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Posted by gcates
 - April 29, 2016, 22:13:18 PM

I don't like the way they look either.  Too close together.  I know it's the same hole as stock, but he height just makes it look weird.

Yes, I am using a phone for he pics.

Posted by CDNRatMan
 - April 29, 2016, 21:33:52 PM

 Are you using a phone to take the pictures?

Not sure if I am a fan of those risers......

Posted by gcates
 - April 29, 2016, 19:49:04 PM

Anyone know why most of my pics come in sideways?

Posted by gcates
 - April 29, 2016, 19:47:19 PM

Part of him lives on ever time you crank up!

Oh and here's the proof it happened!

Posted by CDNRatMan
 - April 29, 2016, 19:40:35 PM

   Hate to say I bought those black ones from a lad who had his own bike repair shop here in town and then he had a long bitter fight with cancer and sold everything off. I scored these from him, and had them powder coated and really liked the height and pull back on them and they give me the perfect position for my way of riding. I never did learn what the brand was or were he got them, and there is no makings on them

Posted by gcates
 - April 29, 2016, 19:35:37 PM

I like those black ones.  Seems like most folks that have risers also have wins shield that "hide" the risers themselves.  I have a small windshield I may put back on to see how I like it with the risers.

I didn't just go for a very short ride and I really like the new feel.  I feel like I have more control and it is way more comfortable.  I'm very pleased!

Posted by CDNRatMan
 - April 29, 2016, 16:05:59 PM

ok I had a choice of these 2 styles of risers and went with the black set.

Posted by gcates
 - April 29, 2016, 11:52:32 AM

I tried that, but the tension was such that I couldn't get it out of the lever.  Saw a good video from Revzilla that showed a repair on a clutch cable on a Harley.  So I finally got everything done and I believe put back in the right place.  But I have a little concern about the actual cable up by the lever.  I may end up just getting a new cable all together and trying to replace the current one.

If you could, do you have pictures of your bike with an up close of the risers?  I'd like to see them on someone else's bike.

Posted by CDNRatMan
 - April 29, 2016, 11:20:24 AM

  When I added my risers I just undid the clutch at the lever and did not touch it anyplace else. Then replaced it once I did the re routing and is done and working fine. Once we see the pictures we might be able to help you out.

Posted by gcates
 - April 29, 2016, 11:02:01 AM

Hahaha!!!  Oh, it happened!!!  I got the banged up knuckles and smudged chrome to prove it.  But I will try and get some pictures up this evening when I get home.

Posted by mittico68
 - April 29, 2016, 09:52:36 AM

Gcates, you should know... no pics it didn't happen... lol...

Posted by gcates
 - April 29, 2016, 09:46:32 AM

So I settled on the phatrisers II polished aluminum because after reading some things here I wasn't sure I'd ever get the chrome ones in because they didn't have any in stock and they were 4 weeks out.  I got them last night and put them on.  Impressions:

First the bad.  I don't really like the look of them (the finish) or the way the front of my bike looks with the wires running behind the triple tree.  All you can see are the great big risers.  It took me a long time and what I hope wasn't too much stress on the clutch cable to get all of the cables rerouted.  I ended up having to take off my lower exhaust which meant taking off my right floor board just to be able to get to all of the clutch bolts.  It was certainly more than I bargained for and again, I hope my clutch is in proper order and doesn't snap on me down the road.  Although, admittedly, I wasn't getting much info out of my service manual and I didn't really know what I was doing until I later found a video on youtube that helped tremendously.  My first experience messing with the clutch.

All that being said, I think I'm going to really like the feel of where the bars are at now and I think it will really help with my back/neck problems that I have when riding.  The new feel is certainly going to take some getting used to.  If I decide I'm not happy with the new feel, the risers will be for sale at discount price and I'll list them here first.

Not terribly impressed with scootworks customer service, although the risers shipped to me fast once Dave acknowledged I was placing my final order and I sent a follow up email a few days later wanting to know if they had shipped or not.

Posted by mittico68
 - April 25, 2016, 05:25:31 AM
Quote from: tj on April 24, 2016, 14:16:21 PM

never seen those rear guards before...nice!

Yeah, and they're solid rock and can be used as passenger's pegs...
Now I've installed a pair of F&S black passenger's floorboards, so I'm just scratchin' my head since that they don't allow me to put on the rear guards...

Posted by CDNRatMan
 - April 24, 2016, 19:04:36 PM

  like I said Ted used to make them and they are well used in the UK.

Posted by tj
 - April 24, 2016, 14:16:21 PM

never seen those rear guards before...nice!

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