Helibars Tour Efficiency Handlebar Risers | Gear Overview

Searching for aid from among the strains of journey bike using, I believed I might check out one of many HeliBars Tour Efficiency Handlebar Risers. The riser positions the handlebar 2 inches larger and a pair of inches nearer to the rider, considerably altering the handlebar-seat-footpegs rider triangle.

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The handlebar place on many journey bikes is well-placed for each sitting and standing whereas cruising backroads and maneuvering by way of technical off-road areas. Even on pavement, I discover it useful to face up when using by way of small cities to provide my derriere an opportunity to get some blood again into it.

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On my 2021 Harley-Davidson Pan America, with my 31-inch inseam, when standing on the pegs the inventory handlebar place requires me to bend my knees barely or stoop over a bit, which places pressure on my decrease again. This using place can develop into tiresome and uncomfortable after using off-road over tough terrain. After an hour or so, my legs get fairly knackered.

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Enter the the HeliBars Tour Efficiency Handlebar Riser. Set up of the HeliBars riser is easy. Take away the inventory handlebar, launch among the tie straps that safe brake strains and wires to the handlebar, reposition the strains behind the handlebar mount, after which set up the HeliBars riser atop the inventory handlebar mount. After that, merely re-install the inventory handlebar on the brand new riser utilizing bolts supplied by HeliBars and torque them to acceptable spec. Nothing must be faraway from the handlebar, and all inventory strains are retained.

On a latest journey within the San Bernardino Mountains of Southern California, I put the riser to the check on the Santa Ana Divide Path. It was pretty rutted with a number of rockslides and water crossings that required frequent standing. The HeliBars riser not solely supplied a extra comfy place but additionally helped with controlling the Pan Am and its important heft. Whereas I beforehand would have most well-liked to sit down down for a lot of the journey, I discovered it equally comfy to face up for lengthy stretches of deep sand and rutted two-track.

Throughout lengthy stints within the saddle, the brand new riser minimizes rigidity in my arms and shoulders, decreasing fatigue and a few of these post-ride aches and pains which are acquainted to all of us. One draw back to the brand new handlebar place is that it would block a part of your view of the TFT dashboard relying in your top. For instance, I now should lean ahead a bit to see the clock because it’s situated within the decrease left nook of the display.

HeliBars Tour Efficiency Handlebar Risers are machined from a single piece of 6061 T6 aluminum with good craftsmanship, and their strong design reduces flex. They’re practical, trendy, and manufactured on American soil in Cornish, Maine. The riser for the Harley Pan Am is priced at $199 – or $209 with the non-compulsory RAM ball mount. HeliBars additionally makes risers and substitute handlebars for all kinds of different bikes. For extra info, go to the HeliBars web site.