Right after ordering the lowering link kit another item came up for sale on the NT riders’ forum. One of the members had sold his bike but before doing so he’d removed the Heli Bars kit. It’s a fairly expensive item and like most aftermarket accessories it wouldn’t affect his selling price that much. Most riders know this and if they have time will remove their add-ons for separate resale.
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| Heli Bars kit mounted on a demo bike |
This aftermarket kit includes all the necessary parts to reposition the stock handlebars 2 ½” taller and 3 ½” rearward producing a 4 ½” overall net gain for the rider. In simplest terms the rider now sits bolt upright with no forward lean, a truly comfortable touring position for most riders. Well...older ones anyway.
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| The Heli Bars Riser is intricate and well made |
The kit includes several items, the riser with power outlet and RAM ball installed; plus new brake line, clutch cable, and push-pull throttle cables. The new cables are required due to the extended rearward location; the shorter factory cables simply would not reach.
After making my appointment with Greg at Honda World in Coos Bay to install the lowering link kit I realized this would be the opportune time to have the Heli Bars installed. I called back to see if we could add that to their work order and was told it wouldn’t be a problem; just bring the kit along when I delivered the bike to them on Tuesday.
Realizing they’d probably never seen one of the kits and since it might require several hours to install I made arrangements for a ride home figuring they’d keep the bike overnight.
Thanks to Toby our Aussie Shepherd I arose early this morning. I was anxious to see what the weather was doing and as predicted it was raining. The 35 mile ride to Coos Bay looked like it would be a delight…
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| My alarm clock - goes off at the same time every day |
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| It's wet out there... |
It rained most of the way in and I was glad I had decent rain gear. I arrived at Honda World right on time and Jerry Smith, my ride home was waiting. Not the quad & trailer, he drives a Honda SUV. Nice.
After going over the revised list of things I wanted done I turned the bike over to Greg. His new estimated time for installing both kits was now up to six hours. Besides the kits I’d added an oil change with filter plus air filter if they have one. This isn’t going to be cheap! Of course the increased amount of time also meant it wouldn’t be ready today, so some time tomorrow I get to see the results of all this.
For information on this kit follow this link to the Heli Bars website: http://www.helibars.com/product/helibars-tour-performance-pilot-riser-honda-nt700
In the mean time I’m planning my next move, maybe adding a trailer hitch if that’s feasible. Huh? Trailer?
LL
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