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Mhlunsford
Posted on Friday, July 17, 2015 - 12:24 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

what is the best way to raise m2 handlebars say an inch?
Risers?
Blast bars?
S3t bars?
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Jayvee
Posted on Friday, July 17, 2015 - 01:18 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Risers are more convenient to install, but Blast/S3T bars can sometimes be found for less. I had to reroute the clutch cable to the other side of the steering stem, as I recall.
Some years of S3T bars are exactly like Blast, but some have a 1" width difference in the lower bar clamp area. Can't seem to differentiate by the stamped #, and some seem to not be stamped.
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Mhlunsford
Posted on Friday, July 17, 2015 - 07:51 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I ordered the risers 1in from Al.
Hoping the cables all make it.
The ride to CO did me in.
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Maxbuell
Posted on Saturday, July 18, 2015 - 05:58 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Your cables will reach. I installed 1 " riser on my 2002 M2 no promblems
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46champ
Posted on Saturday, July 18, 2015 - 11:30 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I also installed the 1 inch risers no problem with the cables
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Fxdrydr
Posted on Sunday, July 19, 2015 - 10:03 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

How do the risers affect the fly screen/instrument fit? It looks to me like the instruments will jut above the screen.
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Jim2
Posted on Sunday, July 19, 2015 - 05:32 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I have risers and it does put the instrument dash at the top of the screen at the center and just above on the sides. I have thought about switching the left and right headlight brackets so they point up and raise the headlight and fly screen. One of these days I'll try it.
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Jayvee
Posted on Wednesday, July 22, 2015 - 04:30 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

That headlight switch is an interesting idea. I see I didn't mention I switched handlebars to Blast size. I only bought the risers, didn't use them.
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Robertl
Posted on Tuesday, August 04, 2015 - 02:50 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Update on adding the risers?
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Mhlunsford
Posted on Sunday, August 16, 2015 - 12:33 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

The risers did rise the instruments out of line with the stock flyscreen but I have Givi windshield. The 1 in rise made much more comfortable to ride long distance. Well in a parking lot I leaned over and went over slowly and now the bars are bent. So s3t bars are coming.
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