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i've just phoned my nearest bike garage and they've told me it's a 4 week wait for a saturday booking.

The only thing stopping me (as far as i can see) is the huge bolt which holds the top yoke on (i don't have a spanner that big) and also i don't have a torque wrench (am afraid of over/under-tightening things).

How did you get on as far as the above is concerned?

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So do UPS always sting you? Damn. Wish the Americans were more like the guys in hong kong. They just write gift on everything and you get it with nothing extra to pay.

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Heli Bars are something I've been thinking about, but the price has put me off. However SVeeedy's praise and argument (transforms the riding and comfort) has made me think again about fitting some.

I'm only a few miles from Byke Bitz in Yateley so will have to visit them.

Other similar bars are available from Gilles & LSL (the Tour-Match bars) however I have not been able to find out much info on these two yet

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My standard bars made sense today cos I was "making progress" and wasn't on the bike long. But normally they just hurt.

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Fitted my helibars (took a month to get them from the states saved £40). Had to buy 2 different torque wrenches to make sure everything was all tightened properly. They fit very well and make it feel more like my old DTR to ride (a good thing) you sit more upright and can generally throw the thing round more. Very nice. I'm taking my girlfriend out on it now to see what difference it makes with a pillion and will report back.

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finally got them fitted - fantastic, much more upright and comfortable at speed. would recommend to anyone doing any more than a few miles a day.

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Hope to be fiting mine tonight, although it is chucking it down at the moment, so will probably put it off till Thursday.

BTW, I got mine from Byke Bitz for less than £200 delivered. They arrived the next day as well!

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Yeah, it's just that nut on the yoke - think it was 32mm. I bought a socket for it for a few quid but it was a nightmare to shift. Stuck a metre of pipe on the end of the socket and it became very easy - turns out that suzuki make the thread out of the poorest quality steel known to man and it had gone rusty, so I sorted that out at the same time.
I don't bother with torque wrenches for the bigger/less vital stuff - just did it by hand, same as I do when adjusting the wheel. They're a good guide but not as accurate or reliable as most people would like to believe.

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The only issue I have is that the right hand bar just clears the tank on full lock and the clutch cable creaks when on left full lock as the end of it has a metal piece fitted. I don't think this will wear the cable prematurely but i'll keep an eye on it.

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Keep an eye on the throttle cables - if the bar is too far back then they get pulled tight across the key in the ignition on full right lock, causing the bike to accelerate or try to bog down and stall (in a small irriitating way rather than a bejaysus! dangerous way). I've set mine forward so they just touch the key on full right lock. Yeah the clutch cable creaks but that's it, I think it may have always done that but I didn't notice until I'd messed around with it all - always makes you more aware of bits of the bike you tend to ignore.