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Hugh's HandBuilt
Ok, these have been long awaited by many of you XS650 Builders and Riders. This is a product developed specifically due to requests from users here on XS650.com
So you got your bike built, and noticed way to much flex in the bushings on your newly built bike. Be it a cafe racer, street tracker, restoration, chopper or bobber, no one wants to wait on the front wheel to turn while the bars are moving around like a chunk of rope attached to the trees. You have probably already removed the stock 35 year old rotten bushings from your upper triple tree and replaced them with aftermarket rubber bushings from the "Popular Supplier Of Inferior XS650 Parts" right? And within a year, those bushings were feeling like a wet sponge and falling apart right? Yeah, I've been there and done that, as many of you have.
Now you can fix that slop with these newly developed Solid Riser Bushings.
CNC machined from solid 6061 Aluminum, these new solid bushing include rubber o-rings to help fight vibrations and provide a snug fit. Also included is all new stainless hardware (minus the large washer and jam nut, they are plated). Might as well clean up that old cruddy hardware while you are at it, so I provide new washers, lock washers, jam nut, top tree bolts and cotter pins. This is a complete kit, no need to hunt around for new hardware or reuse the old corroded stock stuff.
Thanks for all your support as Hugh's HandBuilt continues to develop new products and services - Gonna be some rad motorcycles hitting the road this next season.
*Shown below on our 1975 HHB Test Mule
And with our Popular Speedster Bars (which can mount under or above the top tree)
These are available in our new and improved store, check out www.hughshandbuilt.com for a TON of cool XS650 goodies and tech...
Installation pics as requested:
Hardware Assembly Order - Ditch the stock stuff...
Easy to install- Put a light coat of oil on the O-Rings,
Then press the bushing into the upper tree.
Once all 4 are installed, clean up the riser (that old rubber tends to build up
on the riser studs, get that crud off there)
Use the new hardware and reassemble your bars and risers. Ride with confidence.
So you got your bike built, and noticed way to much flex in the bushings on your newly built bike. Be it a cafe racer, street tracker, restoration, chopper or bobber, no one wants to wait on the front wheel to turn while the bars are moving around like a chunk of rope attached to the trees. You have probably already removed the stock 35 year old rotten bushings from your upper triple tree and replaced them with aftermarket rubber bushings from the "Popular Supplier Of Inferior XS650 Parts" right? And within a year, those bushings were feeling like a wet sponge and falling apart right? Yeah, I've been there and done that, as many of you have.
Now you can fix that slop with these newly developed Solid Riser Bushings.
CNC machined from solid 6061 Aluminum, these new solid bushing include rubber o-rings to help fight vibrations and provide a snug fit. Also included is all new stainless hardware (minus the large washer and jam nut, they are plated). Might as well clean up that old cruddy hardware while you are at it, so I provide new washers, lock washers, jam nut, top tree bolts and cotter pins. This is a complete kit, no need to hunt around for new hardware or reuse the old corroded stock stuff.
Thanks for all your support as Hugh's HandBuilt continues to develop new products and services - Gonna be some rad motorcycles hitting the road this next season.
*Shown below on our 1975 HHB Test Mule
And with our Popular Speedster Bars (which can mount under or above the top tree)
These are available in our new and improved store, check out www.hughshandbuilt.com for a TON of cool XS650 goodies and tech...
Installation pics as requested:
Hardware Assembly Order - Ditch the stock stuff...
Easy to install- Put a light coat of oil on the O-Rings,
Then press the bushing into the upper tree.
Once all 4 are installed, clean up the riser (that old rubber tends to build up
on the riser studs, get that crud off there)
Use the new hardware and reassemble your bars and risers. Ride with confidence.
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