Pinning the bars in the risers is necessary no matter what risers you use with tall apes. It is a 10 minute easy job. I just did it a couple weeks ago for my huge beach bars. As far as riser clamp bolt stripping, that is a H-D thing, as the risers are made out of a mixture of metal and tissue paper.

Putting in thread repair coils was also an easy and inexpensive task. I did that to my risers when I pinned them. Took all of a half-hour to do all four threads (and I took my time). Now that it is done these are really strong (as they should have been from the factory). $10 for the "heli-coils", $1 for the roll pin. Much cheaper than replacing the risers.

In the end, it's your bike. Just want you to have all available options to consider....

 

The heli-coils are no biggie, but talk to me about pinning the bars in the risers. How is that done? Thanks,

--jack

 

The risers move closer together, yes. They allow you to utilize standard risers.

The bars are LA Choppers Nice Curvers, 1.25'' dia, 16'' tall. They might be 8-10'' across the bottom. With this set up, I am not close to hitting my tank at full lock, but that is with the FL springer, not an FX.

I think if you move to a one piece top clamp, pinning isn't necessary. I've done apes on several bikes, including both of mine now. With the one piece clamp, there is a proper method to torque the bolts, and I haven't a millimeter of slippage.


Pinning the bars involves drilling a hole in the upper riser clamp, and a hole in the handlebars too. These holes MUST line up, so getting the angle correct is critical. Once the hole is drilled, it's as simple as inserting a roll pin into both the riser clamp and the bars, preventing them from rolling forwards or backwards.

 

I meant closer to the rider, but I get that the risers are closer to each other.

They look nice. I saw the pics in the other thread too, really nice looking bike. I think the Todd's Cycle 18" strip bars are going to be just fine on a 2" riser.

Got it, thanks.

--jack

 

How hard are those adapter plates to put on? Is it just a time thing?

 

D'oh! Yup, the move the risers back just a little. Maybe .5" to .75".

Plates are easy. Remove the center acorn nut, remove the risers, and remove the pinch bolt. Install is the same steps, in reverse order. Nothing tricky at all.

 

i know this is a old post but when i was looking for new risers i had a pain looking up the info i needed so ill update ... i just put on wild 1 stubby chubby risers on my 06 softail springer and ill tell you the look great! they clear the tank well being a 2 in riser. so there it is and hope this helps when someone starts looking up info.