OK, need some help here! Im installing a set of vortex clip-ons for a late model gsxr. On the throttle side the little black "peg" that fits in the hole of the bar end is somewhere on the side of the track at blackhawk. The stock clipons had bar ends that would help "hold on" the throttle so it wouldnt pull off. The new clipons dont have bar ends like that.
Any help, i cant be the first one to mess up that little black peg thingy under the run switch.
I dont feel comfortable with just the 2 screws clamping the black plastic thing on.
I was thinking of drilling through the run switch cover and putting a bolt through it ?
Any thoughts.
Thanks for any help guys.
This is only my limited view
I had filed the black pegs off last year on my 97 gsxr. It held in place ( thorttle side and clutch side) but they would spin. You can place cross-hatch knurling on the bar to keep it from moving ( March issue of RRWorld on page 55 :a racebikes jurney)
When your on the track the movement of the sections will not even be in your thought process.
This year I left them ( the black nubs) and drilled holes in my new clip-ons for them
both of mt gsxr's,
the 01 and the 04,
i just broke the little black knobs off and used the two screws to hold the throttle in place.
never had any problems with the 01.
don't know about the new bike yet as i haven't ridden it.
wrap some electrical tape around the bar underneath the device and it won't spin.
Oh...and if you are using the bars to hold yourself on the bike you are holding on too hard. Remember...relax you arms and bend your elbows. Hold yourself on the bike with your lowerbody and torso.
Quotewrap some electrical tape around the bar underneath the device and it won't spin.
Yeah, I used one pass with some duct tape and that joker hasn't budged once I got it snugged down.
Quotewrap some electrical tape around the bar underneath the device and it won't spin.
NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is EXACTLY how Doc Stein broke his collarbone. It got to about 100 degrees at MAM, the tape got soft and moved, his throttle jammed open, crunch.
Stevie, my best luck for this problem has been to file the spot smooth where the nub used to be. then drill a pilot hole and screw in a small sheet metal screw to act as a replacement nub. Drill a corresponding hole in the Vortech bar, and drill your spare replacement bars so they're ready to go after a crash.
Hey, you're expert this year, aren't you? Never mind. Electrical tape works fine! ;D
Thanks guys,
I did the electrical tape with the stock clipons without the peg last year, and i could spin the throttle a little bit if i twisted it too hard, no matter how hard i screwed in the 2 little screws.
I think im gonna try to put a screw threw it.
Hopefully i dont screw it up !!1 heheheh
In the past I have used shim stock to keep controls from rotating.
Another trick is to file the mating surface(s) so it clamps tighter around the bar.
I drilled tru the top of the plastic case, and put a bolt thru it down into the bar !
I finally got to put on the clipons i bought last year!
Why not just drill a pilot hole to accommodate the tab on your throttle ass. and use some ele. tape to give it some extra grip?
Wouldn't this be ample?
I believe that Steve's problem was that the tab broke off in a crash, and the electrical tape alone was not enough. That's why I suggested a small sheet metal screw to replace the missing tab. I've done this a million times on customer bikes, as well as my own. Works good.
steve, that's how chris and I do it. a long sheet metal screw threw the top down into the bar.
slick sh1t...
benj.