Hey all. I just now got around to swapping out my rubber riser bushings for polyurethane (I put on 16" apes in the spring). The two riser bolts were hand tight! They were tight enough to slightly compress the lock washers.... guess that's all that was holding 'em in! I didn't check them when I had the bars off. I guess that's something they overlooked at the dealer (when the bike was checked out for the showroom floor and at the 1000 mile service I paid top doller for).

So check yours! Wouldn't be cool to lose your bars!

 

And yet another good reason to wrench it yourself...

 

I always check my bolts, if you don't believe me, CLICK HERE

 

Wow 128! That could have turned out real bad!

I do my own wrenching. I did the Ape install (just didn't think to check the riser bolts, thought they should be tight).

I just amazed me that those bolts have probably been loose since the bike was pulled from a crate and prepped. I've ridden a year.... 6000 miles, with the handlebars hanging on by a thread!

 

Good advice.....lets see more of it

 

Also want to check the bolts that hold the riser top clamp to the risers.

 

How true, mine were loose this past summer, now I check all the bolts at least once a week.

 

loose bad , were they a 5+ rated bolt though?
glad yer ok at least yer bars didnt *&^$%$^%&^# break!!!!