Black14
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posted May 17, 2006 08:25 PM
ZX-14 risers
Just got my zx-14 over to Helibars today to do the measurements and design of the risers. It seems that the local dealers were selling the bike too quickly to allow them to have access to a machine for a week. I will let you know when the production risers become available.
  
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swft
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posted May 17, 2006 08:27 PM
Cool news. You might want to post over in the Touring Zone, as yer likely to get slammed and spammed here from all the haters, poser, dorks and losers.
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posted May 17, 2006 08:38 PM
 Edited By: dubious on 17 May 2006 21:39
Good deal keep us updated!.......... and if some don't like it .... 
I think there will be quite a few of us lookin for relief.
Its a lomg reach for guys under 5-10, and the angle sucks.
Hopefully they will be almost flat like a drag bar!
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Black14
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posted May 17, 2006 08:42 PM
Yes. Harry at Helibars mentioned the very same thing about the down angle of the grips. He talked about making them a bit more level while picking up a little and also placing them a bit closer. I'm sure this will all come down to how much room is available between the tank and windshield.
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posted May 17, 2006 08:44 PM
10-4 buddy.
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fastestbusaaround
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posted May 18, 2006 01:40 AM
What's a poser?
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dubious
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posted May 18, 2006 01:49 AM
no twisties here... and if there were i still woulda bought a literbike
straightliner lookin for power and comfort, and I never posed otherwise!
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posted May 18, 2006 02:04 AM
Poser - guy who puts his full race leathers (with virgin knee pucks) on to go down to Starbucks and get a Latte...
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fastestbusaaround
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posted May 18, 2006 02:56 AM
Ahhhhh...I see now :P
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EASY
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posted May 18, 2006 04:04 AM
Few guys around here wear leathers---you have to go 100 miles to find a curve. This is true redneck country (my fine self included) and you will see such things as turbo Busa's being ridden by a guy in shorts. Course, if he really wants to look cool, he takes a file and roughs up his knees.
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posted May 18, 2006 08:58 AM
lol
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bugsey
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posted May 18, 2006 02:17 PM
Whatshu got against posers?
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posted May 18, 2006 05:51 PM
quote:
Poser - guy who puts his full race leathers (with virgin knee pucks) on to go down to Starbucks and get a Latte...
Guess if I showed up at the local Starbucks on my bike they'd never let me in. Old women would faint and little children would scream and run away when they saw my 7 year old Aerostich that looks like every bird in the county went and had a shit party on it!
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posted May 18, 2006 05:55 PM
I have a buddy with that same jacket, but it's a Ruuka...full of 5 year old dead shit all over it...maybe you two are related...:P
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dubious
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posted May 18, 2006 11:03 PM
bird shit?
mines full a bugs
Fuckin bugs... I'm gonna have the paint polished off her by end of summer
I bin waxed the buike near evry nite!
My spellin sux ... to many beers.
Fuck it, and fuck the bugs.
Fuckers.... I hate bugs.
Can't even eat em... welll i guess you could!
Ever get a good mouthfull of afids or black flies?
You know... yur ridin dun da stret an take breath tru dur muth, while ridin thru a flock o fukin bugs?
I bett go now .
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Black14
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posted May 22, 2006 11:12 AM
Edited By: Black14 on 22 May 2006 12:18
Got the call today. I can pick up my Black 14 since the risers are now available. It lifts the grips up by 20mm and puts them 10mm closer to the rider. Harry at Heli (Helibars.com) mentioned that stock was quite good and that the reach was just a bit long. He adjust the most he could without the grip making contact with the fairing.
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posted May 22, 2006 11:29 AM
When will he have stock, and how much dood?
Do you have contact info for us, so when I ask ....some parts person who isn't in the know doesn't try to tell me its not available?
Thanks
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FasterThanStink
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posted May 22, 2006 12:03 PM
+1 Post pictures and info when you can.
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tslewisz
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posted May 22, 2006 12:07 PM
+1 on the pics and a riding impression. I'm pretty happy with the stockers right now, tho.
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Black14
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posted May 22, 2006 02:22 PM
On their website already:
2006 Kawasaki ZX14 Tour Performance Handlebar Risers
Tour Performance Bar Relocator Riser Block
20 mm (3/4") taller
10mm (3/8) rear offset
Part # HC2614
CNC Machined from solid Billet Aluminum
Black anodized finish
Hardware is supplied
5 minutes installation
The cut-outs in the forward sides of the fuel tank / air filter cover and the "wind cheating" fairing left little room for a taller and more offset Heli Bar, so we did the next best thing. We raised the factory bars with our Tour Performance handlebar riser.
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posted May 22, 2006 02:57 PM
So the angle is stock then?
man I hope not!
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Black14
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posted May 22, 2006 04:24 PM
I should be able to pick the bike up tomorrow or Wednesday (weather permitting). I'll let you know what I think. I was told that these were not going to be very expensive either. Should be under 100 bucks.
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FasterThanStink
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posted May 22, 2006 04:55 PM
Right on the front page of their site!
http://www.helibars.com/
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posted May 22, 2006 04:59 PM
quote:
bird shit?
mines full a bugs
Fuckin bugs... I'm gonna have the paint polished off her by end of summer
I bin waxed the buike near evry nite!
My spellin sux ... to many beers.
Fuck it, and fuck the bugs.
Fuckers.... I hate bugs.
Can't even eat em... welll i guess you could!
Ever get a good mouthfull of afids or black flies?
You know... yur ridin dun da stret an take breath tru dur muth, while ridin thru a flock o fukin bugs?
I bett go now .
If you drive a HOG, yer wearin a beanie and yer eatin BUGS dude! Been there, done that and got the T-shirt.
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fastestbusaaround
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posted May 22, 2006 05:01 PM
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So the angle is stock then?
man I hope not!
Judging by what they said, they didn't have quite enough room for the stock angle at 3/4" rise, so they went up 3/4 and had to go back 3/8" to clear the fairings -- I think...that will probably work better for most anyways...as it's a long reach to the bars.
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