Fwd: Re: GenMar risers

[Rich Weyand <weyand@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Per Jay's suggestion ....

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>From: "jay levine" <levine98@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: weyand@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: GenMar risers
>Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2000 12:10:10 CDT
>
>Thanks for the great input Rich.  I've decided to hold off however, mostly due to cost....
>
>
>Worth posting on the board (if you haven't already).
>
>Jay
>
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>>From: Rich Weyand <weyand@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>To: "jay levine" <levine98@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Subject: Re: GenMar risers
>>Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 20:17:16 -0500
>>
>>At 01:44 PM 4/28/2000 -0500, jay levine wrote:
>> >Please drop me a line with how the installation goes, whether your able to do it yourself etc.  I've been thinking about getting a pair of these for some time in preparation for a long-distance event (MK2000) I'm planning on riding.
>>
>>I like the risers.  Now, 60 mph has my weight off my hands and no
>>numbness or fatigue issues.  Very nice height for me at 6'3".
>>
>>The install I had my dealer do, because it involves bleeding the
>>brakes, which, from the various posts, seems like an acquired skill.
>>The banjo fitting on the lower (bent) end of the supplied brake
>>cable is thinner than stock, which no one else on the list mentioned,
>>but this concerned my dealer, that the banjo fitting holes line up
>>exactly with the bolt holes.  He used a spacer washer and an extra
>>crush washer to space them properly.  Ducati supplies such a spacer
>>as a part number for a replacement line which evidently had the same
>>problem compared to the stock one.
>>
>>Dealer time on the job was 2.75 hours, including an oil/filter change
>>and a chain adjust while I was there.  This included re-routing the
>>clutch cable, mounting the new brake line, frickin around with the
>>banjo fitting problem and spacer washer and such, bleeding the brakes,
>>and installing the risers.  The dealer did not charge me for the crush
>>washers or the Ducati spacer.
>>
>>The brake line is probably three inches longer than stock, and a
>>couple inches longer than it needs to be, so you end up with a little
>>loop of brake line in behind the fairing.  Would look a bit goofy on
>>a naked bike, but invisible behind the fairing.  The risers them-
>>selves look great, like the were always there.
>>
>>
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