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<blockquote data-quote="fatcaaat" data-source="post: 167800" data-attributes="member: 1656"><p>Things continue to be challenging with this bike. Tonight, I decided to get the handlebar straightened up and it didn't go as smooth as I had hoped. I ended up breaking the area of the upper clamp that holds the handlbars in, breaking a section of the V's while in the process of getting it straight. Now, while normally that might have been something that would cause lots of cursing and throwing wrenches, this turned out to be a blessing in disguise. One thing I can say is that this clamp never held the bars securely...they always had just a little bit of wobble no matter how much I torqued down on them. I believe they are actually G-craft. </p><p></p><p>Anyway, I happen to have another top tree here and I polished it all up and nice. I had to take the top clamp that the handlbar holder bolts to and mill it as the bolt spacing was slightly different by about 1/2" but isn't a big deal seeing I have a mill. I got it all back together and two things were noticed. First, the handlbars are in a better overall position using the stock clamp over the g'craft as they are a bit more forward. Secondly, the wobbly is gone...you can get them super tight. So while I needed to invest about 2 hours for this whole debacle, the result is an overall improvement and I'm quite satisfied with the result. </p><p></p><p>There are four things left...jetting, doing something with the oil vent/return open bung on the bottom, and repositioning the front fender, and reattaching the oil temp pickup again as I didn't repair it 100% previously. [ATTACH=full]54781[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fatcaaat, post: 167800, member: 1656"] Things continue to be challenging with this bike. Tonight, I decided to get the handlebar straightened up and it didn't go as smooth as I had hoped. I ended up breaking the area of the upper clamp that holds the handlbars in, breaking a section of the V's while in the process of getting it straight. Now, while normally that might have been something that would cause lots of cursing and throwing wrenches, this turned out to be a blessing in disguise. One thing I can say is that this clamp never held the bars securely...they always had just a little bit of wobble no matter how much I torqued down on them. I believe they are actually G-craft. Anyway, I happen to have another top tree here and I polished it all up and nice. I had to take the top clamp that the handlbar holder bolts to and mill it as the bolt spacing was slightly different by about 1/2" but isn't a big deal seeing I have a mill. I got it all back together and two things were noticed. First, the handlbars are in a better overall position using the stock clamp over the g'craft as they are a bit more forward. Secondly, the wobbly is gone...you can get them super tight. So while I needed to invest about 2 hours for this whole debacle, the result is an overall improvement and I'm quite satisfied with the result. There are four things left...jetting, doing something with the oil vent/return open bung on the bottom, and repositioning the front fender, and reattaching the oil temp pickup again as I didn't repair it 100% previously. [ATTACH=full]54781[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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