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Kyle Bradshaw from Cruiser Customizing here with the motorcycle riser Tip of the Week.
Motorcycle risers are the easiest way to position or reposition your handlebars
so that they're a little bit closer and maybe a little bit taller so you have the optimal riding position.
Over the next three weeks I'm going to show you how to swap out your risers,
your handlebars, and then your lines and cables to get that perfect fit on your particular motorcycle.
So in this tip we're going to show you the installation of one of these risers,
a set of Drag Specialties handlebars, and Baron's lines and cables.
Here in front of me are four of the most popular brands of risers for both metro cruisers and Harley-Davidsons
Here on this side we have Show Chrome Accessories or Big Bike Parts.
Here we have the twisted, and the four inch classic pullback risers from Show Chrome Accessories.
These risers install in just about any make and model, as long as you choose your specific make and model bolts.
Earlier I said that the four inch riser is the most popular riser,
but if you're out there looking for a little bit more rise and a little bit more pullback, choose the Kuryaken 1725.
This set of risers here comes with its own hardware, washers and bolts so you can install it on just about any motorcycle.
Incredible. Barons has come up with a system that's absolutely incredible.
These here are the Barons 7410-U.
These are four-inch pullback risers that come with riser bolts for just about every metric application.
Pro One has done a great job. If you have a Pro One 801250, these risers come with bolts and a top clamp to finish off the look.
Now that I've talked a little bit about these risers, the installation is fairly simple for just about all of them.
Let's go ahead and get this installation started on the V Star 650 Classic.
This V Star 650 Classic is going to be our blank slate for today's riser installation.
As you can see, this motorcycle is set up with the stock V Star 650 risers.
We're going to remove these risers and replace them with a set of aftermarket risers.
Now this installation is almost identical for just about every riser out there on the market.
So, to begin this installation, or any riser installation, we really need to lay down a dropcloth, towel,
something over the tank so we don't accidentally ding or scratch the tank.
What we're going to start by doing is removing each of these chrome caps up here on the top of the handlebar.
Now that we have each of our button caps off we're going to go ahead and loosen each of these riser cap bolts.
That way we don't have to break them free after the riser is separated from the triple tree.
Now that we have all of these bolts in the top of the riser loose and we're going to come down here underneath the triple tree.
we are going to remove this nut on both sides of the motorcycle.
Now that we've got the nut and the washer removed we're going to go to the other side and repeat the process.
Now that both of those nuts are removed off the bottom of these risers
I'm going to hold on to the handlebars to make sure it doesn't swing down
and I'm then going to loosen these riser cap bolts, drop the handlebar down, and then remove these top clamps.
Now we've got those top clamps removed, I'm going to take this handlebar
I'm going to set it just forward here on the tank and remove the stock risers.
Now that we have the stock risers removed we're going to take these four inch pullback risers
from Show Chrome Accessories and install them using the model-specific bolts.
Now I'm going to take a little bit of LockTight to ensure that this bolt stays securely fastened.
Line it up with the triple tree.
Attach the riser.
And before I go any further I want to point two things out.
One thing is I'm not going to tighten this all the way down, because I want to make sure the bar fits through here
and everything else up here gets snugged down before I tighten the bottom of this bolt.
But take a look at the vast difference between the stock riser and the new riser from Show Chrome Accessories.
Now that we have both of these risers installed and looking good we're going to go ahead and remove the top clamp.
So I'm going to go ahead and take our clamps, set both of them up here, start them down
and then we'll sit on the bike and adjust our bars to the correct height.
Once you've got the bars positioned where we want them we're going to go ahead
and tighten these top two bolts first, followed by the bottom two.
Now that we've got the top clamps tightened we're going to come back here to the riser bolts themselves
and we're going to go ahead and snug those down.
Now that we've effectively got the install complete, we're going to roll the bike back out of our stand,
we're going to double-check movement side to side.
There you have it. Stock riser to a four inch pullback.
Installation is fairly simple yet almost identical for most aftermarket risers.
Join me next week when we show a
and then, we replace all the lines and cables. 00:04:52.00 [rock music]