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Main Area => General GS500 Discussion => Topic started by: lachie on June 21, 2006, 05:52:06 AM

Title: q'n for after fitting of clip ons
Post by: lachie on June 21, 2006, 05:52:06 AM
heya guys,

my clip-on's finally arrived from the US and you're awesome.... good finish on em - mayne thanks to www.stuntme.com ....  :icon_mrgreen:

my q'n is - what have you guys done to remount the gauges once you take that top plate off?? i need help with this one.. any pics would be greatly appreciated..
Title: Re: q'n for after fitting of clip ons
Post by: average on June 21, 2006, 07:18:07 AM
Why would you remove the top plate just to put on clip ons? Do you have a pic of them? Depending on what style you have , you should either be able to drop the forks abit to run them or mount them undet the triple.   O0
Title: Re: q'n for after fitting of clip ons
Post by: natedawg120 on June 21, 2006, 07:21:08 AM
I know my plan was to get clip-ons with a rise and mount them under the top triple so that i could leave the top plate on for the gauges.  I think that someone arounf here also fabricated a new top plate to mount the gauges too but i can't recall who it was.
Title: Re: q'n for after fitting of clip ons
Post by: airbrush on June 21, 2006, 01:43:02 PM
http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=25137.msg260231#msg260231

this post shows my clipons...just removed the stock handlebar mounting plate...you dont have to touch the gauges...i just made a plate to cover up the ugly triple clamp.


[KJB: Changed URL to point directly to the post-with-photo.]
Title: Re: q'n for after fitting of clip ons
Post by: LimaXray on June 21, 2006, 01:55:40 PM
hmmm... i could have swore the gauges attached to the top plate... I'll have to look at that again... did you have to drop the forks at all to get those clip-ons to fit?
Title: Re: q'n for after fitting of clip ons
Post by: airbrush on June 21, 2006, 03:55:54 PM
you just move the fork tubes up in the triple a bit...mine was about a half inch..not much...once that big ugly stock handlemount is out of the way there is room...so it wont affect the bike at all.
Title: Re: q'n for after fitting of clip ons
Post by: lachie on June 22, 2006, 03:26:40 AM
Quote from: airbrush on June 21, 2006, 01:43:02 PM
http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=25137.msg260231#msg260231

this post shows my clipons...just removed the stock handlebar mounting plate...you dont have to touch the gauges...i just made a plate to cover up the ugly triple clamp.


[KJB: Changed URL to point directly to the post-with-photo.]

yeah mine don't look anything like that.... i've posted the link for the ebay thingy where i get them from so you can see what they look like..

the actual clamp itself is about 30mm in height....

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.ebay.com%3A80%2Fsearch%2Fsearch.dll%3Fcgiurl%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fcgi.ebay.com%252Fws%252F%26fkr%3D1%26from%3DR8%26satitle%3D%2B4598291483%2509%26category0%3D%26fvi%3D1&item=4598291483

hope it works...  :icon_mrgreen:
Title: Re: q'n for after fitting of clip ons
Post by: ets_gs500f2004 on June 23, 2006, 09:54:12 AM
what year is your bike and do you have the full fearing ?
Title: Re: q'n for after fitting of clip ons
Post by: lachie on June 23, 2006, 06:44:43 PM
mine's the 05 F model...