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Garry

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Lowering handlebars and moving them forward
04/14/16 at 02:00:06

Hi All,

Picked up my new S40 today. Brilliant! To make this bike absolutely comfortable I need to move the handle bars forward about 2" and down about the same. I am sure that someone, somewhere has done this and I'll bet there is an aftermarket setup already on the market! Can anyone on this site steer me in the right direction please?

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Garry from Oz

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Kenny G Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com The Singles Club...LOL Posts: 1754 Robson Ranch, Denton, Texas Gender:	Re: Lowering handlebars and moving them forward Reply #1 - 04/14/16 at 07:27:12 Gary, What year is your S40? I machined the factory risers down to accomplish what you want to do. You must keep the risers a little over 2 inches tall or the controls will hit the gas cap. If you search on the forum you will find that there are other options for risers. Kenny G
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Re: Lowering handlebars and moving them forward
Reply #2 - 04/14/16 at 08:03:08

Had a similar 'comfort/handling' problem and finally determined to put 1" clubman bars on mine 'upside down' so the horns are up. It moved the grips lower and forward, more ergonomically angled; seems better to me anyway, without anything else to fund.

Of course, I removed the tall riser extensions to get the bar clamps down enough to make this work. New bolts/nuts were a few dollars.

Feels more solid and balanced now, like a motorcycle, not a moped.

Now, if I could only get it started again. Kiss

Tom

JMHO...

Tom

Mich Cdr II 140/90R & 100/90F, raised seat, windscreen, clubman bars, T-Kat brace, Raptor, HD 64707-08, thumb decomp,

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DesertRat Serious Thumper Offline I love rat bikes! Posts: 1569 Arizona	Re: Lowering handlebars and moving them forward Reply #3 - 04/14/16 at 08:39:28 Garry, I JUST did this MOD this past weekend, this THREAD covers the details, complete with pictures - http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1458918311
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Garry Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 61	Re: Lowering handlebars and moving them forward Reply #4 - 04/14/16 at 15:59:14 DesertRat wrote on 04/14/16 at 08:39:28: Garry, I JUST did this MOD this past weekend, this THREAD covers the details, complete with pictures - http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1458918311 Thanks For the advice DR I just purchased the exact same setup as yours on Ebay. Cheers Garry
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Re: Lowering handlebars and moving them forward
Reply #5 - 04/14/16 at 16:49:58

Garry,

couple of "adjustments" you need to be aware of:

You will need to adjust your controls, and mirror mounts. The controls are JIS phillips screws (the funky japanese screws) BE CAREFUL, they strip easily if you don't have the JIS screwdrivers.
http://www.amazon.com/Hozan-JIS-4-JIS-Screwdriver-3rd/dp/B00A7WAHTU

The mirror mounts are METRIC allen heads. Easy enough to loosen and adjust the mounts.

Watch the bar centering in the dogbone. You will see the alignment dimple is now a bit wonky and any discoloring from the original mounting should help get it right.

another tip - I used a piece of cardboard box folded in half to give me enough clearance on the controls over the gas cap, right-side.

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Garry Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 61	Re: Lowering handlebars and moving them forward Reply #6 - 04/14/16 at 18:50:48 Thanks again for the info DR. Yes I noticed the tight clearance on yours around the fuel tank and will probably used the cardboard method as well! Cheers Garry
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