Cross Bones Riser Question
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Cross Bones Riser Question
I swapped out handlebars to a set of Wild Ones Chubby 16" Black Apes. The stock risers seem to be too soft of a metal to keep the bars from moving. The knurling on the Wild Ones Ape is real aggresive and with the added leverage of the taller bars, it just chews up the stock risers. I've tried a variety of fixes, with no luck. This includes drilling through the riser caps and bars, riveting a riv-nut inside the bars and tightening it all up with a screw. This was all done with aviation grade hardware. Can anyone recommend a good set of after-market with strong enough metal to hold the bars tight?
I got a set of Alloy Art goodentite riser bushings. There is a specific P/N for the Crossbones. Alloy Art P/N GT_CBS http://www.denniskirk.com/jsp/produc...uctId=pH210768
I bet Drew can hook you up. I only linked this to show it to you.
My bars (not in sig pic) are Wild 1's 14" Outlawz, there is 0 play in my bars. Another thing you may want to look at is putting "grip tape" on the inside of your risers, or getting a grinder and getting rid of what is left of the powdercoat.
I bet Drew can hook you up. I only linked this to show it to you.
My bars (not in sig pic) are Wild 1's 14" Outlawz, there is 0 play in my bars. Another thing you may want to look at is putting "grip tape" on the inside of your risers, or getting a grinder and getting rid of what is left of the powdercoat.
Last edited by brettnbama; Dec 6, 2010 at 07:16 PM.
there have been a few crossbones owners that have had these issues, I (knock on wood) have not had any slippage yet. One thing you can do is pin your risers. This involves driling a small hole in the riser, putting in a roll pin, then drilling a hole in the bars to hold them in place.
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I swapped out handlebars to a set of Wild Ones Chubby 16" Black Apes. The stock risers seem to be too soft of a metal to keep the bars from moving. The knurling on the Wild Ones Ape is real aggresive and with the added leverage of the taller bars, it just chews up the stock risers. I've tried a variety of fixes, with no luck. This includes drilling through the riser caps and bars, riveting a riv-nut inside the bars and tightening it all up with a screw. This was all done with aviation grade hardware. Can anyone recommend a good set of after-market with strong enough metal to hold the bars tight?
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I swapped out handlebars to a set of Wild Ones Chubby 16" Black Apes. The stock risers seem to be too soft of a metal to keep the bars from moving. The knurling on the Wild Ones Ape is real aggresive and with the added leverage of the taller bars, it just chews up the stock risers. I've tried a variety of fixes, with no luck. This includes drilling through the riser caps and bars, riveting a riv-nut inside the bars and tightening it all up with a screw. This was all done with aviation grade hardware. Can anyone recommend a good set of after-market with strong enough metal to hold the bars tight?
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All of the fixes I've tried haven't helped much at all. I've also drilled out the threaded portion of the risers and put in Heli-Coils so I could get more torque on the fasteners. Drilling through the riser caps and bars, with a riv-nut inside the bars, didn't cure the problem they way I wanted to. I want to get it to where the bars don't slip at all. I have a friend who is a machinist. He's going to fab a set of risers out of 7075 billet aluminum. When I did the original swap I changed the riser bushings to poly. Has nothing to do with the slippage, but they do seem to work better at dampening than the stock rubber baby buggy bumpers.
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When your buddy machines the risers have him put a few threaded holes with set screws to hold the bars in place. My Carlini risers came with these and they have always been rock freaking solid.
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I started off drilling and tapping the stock risers with a set screw. Still had slippage. Next project, put riv-nuts in. Those are nut plates that I fished up the inside of the bars, rivet in place with flush mounted Cherry Max rivets. So when I put the whole thing together, the screw goes through the riser cap, then the bars, then threads into the nut in the bars. Tighten it up and problem solved, right? Not quite. If this next project doesn't work, Ill just weld them in place!