I'm going to be making a bar riser out of aluminum to go underneath the OEM riser. Before I do so, does anyone here know which aluminum grade is appropriate for this? Would 6061 be okay?
After I wrecked my bike, I installed Renthal bars. The different shape of them compared to the OEM bars forces me to have the forks slid as far down the triples as I can go, and that still doesn't leave room for adjustability. I don't want to swap bars because I really like the Renthals, and I don't think I'd mind an extra 1" of height so I'm going to bring the bars up a bit.
Assuming you're making it from bar stock, any grade of aluminum should be fine.
6061-T6 is widely available, strong, and has good machinability.
Okay that's what I figured. I'll be ordering 6061 today. I'll update this thread with pics after I get it done. Thanks Nick.
Got this project completed today. Bought a block of aluminum on ebay and took it over to my machinist friend's shop. A day later he had them finished. Here's some shots of them:
(http://i842.photobucket.com/albums/zz345/chriskuecker/C5CBB5D0-89F1-4803-A42D-76438D6981F0_zpsowwuweot.jpg) (http://s842.photobucket.com/user/chriskuecker/media/C5CBB5D0-89F1-4803-A42D-76438D6981F0_zpsowwuweot.jpg.html)
(http://i842.photobucket.com/albums/zz345/chriskuecker/DD55669D-1BDA-4B7E-9859-CD25EB3C8E39_zpshzmsmh3f.jpg) (http://s842.photobucket.com/user/chriskuecker/media/DD55669D-1BDA-4B7E-9859-CD25EB3C8E39_zpshzmsmh3f.jpg.html)
(http://i842.photobucket.com/albums/zz345/chriskuecker/6E9E0121-B1F0-448A-BB27-DBCCC6F3D7C4_zpsmczwewfo.jpg) (http://s842.photobucket.com/user/chriskuecker/media/6E9E0121-B1F0-448A-BB27-DBCCC6F3D7C4_zpsmczwewfo.jpg.html)
Haven't had a chance to ride for any length of time yet, interested to see if I notice much difference.
Oh yeah and I ordered longer bolts from McMaster-Carr.
I should change the title of this thread to DIH Bar Riser.... 'do-it-himself' since I didn't actually make these [Dolph]
awesome!!! How much the hole thing cost you? with the bolts......
To get the block of aluminum shipped to me, I think it was about $20. Then the bolts shipped to me were $18. So $38 total, my friend didn't charge me for machining them. Shipping killed me on both, total shipping cost was $21, leaving $17 actually spent on the items. But still, the cheapest of-the-shelf risers I could find were no less than $50.
Quote from: ChrisK on April 03, 2014, 06:26:55 AM
To get the block of aluminum shipped to me, I think it was about $20. Then the bolts shipped to me were $18. So $38 total, my friend didn't charge me for machining them. Shipping killed me on both, total shipping cost was $21, leaving $17 actually spent on the items. But still, the cheapest of-the-shelf risers I could find were no less than $50.
$38 total plus the Busch light...
Quote from: Buck Naked on April 09, 2014, 10:04:43 PM
$38 total plus the Busch light...
HA! Just saw this for some reason