::thumbup::2thumbs:

 

[Gcclubs]

Attitude Bars on F3T

I changed the standard ones to the Attitude bars. Not much difference. But I did notice that if I do a extreme left turn the turn indicator does tap the tank. Does anyone have a suggestion with a fix ?

Thanks

Badco149 wondering when you put on the attitude bars if you could see okay out of the rear view mirrors or did dropping the bars lower (which the attitude bars see to do based on what I can see) did that drop your hands so they were in effect all you see in the rear view mirrors?

 

[ofdave]

Just watch if you pivot the bars lower, the switch housings will hit the Tupperware when you turn side to side.

H2O

my stock bars will not go low enough to hit the plastic when turning.
Tried to lower them but there is a stop of some sort that won't give me what I am after.

 

[Yebogogo64]

I torqued my short reach bars to spec on 16 F3L, but notice a bit of loose play, 2-3mm. Has anyone experienced this? Thanks

 

[wvedec]

I torqued my short reach bars to spec on 16 F3L, but notice a bit of loose play, 2-3mm. Has anyone experienced this? Thanks

I added some risers and had a similar problem. I used an "old-fashioned" fix. I took an aluminum soft drink can and cut strips to fit under the clamps. I placed the strips on a piece of wood and then, with a screwdriver or file (can't remember which), I struck/tapped it with a hammer to make dimples and small sharp extrusions on the strips. This roughed up and texturized the surface of the aluminum strips to make them "grippier". I then used these as shims under the clamps and cranked them down tight. I use one layer of aluminum strip per clamp, but more shims could be used if a greater thickness was needed. The handlebars never moved after this.

And, oh yea, you can use a beer can, after draining it, if you like instead!!