Handle bar modification

I have refitted the lower half of the fairing which gives the bike a mean stance.

Now I need to remove the clipons, remove the top yoke and drop the forks through the lower yoke.

Clipons removed.

But the top nut is a little harder. I can get a tool from ebay, which is in the US of A, and would get hit by import taxes on a £6 tool.

I will make my own.

Take two 4mm drill bits a jubilee clip and an adjustable spanner, put the two drill bits in the holes of the steering stem top nut, tighten the jubilee clip so the drill bits are parallel and then use the spanner to loosen the top nut.

By dropping the forks it will make the distance between the wheel centres (wheelbase) slightly longer, and hopefully stop the bike from being twitchy due the the change in the centre of gravity when the rider (me) is sat up rather than being cantered over the fuel tank. I am hoping that by fitting wider handle bars it will allow the bike to fall into the corners as I counter steer. Push the left handle bard forward, the bike wants to turn right but in fact the shift in balance turns you left. With the clipons you are only a foot from the fulcrum, the bolt that attaches the forks to the frame about which you steer, but with the wide bars this distance is further and therefore you should need less effort to steer the bike.

Top yoke removed and being taken to Lall Precision Engineering Ltd in Kempston (Bedford) for milling and drilling.