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Jan 26, 2015 | 04:50 PM

stbobshadow

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Moving bars

I have 16 in apes and when I hit decent size potholes they will move. I have them tightened to spec and they are kurled. Thought about removing the riser clamp and drilling hole front to back and putting a small pin at the desired position and clamping back down. Anyone see any issues with this?

Jan 26, 2015 | 04:59 PM

robbyville

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Are you sure it's not the bushings moving?

Jan 26, 2015 | 05:43 PM

acky1946

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Assuming you have the stock rubber bushings in there now I'd try some new poly bushings and see if that makes a difference. The higher the bars the more they tend to move,
You could also try solid type "bushings" but the comfort goes down a bit. Both poly and solid are a cheap fix.
Pegging them, as you suggest, is also an option. I did that a few times on various H-Ds I owned with high bars. That always worked for me.
Good luck with your fix.

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Jan 26, 2015 | 06:03 PM

rallsqh

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You can also take a large grit sandpaper, fold it in half so the grit is showing on both sides, wrap that around the bars and put your top clamp back on. I have had good luck with this taking a lot of the movement out of my bars.

Jan 26, 2015 | 06:15 PM

stupid_rope

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i wrapped grip tape on the knurled part of the bars under the clamp. sandpaper works too

Jan 26, 2015 | 07:45 PM

stbobshadow

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I have changed the rubber bushings and it's the bars that roll in the clamp when I hit bumps in the road. Not all of the time but enough to **** you off.