Handlebar removal
#1
Handlebar removal
Hey, I bent my left side handlebar in a wreck and I'm debating about how to take it off before I install my new one. A friend told me to take the front wheel off and slide it down the fork, but that seemed a little over-the-top (or under-the-bottom? -joke). My proposal is simple, take the nut that is over the handlebar/fork crossmember (dunno the specific name) and slide it off, then just slide the handlebar off. It's a 2006 Ninja ZX-6R (636). Here are some pictures of her new, and then some of prep work after the wreck.
#2
RE: Handlebar removal
Pop the top yoke off, pull the clip on if the bracket is whacked. Install and place the top yoke back on. Re torque the stem, ( should do that anyways after a fall) and finish the details of installing the controls and grip.
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RE: Handlebar removal
To be honest this is my first time working on a bike, which I was forced to do after wrecking my poor, poor bike. I've only really worked on cars before. I won an Ebay auction for a stock clip-on in great shape for 12 bucks shipped -- what a steal! They're 114 bucks from bikebandit.com (OEM). Now I have to find out the torque values for the stem.
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freedomryder
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03-19-2009 03:50 AM