Triumphrat

JimVonBaden · 07-13-2009, 01:29 AM

Since the ROX Risers worked so well on my R1200GS I thought I would give them a shot on my Triumph Scrambler.
As usual the delivery was fast, and the quality top notch!

So, I spread out the parts on my tank bag and went to work.
I proceded to remove the bolts holding the 7/8" bars.

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JimVonBaden · 07-13-2009, 01:30 AM

Then I loosely installed all the parts.
In doing so, I proved the old adage that it is better to drink AFTER you start such a project, and while positioning the bars I dented the tank. TOTALLY avoidable, but worth showing so others do not do the same.

It took a bit of adjusting to get the bolts all lined up, and I wasn't sure that I wouldn't need to reroute the cables, but in the end it worked with no rerouting at all.

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JimVonBaden · 07-13-2009, 01:31 AM

I did need to remove the flyscreen to give enough clearance to tighten down the risers, but not a lot of work. Tighten the top bolts to spec first, then the bottom ones as well.

Once all the bolts were near tight, I adjusted the bars to taste, for now, and then torque everything and bolt everything back together and ride.
Tomorrow I will ride it and see how it went, as I do not drink and ride! Still, they look great, and clearance does not appear to be an issue.

Jim

propforward · 07-13-2009, 08:45 AM

Cool - I've never seen those before.

JimVonBaden · 07-13-2009, 11:20 PM

On the other hand, when I rode the bike to work this morning I proved the old adage that you should not drink and work on your bike, or do it late at night when you are tired. The handlebars were not as tight as I thought they were, and were moving all over the place. Turns out there is a little ridge I didn't see on the Rox caps that prevented them from fully clamping down. Not only that, but the bars turned full right caused the RPMs to go up to about 3K, and the clutch to disengage, the cables were too tight.

The gap from the ridge.

The ridge that fit over the edge of the Rox Risers, but I put the cap on the Triumph base, which caused my issue.

The reason for the ridge.

So I ground off the ridges.

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JimVonBaden · 07-13-2009, 11:22 PM

Smoothed off the grinding and cleaned up the edges.

So, to fix the throttle cable issue I took apart the grip and took the cables out and rerouted them to the other side of the tripple tree.

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JimVonBaden · 07-13-2009, 11:23 PM

Rerouted. No issues that I could see with this routing.

I pulled the clutch cable loose and rerouted it similarly!

Bolted it all back together, then addedbacking plates to my number plates so I could install saddle bags. Then I took ot for a ride to be sure it was OK.

All better!

Jim