Quote Originally Posted by bowtiewagon View Post
Barnone,so your saying that the reason the threads in the riser(not the bolts) stripped is that the threads are too short? so posiibly longer bolts would help my situation? I had to tighten them down so much becasue no matter how tight I got them the bars still moved. These bars do not have the nurrels(spelling?) like th old ones do..and since they are chrome.. they are slicker. any recommendations to that?
If your bars move and the bolts are tight,then there is to much clearance around the bars.In the past,I have laid a mill file flat on my work bench, and run the handle bar mounting caps over it a few times.Then check the fitment.If the bars are still loose,I do it again.Once the bars are tight enough they won't move with a quick jerk,I stop and finish reassembling everything to the bars.