Raising the bar

wacky · Post by **wacky** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 2:31 pm

Hi All,

I'm pretty new here and would like to ask a question about removing and re-fiting the clip-ons.

I have some bar-raisers (see below), and want to remove the bars. I undo the alan bolt on the side and they are then loose, but do not want to then slip up and off like they did on my FZR.

Do I have to undo the large nuts (24mm) on the top of the fork tubes, I was hoping not to have to do that.

Cheers
Tony

Risers

A slightly fuzzy before pic

tony.wilde1 · Post by **tony.wilde1** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 3:28 pm

just undo the bars and slip the b8stard on!!then bolt everything up....no need to undo any large nuts

wacky · Post by **wacky** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 3:51 pm

tony.wilde1 wrote:just undo the bars and slip the b8stard on!!then bolt everything up....no need to undo any large nuts

OK, well I did try that, I undid the pinch bolt, and expected it to slip up, but it doesn't seem to want to slip up.

I tried taking the pinch bolt out completely and using a screwdriver to gently prise open the pinch area, it seems loose and a little wobbly, but is held back on something.

wacky · Post by **wacky** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 4:42 pm

Hi Mike,

I couldn't see a circlip, the service manual talks about a stopper ring ?

LotusSevenMan · Post by **LotusSevenMan** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 6:23 pm

Stopper ring? It's that wire circlip!

I use the same GB ones

wacky · Post by **wacky** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 6:39 pm

Hi LSM,

Yes, those are the ones I have.

I'll look for this circlip tomorrow morning.

The service manual doesn't seem to mention it though, which is why I was confused !!

cheers

wacky · Post by **wacky** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 8:27 pm

OK, I fitted the bar risers on the Storm yesterday, and in order to get the one under the right hand clip-on, I had to disconnect the brake hose.

This meant that I had to drain the brake fluid for the front brakes.

This wasn't a problem, but putting the fluid back in proved to be a bit of a problem as I had developed an airlock in the master cylinder. The bleeding tool I was using wouldn't help create enough of a vacuum to get the airlock moved.

I was going to buy and expensive bleeder (Â£50 ish) but tried a tiny little one from Motrax first (called "Little Bleeder" frm Motrax). This actually worked a treat, and the job was done in about 15mins.

So I had a little ride this late afternoon to see how much difference the bar risers made. It didn't seem too much difference, but I will have to wait for a longer ride.

The brakes didn't seem much different, I was hoping for a little more bite after bleeding, so I have ordered some sintered pads from Wemoto ( "Lazer Zloch" ones as per another thread), so we'll see if they make any difference. They'll probably wear the disks a lot quicker, but that's not really an issue.

Thanks for your help.

LotusSevenMan · Post by **LotusSevenMan** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 9:54 pm

Wacky.
I didn't have to drain the hyd brake fluid at all. OK, Hyd pipes were getting a bit near pulled 'tight' but that attachment bolt below the first pipe section was all I had to undo.
Hope the sintered pads prove their worth. Let us know.
Have you got new brake lines fitted though rather than the std ones? They might help more!!!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Goodridge-Braided ... dZViewItem

An example!

wacky · Post by **wacky** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 11:22 pm

Hi LSM,

I still have the OE hoses.

I was a long way from being able to stretch the hose enough I think, and I was happy to change the fluid anyway and see if that made any difference.

The HH pads came in the post today, so I am undecided whether to get the hoses as well and do it all as one job, or to do both individually to see if I can feel the difference each change makes.

The price on that link looks like a good one, also both calipers coming directly off the master cylinder is a nice mod.

I also have a set of blue flame cans that came today, which was another good value ebay purchase.

So it's better than christmas at the moment

What Seven do you have by the way ??

LotusSevenMan · Post by **LotusSevenMan** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 12:38 am

Probably worth doing the one at a time trick, but I'm sure the new hoses will give you better feel!

My Caterham 7 is an 1800cc, hand ported, throttle bodied etc etc 4.1sec 0-60mph fun car. BHP per tonne is 420 so pretty handy really.

Apologies for a car on a bike site but they do always say that a Caterham/Lotus Se7en is a four wheeled motorcycle.............................

wacky · Post by **wacky** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 9:20 am

Very nice and traditional colours of course. Not a big fan of clamshells myself.

I used to own this a few years ago,and a few others prior to that. Tuned blade engine, IRS, Nitron shocks.

clayderman · Post by **clayderman** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 1:35 pm

Seeing as this seems to have turned into a mini Caterham/Westy thread

this was my one

Stratman · Post by **Stratman** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 2:29 pm

If you change the hoses, get a top banjo bolt with a bleed nipple in it - so much easier to get air out at the top where I've found it can get trapped.

wacky · Post by **wacky** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 8:47 pm

Good tip Stratman, wheres the best place to get one of those from?

Stratman · Post by **Stratman** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 8:50 pm

Whoever sells the braided hoses should have them - mine were from HEL but I think I've seen them in M&P catalogues as well.