New Member & Need Help 🤔

Moto.Bmx.01r · Mar 25, 2023

My friend & I own a 2004 Fjr. The bike already has the 1 inch handlebar risers but it's still not comfortable for me. I want them higher. I've seen where you can put a new higher rise handlebar & cable setup but I can't find it on the internet. I'd like something maybe 2 inches higher than with the current handlebar risers. Can anyone help me out here?

RossKean · Mar 25, 2023

Use the search term:
+stacked+risers
for a bunch of hits. If that is too many to weed through, include Member Patriot in the search where it allows to search for posts by a specific member. He did stacked risers on his Gen I.

Are you especially tall? I'm 6'3" and found a simple 1" GenMar riser (Gen II FJR) to work well for me. Sometimes it just takes some time to train your body for a new bike or different riding position. I don't know how long you have had the bike but would suggest anyone should put a few thousand miles on the machine before making any changes to ergonomics.

Bounce · Mar 26, 2023

Careful about trying to turn the Sport-Tourer into a HD Bagger with Ape Hangers. It's a different riding position that you should give a few months for you to adjust.

owsley · Apr 5, 2023

Welcome to the Forum. I hope you get the ergos right for you

keithq · Apr 6, 2023

Moto.Bmx.01r said:
My friend & I own a 2004 Fjr. The bike already has the 1 inch handlebar risers but it's still not comfortable for me. I want them higher. I've seen where you can put a new higher rise handlebar & cable setup but I can't find it on the internet. I'd like something maybe 2 inches higher than with the current handlebar risers. Can anyone help me out here?

You could replace the 1" with 2" risers from a couple of different manufacturers. Might need to increase some cable lengths however. My previous one had a one inch set and I preferred that position to the stock one, like on my current 2019. Just haven't; ordered a set yet. With the 1" you don't need to change any cables I believe.

roger dodger · Apr 6, 2023

I've been told to ride it 1000 miles or more before changing it all to pieces.

On my 2003 I thought the bars were too narrow, the seat was too hard, the screen was too small, and the bike was too fast!

After 1000 miles or so ... I still thought the seat was too hard and got a custom seat. Now everything works perfect! YMMV