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Author Message   Ratyson Posted on Monday, December 26, 2005 - 10:13 am:        I got some Crossroads bars for my XB for Christmas!!! YIPEEEE. Now. Can anyone tell me the torque setting for the fork pinch bolts? (don't have a service manual yet). Also, for those of you who may have installed these bars on your XB, do you really need to lower the forks to get the plate on? I plan on following the directions to a T, but if someone was able to do it without lowering the forks, I wouldn't mind giving that a try. Another thing; I don't have a bike lift. Any of you shade tree mechanics have a trick to jacking up the front end of the bike? I was going to buy two huge eye bolts and run then up into the header of my garage door opening and use a tow strap to jack it up. Any ideas, tricks, etc. would be GREATLY appreciated. Russ   Ratyson Posted on Monday, December 26, 2005 - 06:13 pm:        Well, it looks like I don't need the torque numbers. I put the bars on without the need for dropping the forks. In fact, I am not even sure why the directions say to do it. I had no problem at all getting the cables in the correct place and the plate on with the forks in their usual position. Oh well, +1 for ease!!

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