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pollpegj Ex Member	Stock Risers with drag bar 07/27/07 at 13:37:07 Well I just bought a Savage and I already want to modify it. I really like the look and feel of drag bars but hate the look of tall risers. Could I use the stock buckhorn risers with a drag bar. If so what length drag bar. Pictures Please
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Re: Stock Risers with drag bar
Reply #1 - 07/27/07 at 14:10:01

You could but you will hit the tank maybe not the bar but something. They might clear if you turn them down like clip-ons.

I had low rise HD style bars and they just barely cleared if I rerouted the throttle cable.

I'm 6' and found the drag bars on the high risers just a little too narrow. Cause it puts the mirrors so I couldn't see behind me. and the HD bars on the low risers were too low. Caused me put more weight on my hands and made my hands go numb.

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splash07 Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 911 Charleston, SC Gender:	Re: Stock Risers with drag bar Reply #2 - 07/27/07 at 16:28:15 all you need are some hollow pipe (1/2" i think is what i used) cut to desired length and some longer bolts, all these things can be found at ACE for like 5 bucks.
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pollpegj Ex Member	Re: Stock Risers with drag bar Reply #3 - 07/27/07 at 16:47:57 Ill pass on the tubing method. Looking for something a little less homemade. So if I were to get drag bars with a small pull back what would the minimum size riser be for that application.
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theikeman Senior Member Offline Live each day as if it were your last ... Posts: 344 Gibsonton in South Florida Gender:	Re: Stock Risers with drag bar Reply #4 - 07/28/07 at 08:00:00 Check on ebay for Intruder risers, they'll fit and are usually on ebay in different lenghts. Depending on the look you want, start at no less than 4 inches to clear the tank. have fun Ike or ... check these out for only 30 bucks http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/CHOPPER-Z-BARS-6-INCH-COOL_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQc...
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28663 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Stock Risers with drag bar Reply #5 - 07/28/07 at 10:16:55 theikeman, Those e-bay t-bars are 7/8". They won't fit. Savage takes 1" bars.
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pollpegj Ex Member	Re: Stock Risers with drag bar Reply #6 - 07/28/07 at 11:20:14 Im thinking a 3 inch riser and a 28 inch drag bar would look the best and fit the best. Has anybody else tried this type of combo.
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theikeman Senior Member Offline Live each day as if it were your last ... Posts: 344 Gibsonton in South Florida Gender:	Re: Stock Risers with drag bar Reply #7 - 07/28/07 at 13:08:44 Woops. Copied and pasted the wrong link and picture, has been corrected and they are 1 inch bars. Ike
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Re: Stock Risers with drag bar
Reply #8 - 07/28/07 at 14:31:41

The stock Savage handlebar clamps (the ones for the buck-horn bars) can be risen a couple of inches with the addition of some deep-well sockets (19mm I think, maybe someone can clarify?) between the upper tree and the bar clamps ... and of course some longer bolts to hold it all together. This would give the drag bars and switchgear enough rise to clear the tank without going as high as the S40 bar clamps/risers ... cheap too!
A pal of mine put a set of standard H.D. Sportsters bars mtd. to the stock Savage clamps on his wife's '87 LS ... no clearance issuses and it's comfortable and steers better than the stock Savage buck-horn set up.

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Re: Stock Risers with drag bar
Reply #9 - 07/28/07 at 15:20:29

Its possible to put a dragbar with some degres bend on it, all you have to do is to make some stoppers in aluminium and put them on the senterpiece at the bike to prevent the handlebar to hit the tank,
take a look at my bike, its 78 cm wide and I made the stoppers so that the handlebar have 5 mm space at both sides of the tank.
Tommorow I will take some pics of it and put up here.
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pollpegj Ex Member	Re: Stock Risers with drag bar Reply #10 - 07/28/07 at 19:55:37 Thanks Odar that would be great. Odar if you were to use taller risers instead of using stoppers how big of ones would you need?
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Rockin_John Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Posts: 1562 +36° 10' , -95° 48' Gender:	Re: Stock Risers with drag bar Reply #11 - 07/28/07 at 22:18:48 3"+ risers, or fork stops, one or the other or something on the drag bars will hit the tank. As for width, I prefer 32"+ with 20º-30º (3"-5") pullback. The narrow 24" bars just don't give me a good feel at lower speeds. Plus the wider bars are just cool.
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28886 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Stock Risers with drag bar Reply #12 - 07/28/07 at 22:29:06 And unless you've got really narrow shoulders, or really long extentions for your mirrors, all you're going to see is your shoulders.
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Odar Junior Member Offline Odars ride Posts: 93 Stockholm Sweden Gender:	Re: Stock Risers with drag bar Reply #13 - 07/29/07 at 03:02:19 Here is some pics. My bar was 82 cm when I bought it, I cut of 2 cm of eaght side, thougt it was to wide, now 78 cm perfect. Had homemade raisers like aluminium tubes to stock handlebarholders 7cm, they worked without the stoppers but this looks better I think and I take the wind better as well. Odar
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