Rivco Risers on sale 49.95

[Bedifferent]

Is it better to be lucky than good ? If you were on Normandy Beach, 6 June 1944, it sure was.

I read the instructions, and they talked about disconnecting the clutch cable and pulling it out of the cable retainer on the forks.

I read posts on here where it was said a 1½" longer cable would take care of that, so I proactively ordered that from Barnett.

And I hoped for the best with the rest.

In my case, I have a number of items I've added, such as the Koso tachometer, and the GI Pro gear indicator, and powered mount for my navigator, and control for my heated grips, and the powered Rivco mirrors, and HEL brake lines.

In general, when I install things, particularly around the handlebars, I leave extra wire.

So in short, after adding the longer clutch cable, nothing had to be rerouted.

I rest the outer top edge of my winddeflectors on my mirror posts. I actually had to move the posts more forward to do that. Bringing the bars back I would imagine I could bring them back where they were originally. I don't know if you did that as well like I suggested, but how did the risers affect that?

 

[ransan]

Time to get a little cheeky: Would anyone over the pond be prepared to buy some of these and ship them over to the UK for me? Needless to say I'll pay the costs, but they're excessively priced over here and i don't even know if I'll prefer it. I can't order and have them shipped here through their website. I don't know the weight/size to find a price for the shipping but hopefully one of you do. Or if anyone has some used black ones they don't want that would be even better.
Thanks in advance.

Make sure they will fit your X. The on sale set is for Touring models only. I ordered a set for my 07 Classic Tourer and the did not fit even though the box they shipped in said "Tourer" the photo was Touring, no gages mounted on bars.

 

[Baloo]

Cheers folks. I'll do some more digging about. I thought I'd read somewhere that they would fit both, despite being labelled specifically for one or the other. Can anyone here confirm/deny either way?

 

[Bob R]

I don't know if the touring one will work on other models but I know for a fact the other model risers WILL NOT work on a Touring.

bob

 

[Joesmoe]

This would appear to be the set for the Roadster:

Rivco Risers TR3017

Said to fit all models 2004 and on EXCEPT the Touring -- would support what @Bob R said.

Available, though not discounted on the web site. Resellers could well list them for less.

 

[Baloo]

I've looked about before posting my cheeky begging post. I've had a look about, they will fit, but cause issues when lifting the tanks due to gauge positioning. I would either need to move the gauges, or remove hinge bolt at rear of tank to raise it. I can live with that, although knowing my luck the roadster designed ones which over come this issue will be in the sale a week after I install the touring ones.

@Joesmoe I'd appreciate you finding me a price for shipping, an economy/slower option is fine because I'm not in a rush.

 

[Joesmoe]

By your description, you have a Roadster -- fancy one at that, and the Touring items will NOT/NOT fit.

I know nothing about Roadsters, but reading the other posts, raising the tank will require loosening the mounts and rolling the gauges forward.

I checked several web sites, and while not exhaustive, all the ones I saw are charging retail $183 USD plus shipping.

For my back, I do not regret for a minute paying the retail price when I ordered mine.

 

[Baloo]

By your description, you have a Roadster -- fancy one at that, and the Touring items will NOT/NOT fit.

I know nothing about Roadsters, but reading the other posts, raising the tank will require loosening the mounts and rolling the gauges forward.

I checked several web sites, and while not exhaustive, all the ones I saw are charging retail $183 USD plus shipping.

For my back, I do not regret for a minute paying the retail price when I ordered mine.

I found some info on this post: Rivco risers on a Roadster

 

[Joesmoe]

Indeed -- as repeated in many places, this site is a wonderful source of information and helpful people.

 

[WildBill]

I rest the outer top edge of my winddeflectors on my mirror posts. I actually had to move the posts more forward to do that. Bringing the bars back I would imagine I could bring them back where they were originally. I don't know if you did that as well like I suggested, but how did the risers affect that?

Before I got the risers, I did like you advised and had the deflectors resting against the mirror stems with a bit of tape as a cushion. Putting the risers on pulled the bars back a couple inches and now the deflectors have that much clearance from the stems. The deflectors are still stable at 100 MPH.