Bar risers, in need of some help!
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roostafish
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BRP makes one. It's in the form of an under bar damper mount. It's what I use. The damper is a nice addition too. Running Flexx bars they look freakishly high, but they are spot on for me.
RoostaFish,
Are you talking about this 249 option ?
http://www.brpmoto.com/products?pag...ypage.pbv.tpl&product_id=609&category_id=1385
Are you talking about this 249 option ?
http://www.brpmoto.com/products?pag...ypage.pbv.tpl&product_id=609&category_id=1385
bowhunter007
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See if you can measure a buddies japanese bike to try for a fitment that would prolly be a significant decrease from GG specific parts pricing. What year & model? 7/8" or 1 1/8"?
Zman
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I am 6' 4" tall and wanted more space. I wanted my bars higher and also further forward so built my own solution. I built a bar mount relocation / mounting block from a 1" thick aluminum plate. I drilled two mounting holes in the plate that corresponded to the two original bar clamp holes. I bolted the aluminum plate down through the original bar clamp holes and installed the bar clamps into two holes I drilled 1" further forward from the stock location. The end result is the bars are higher and further forward.
bowhunter007
New member
Sometimes homemade solutions are the best. Last night, I built a light mount for my helmet. It accepts a 250 lumin tactical LED flashlight. It is freakishly bright, and on the cheap.
roostafish
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That is the unit. They do sell it without the triple clamp. If not listed for GasGas, mine was for a Yamaha before they made a unit for the gas GasGas.
StuJohnson
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I have some buddies who love these from RoxSpeed.
http://www.roxspeedfx.com/cgi-bin/cart/showitems.cgi?multicatlabel_id=79
http://www.roxspeedfx.com/cgi-bin/cart/showitems.cgi?multicatlabel_id=79
farmerj
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You might want to try a cheap method first (like in post #5,) before the more expensive options. Bar position is such a personal preference thing, you really have to try it and see what works for you. (Having said that, those Roxspeed mounts would be an easy way to test forward/back positions.)
My experience is that I'm 6'2" and tried to lengthen out the "cockpit" like Z-man did. I made some bar mounts like this (post #12) except that I included sub-mount tabs for a stabilizer.
http://www.gasgasrider.org/forum/showthread.php?p=57616&highlight=+bar++forward#post57616
It felt great in the shop, but for me, in technical hilly terrain, I ended up feeling like I was "hanging" from the bars - I couldn't get my body up and over the front end the same way. Weird - it seems like the opposite should be the case. But climbing hills I had to pull myself up and further forward vs. leaning over the bars. I went to a sub-mount like Roostafish mentioned and am a happy guy! (mine is a Protect, but they're no longer in business.)
The point is, you have to try it and see what works for yourself. So spend $20 bucks and see what height you like before spending more $$ on something permanent (if you use a stabilizer, Roosta's idea for $129 is a good one.)
I'll send you my forward bar mounts if you want to try them out.
Jeff
My experience is that I'm 6'2" and tried to lengthen out the "cockpit" like Z-man did. I made some bar mounts like this (post #12) except that I included sub-mount tabs for a stabilizer.
http://www.gasgasrider.org/forum/showthread.php?p=57616&highlight=+bar++forward#post57616
It felt great in the shop, but for me, in technical hilly terrain, I ended up feeling like I was "hanging" from the bars - I couldn't get my body up and over the front end the same way. Weird - it seems like the opposite should be the case. But climbing hills I had to pull myself up and further forward vs. leaning over the bars. I went to a sub-mount like Roostafish mentioned and am a happy guy! (mine is a Protect, but they're no longer in business.)
The point is, you have to try it and see what works for yourself. So spend $20 bucks and see what height you like before spending more $$ on something permanent (if you use a stabilizer, Roosta's idea for $129 is a good one.)
I'll send you my forward bar mounts if you want to try them out.
Jeff
byost
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These are the spacers I used to raise my bars 3/4" I am a shorty but I wanted to be able to slide my fork up without hitting the bars. I just used 1-1/8" diameter 6061 aluminum drilled for clearance for the M8 bolts aand used two longer bolts and ground the heads down to fit in the stock bar mounts,easy peazy.Oh, and cheap.
