Evenin’ Mike et al…
Mike... that banjo is the wrong way round!!! It appears you have disconnected the hose from the master cylinder and returned the wrong way round. Look at the angle on your clutch.
I only saw your pic of
the dowel after I posted a return to your thread and no, that wasn’t the dowel I was referring to. Oh! Praps best to use a ring spanner hey ;-)
I think returning the handle bar covers looks neater.
What you have pointed to in your pic (and can also be clearly seen in this pic, albeit, the clutch), is the shoulder the enables the brake (clutch), line banjo unions to be secured and removed.
You definitely don’t want to remove these!
I found the cover I modified many years ago and fitted it to the bike I presently have in my shed which is fitted with the police spec handle bar risers (15mm), but the fitting of any riser on the later ABS variant 1100 is the same.
This is the very first riser adaptation I made to an ABS 1100. I modelled it on a Honda OEM police rise, which has the lower (integral), saddle casting extended 15mm, I simply turned and extension and spacer to 35mm which I got from shoring up the handle bars with pieces of wood until I felt comfortable on the new Corbin dual canyon saddle I’d fitted at that time. I posted it on a web page I had at the time and a chap from the States contacted me a little later, was pure coincidence (arse), which after re-routing the brake line I found that 35mm was pretty much the limit of rise for this 1100 variant without lengthening the hose. Subsequent risers I made I used a bearing quality plastic for the spacer instead of this ridiculously heavy bright mild steel version. I now find that the police spec riser is ample with the Corbin. So these
mule risers are no longer used.
This is that cut out top cover I made to accommodate the 35mm raised handle bars insitu. Though in the (35mm case), the top of the ignition barrel was 20mm lower than as in this pic and the standard key worked fine. Really don’t need any modification to the top cover or key extension with the police spec riser, all Honda did was remove the soft plastic surround that snuggly fits the top of the barrel. So, remove that and the ABS variant key will reach and work. Will stand corrected, but I seem to remember police spec 1100’s have a longer reach key(?).
One of the two screws that obviously cannot be returned.
This is where I re-routed my hose. I thought perhaps that the turning the handle bars would cause the hose to chafe / rub / cut on the sharp edge of the dash underside, but it hasn’t after 16 years on this bike.
So, hope these few pics help. The only visible difference when utilising the 35mm risers, to can see each of the stanchion caps with the covers insitu.
Cheers, the can :-)...N Avamerrychristmas