new risers and polished front end together

[jimmytee]

Well, got my front end together and my risers came in this week. So I have not put my Woody's Fairing back on yet, want to test ride and check out my new shocks too.  Had a hiccup with finding a broken o-ring on my final drive. Pulled my rear wheel last weekend to check my swing arm. Ordered new o-rings, figured they'd be here by the end of the week, and one of the non essential parts I ordered is holding up the whole order. May take a trip down to NAPA to see if I can match something up. Anyways here are some shots of my new risers and polished forks and trees.

[Relax]

Well, got my front end together and my risers came in this week. So I have not put my Woody's Fairing back on yet, want to test ride and check out my new shocks too.  Had a hiccup with finding a broken o-ring on my final drive. Pulled my rear wheel last weekend to check my swing arm. Ordered new o-rings, figured they'd be here by the end of the week, and one of the non essential parts I ordered is holding up the whole order. May take a trip down to NAPA to see if I can match something up. Anyways here are some shots of my new risers and polished forks and trees.

 

Awesome !!

i want it too!!

[Red Diamond]

Great job, wish I had your patience.

[Jess from VA]

So, did you change the routing of any cables (throttle) or hoses on the riser install?

Does it turn lock to lock with no binding?  (Good idea to try that with the bike running to see if turning to either lock increases the revs at all; i.e.  a stretched throttle cable)

Looks good.

[brian1726]

very nice job 

[jimmytee]

Thanks for the compliments. I don't have a lot of patients. I really wasn't as hard as it might seem. I pulled the forks apart to rebuild them anyways, I figured I'd give it a whirl. The forks were a bit harder due to the lines that run around the circumference of each tube. I had to sand a little with a Dremel multi tool. The one with the oscillating head and the triangle sanding pad. But most of the work was done with an 8" buffing wheel on my grinder, polishing rouges and Mother's Aluminum Polish. Holding the fork tubes gets heavy while manipulating them across the buffing wheel. But that's what breaks are for. If I were to do it again, I might consider rigging up some kind of jig.

I didn't really need to move the cables. The throttle cables are still on the front side but the clutch cables are on the inside. Didn't over think it too much .No apparent issues either way.

[BF]

Oooooooooooh.....shiny.   

How much blood do those flamed fork cover thingy's draw?   

[pancho]

Lookin pretty snazzy there Jimmytee.   What will those risers do for you.... raise your hands, or bring them closer to you??

[jimmytee]

Oooooooooooh.....shiny.   

How much blood do those flamed fork cover thingy's draw?   

  Thise are pretty safe, but been bit by the flamed mirrors before

Lookin pretty snazzy there Jimmytee.   What will those risers do for you.... raise your hands, or bring them closer to you??

A little of both