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Note: Low bars without ABS requires a longer brake hose.
In order to remove the low bars, do the following:
1.
Remove the anti-rotation screw for each bar (under the triple clamp, toward the
center). If I remember correctly, they're hex.
2. Loosen the pinch bolts on
the bar and the triple clamp. Remove/replace one side at a time.
3. Raise
the slider above the triple clamp. There's a wire circlip at the top of the slider
- remove and retain.
4. Push the slider down through the triple clamp and
the bar. Remove the bar (use a towel to protect the tank/fairing, and just lay
the bar on it).
5. Push slider up through the triple clamp (may need to be
moved back into alignment, but not much). Make sure there's enough slider over
the triple clamp to accept Rapid's bar backs (or the original bars).Snug the triple
clamp pinch bolt, but don't tighten fully.
6. Repeat for other side.
You can now move the current bars into position to check for slack. If you can finish the install w/o any add/l mods:
7.
Install bar back. Don't tighten the pinch bolts.
8. Loosen triple clamp pinch
bolt, and push slider up until the circlip notch is above the bar back.
9.
Reinstall the circlip, and push the slider down until it stops. The circlips prevent
the sliders from sliding out of the clamps (that's why you removed them in step
3). Bottom of bar back should be against top of triple clamp.
10. Tighten
all pinch bolts to spec.
11. Repeat for other side.
12. Install bars on
bar backs.
Don't try to do both sides at once; the triple clamp starts moving around, and both sliders develop minds of their own. You'll need 3 hands to realign everything.
Don't ask me how I know this.
Hope
this helps. The whole operation took me 20 minutes - including time to find the
darn rotation screws - and I'm a klutz...
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Joe Cipriano
Chicago, Ill.
'02 R1100SBX
Updater
04/19/04
Chris Freschi of RC Cycles in Hayward, CA. has info on
the installation on the Boxer Cup. "To go from "low bars" 1100S
to "high bars"' 1100S, must purchase BMW accelerator cable p/n 3273-7659-680
$22.00 retail. Will have to remove side panels and fuel tank. May/will also need
to re-route the fast idle (choke) cable under the alum. front fairing support
bar for proper turning clearance of cable. There is also a little plastic support
(swivel) you can get from BMW that connects the choke cable to the clutch cable
where they cross each other down by the alum. front fairing support bar. This
can also probably done with a cable tie." Thanks Chris!