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There is a followup post in a thread somewhere on this forum where it is suggested to rotate the bars up as it gives a more natural position, well that is what I think they said. I can't find the post so I am unsure of who it is but thanks, what a great idea.
I did this yesterday. 2 Allen key bolts under the instrument cluster and move it out of the way gives access to the 4 Allen key bolts that hold the bars. Then you need to rotate the lever/mirror mounts slightly to compensate and that was pretty much it. I did have a lot of trouble with one of the bolts holding the cluster, stripped it trying to get it to turn. A pair of Vice Grips and a shifter fixed that one.
The cables squeaked a lot because they where rubbing where it goes into the headlight housing but I fixed that by turning where the cables go into the throttle up slightly. That took up/compensated for the slack created by raising the bars. Problem solved.
Result...

The bars now match the natural angle of my hands and the mirrors are much higher and give a vastly better view. So far I have only done about 300k's but it feels really good. Switch gear is a little rotated but I will get used to that. In fact I think I already have. I can only remember thinking it was a little odd yesterday and no thoughts I can think of about it today.
I am extremely happy with the result. Thanks mystery guy
I did this yesterday. 2 Allen key bolts under the instrument cluster and move it out of the way gives access to the 4 Allen key bolts that hold the bars. Then you need to rotate the lever/mirror mounts slightly to compensate and that was pretty much it. I did have a lot of trouble with one of the bolts holding the cluster, stripped it trying to get it to turn. A pair of Vice Grips and a shifter fixed that one.
The cables squeaked a lot because they where rubbing where it goes into the headlight housing but I fixed that by turning where the cables go into the throttle up slightly. That took up/compensated for the slack created by raising the bars. Problem solved.
Result...

The bars now match the natural angle of my hands and the mirrors are much higher and give a vastly better view. So far I have only done about 300k's but it feels really good. Switch gear is a little rotated but I will get used to that. In fact I think I already have. I can only remember thinking it was a little odd yesterday and no thoughts I can think of about it today.
I am extremely happy with the result. Thanks mystery guy