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Demin Serious Thumper Offline We need more chlorine in the gene pool Posts: 2435 Warren,Ohio Gender:	Re: Bars and Risers Reply #15 - 04/13/08 at 05:28:11 To me,drags are the best for handling.
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NDBiker Junior Member Offline Posts: 58 Columbus, Ohio Gender:	Re: Bars and Risers Reply #16 - 04/13/08 at 23:11:24 I have stock my '06 risers with '87 buckhorns. Got the buckhorns on here for 20 shipped. I had to buy a longer brake line. I find them more comfortable on the longer rides with few turns. I think it gives the bike a slightly longer flowing look too.
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YannB YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1	Re: Bars and Risers Reply #17 - 04/14/08 at 11:38:35 Hi, I need to know where is the best place for a risers kit for my Savage 1998 I want some Risers like Demin's Pict
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Latimer Junior Member Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 81 Boston Gender:	Re: Bars and Risers Reply #18 - 04/14/08 at 11:44:52 I just bought a set of 4" straight risers and a no rise drag bar from JCwhitney.com. Pretty decent prices, came in under $100 when it was all said and done.
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Keith_T Senior Member Offline Posts: 289 Northern Illinois Gender:	Re: Bars and Risers Reply #19 - 04/14/08 at 11:48:19 How are these after market bars for vibration? Aren't the stock bars heavy to help with vibration?
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Latimer Junior Member Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 81 Boston Gender:	Re: Bars and Risers Reply #20 - 04/14/08 at 11:53:59 I have no clue, mine are still in the mail. But I'll report back in 6-10 days.
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Reply #21 - 04/14/08 at 11:58:56

Keith_T wrote on 04/14/08 at 11:48:19:

How are these after market bars for vibration? Aren't the stock bars heavy to help with vibration?

The stock bars have weights just a little ways into each end. I have a set of 36" drag bars that I filled with BBs and put epoxy into each end to seal them in. They work very well. Of course, I also have Kuryakyn ISO grips, which dampen a lot of vibration on their own.

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Reply #22 - 04/15/08 at 05:50:59

I am in the Middle of tailoring the bike with the right Bars.

My Us Import to the UK has Drag Bars with 4" Risers, but it was doing my clutch thumb in.

Rotating the levers to a more vertical position improved the hold but B***ERD up the Mirrors, so I split the difference.

Got New Mirrors with Better Adjustment, but that means a lot of fiddling, of which I am still in the middle of!!!!

My Local Independent is a Harley Man and since the demise of the Local Polaris Agent, he is taking on the care of a number of Victories.

A Committee discussion, came to the conclusion that my short Arms and Legs mean that I need to go for 2 Inch Risers and bars with a slight pull back, not as severe as the Stock "Buckhorns" which I also had with the bike.

I will let you know what they are like when I get Them.

These are "Highway Hawk" supplied in the UK.

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punkid33 YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 17	Re: Bars and Risers Reply #23 - 05/07/08 at 07:44:16 Demin - I cant tell if those are pullback risers. I like your setup and want to mimic with the drag and 4 inch risers. I was looking on ebay for 4 inch risers. Would any set work with my 86'? If not what diameter size did you buy. Thanks!
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Reply #24 - 05/07/08 at 09:23:09

I also adjusted the angle on my '40. Got the grips up an inch or 2 and it does feel better.
I have to admit I was wondering if the buckhorn bars would be more comfortable, though.

ok, everyone line up for the grat bar swap..........................
drag bars to the right, buckhorns to the left, everyone else in the middle........................

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Reply #25 - 05/07/08 at 14:40:04

punkid33 wrote on 05/07/08 at 07:44:16:

Demin - I cant tell if those are pullback risers.
I like your setup and want to mimic with the drag and 4 inch risers.
I was looking on ebay for 4 inch risers. Would any set work with my 86'? If not what diameter size did you buy.

Thanks!

Pullback risers are short things. On the older biks, the Drag bar risers were just a spacer added to raise them up. Look at one of the microfische sites. I noticed that on the S40's the riser has a metal piece between the two up-rights. Probably makes it sitffer for better control. I saw somewhere here that someone was having an issue with getting a tach bracket on because that metal was in the way.

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Demin Serious Thumper Offline We need more chlorine in the gene pool Posts: 2435 Warren,Ohio Gender:	Re: Bars and Risers Reply #26 - 05/07/08 at 14:54:34 Ok buttgoat...I'm confused.I have drags,apes,and Z's which side am I on?
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rpgpgmr Senior Member Offline Posts: 270 Huntington, WV Gender:	Re: Bars and Risers Reply #27 - 05/08/08 at 10:13:24 Latimer, what jet sizes did you use when you re-jetted. Also what thickness (or # of washers) did you use for the white-spacer mod. Been chasing a problem all week.
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Reply #28 - 05/08/08 at 11:58:09

Out of the dozen or so bars I've tried on my Savages so far, I've liked these 2" rise "drag" bars the best:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=360050424874

Should mention, however, that the knurling is a bit narrow on the bars since they are meant for a H-D, so some of the knurling shows when you have them installed.

I've had them on several height and degree of pullback risers, and they've felt good to me on all of them. I don't know if they're high enough to use with the stock short risers though. (YMMV, as everyone seems to have different tastes in bars. I tend to like mine a bit wide, and with only a medium amount of pull back.)

And speaking of risers... when shopping for risers be aware that you can use the two-piece Harley type on a Savage; but not the ones that use the one piece cap. The only problem with using the two-piece ones is that you have to drill/grind/file out the holes in your chromed washers that tighten the rubber isolation grommets onto the triple tree; because the H-D risers use a 1/2"-13 bolt for mounting; which is slightly larger than the stock Suzuki metric stud.

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Reply #29 - 05/09/08 at 12:07:01

rpgpgmr wrote on 05/08/08 at 10:13:24:

Latimer, what jet sizes did you use when you re-jetted. Also what thickness (or # of washers) did you use for the white-spacer mod. Been chasing a problem all week.

I put in a 50 and 150 and 2 washers for the spacer. I had to significantly back out my idle mixture screw after rejetting and putting on a new muffler, but after that the backfire has disappeared completely.

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