Replacing a broken clutch lever mount

[emory70]

they look like training wheels to me, so i was gonna ditchem. but the vibration aspect made me rethink. now i am rerethinking.

[Sarris]

Replaced mine with Kuryakyn ISO grips. Very comfy, larger diameter, cheap enough, and no noticeable change in vibration.

:2tup:

[Easy Rider]

Originally Posted by alantf

First of all you've got to get the rubber expansion plug out.

And the "nut" that goes along with it.

It is possible....but not too likely....that the nut is just barely out of reach with the weight in place on the long screw.

FIRST thing to do it try to get the screw to catch the nut inside the bar by taking the weight OFF so that the screw goes in farther. If it does and the nut catches, then you pull the whole thing out and re-assemble before shoving it back in and tightening.

[Viirin]

I never had these on the bike but they look class - has the GZ got a 22mm handlebar and do you guys reckon these would fit it or would I need suzuki specific ones?

http://cgi.ebay.ie/BIKE-MOTORCYCLE-MOTO ... 2c55990b85

[alantf]

Originally Posted by Viirin

has the GZ got a 22mm handlebar

No, it's 7/8"

[Easy Rider]

Originally Posted by alantf

No, it's 7/8"

Which is 22.225 mm.
Pretty close.

[blaine]

Originally Posted by Viirin

I never had these on the bike but they look class - has the GZ got a 22mm handlebar and do you guys reckon these would fit it or would I need suzuki specific ones?

http://cgi.ebay.ie/BIKE-MOTORCYCLE-MOTO ... 2c55990b85

Yes, they will fit.22mm-7/8 bars. :2tup:

[Viirin]

Ah sweet - It's like i'll appreciate them more now that i thought i couldn't have them haha

Thanks guys

[jeanied1]

Hey guys,

Well I've managed to get the handlebar grip off - no need to cut it in the end, got it off with good old fashioned boiling water: soaked a cloth, applied it to the grip and tugged like crazy till it came off!

And I've successfully replaced the broken clutch lever mount and got the clutch lever assembly all back together - yeeha! Went for an 86km ride yesterday morning and it's as good as new!

BUT! The conundrum about the bar end weight continues. As I said, I've got a screw about 2 inches long that goes through the end weight and looks like it should screw into the handlebar. But when I tried just screwing the screw into the bar it just slid straight in - ie no screwing! So at the moment I've got no way of securing the end weight to the end of the handlebar. It screws in with an Allen key (not a Phillips screwdriver), so I'm guessing from previous posts that this isn't a factory-issue part.

Am riding without it at the moment and there's no discernible difference to the bike handling. But I want to fix it, because if the bike fell on its side to the left, at the moment it would go straight down onto the end of the metal handlebar and not be protected by the end weight.... :??:

Jeanie

[dhgeyer]

As you should have realized from Alantf's post and mine, with full color photos (taken for your benefit), the pieces you need to screw the screw into are still in the handlebar. You need to fish them out, as Alan described, reassemble the unit using my second photo as a guide, reinsert the assembly, and follow the instructions you were given already.

Asking questions isn't going to do you any good if you don't read the answers.