Re: [ST] for George - GenMar risers

[George <gkeslin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the input!  I already added the ZG screen and am very pleased 
with it!  There were a few other suggestions that I'm going to look into 
tonight or tomorrow.  I actually got a response from GenMar earlier today too.

George

At 12:05 PM 3/14/2003 , don draper wrote:

>  >>> I finally found time to mount them GenMars).  Things didn't go
>as smoothly as I had anticipated.  The riser went on fine BUT the
>throttle cables were a little tight. <<<
>
>      I replaced both throttle and brake cables on mine (from
>Trophy,... I think,... it was three years ago)
>
>  >>> And if I turned the bars full left to lock the throttle cables
>at the housing contacted the underside of the windscreen support.  IN
>fact they moved the support about 1/2 inch at full lock. <<<
>
>     Yeah,... fortunately the windscreen and subframe are both quite
>flexible I bent the subframe out enough to provide clearance (didn't
>measure it but it must have been about a half-inch or more) and did
>the same on the left side so the screen didn't look cockeyed from the
>front.
>
>  >>> I also have heated grips but I don't think that really matters.
><<<
>
>     On my bike the throttle housing HAD to retain it's original
>position to accommodate the heated grips.
>
>     I consider the GenMars the most important of all the
>modifications I've made in the three years I've had the bike.  The
>stock bars are not only too low (for me) but they're also at an odd
>angle (for the human hand).  With the GenMars, you may find you want
>a taller screen.  Many of us have had good luck with Zero Gravity
>screens.
>
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