I just put 4" risers from TJ Brutal Customs on my '95 1100. I'll take a couple photos after work, but they seems to be excellent quality and finish. I have bars from a Rebel on my shadow and these made it much more comfortable to ride.

They also have 6" risers if you want taller.

 

I just put 4" risers from TJ Brutal Customs on my '95 1100. I'll take a couple photos after work, but they seems to be excellent quality and finish. I have bars from a Rebel on my shadow and these made it much more comfortable to ride.

They also have 6" risers if you want taller.

I would appreciate it

 

WideGlide,,, as in from a Harley or something aftermarket? If Harley triple-tree, then most any aftermarket riser should work.

The Honda fork top bridge has rubber isolation bushings and 12mm riser mounting studs necked down to 10mm thread to prevent over-tightening. That make risers somewhat of an issue. Do NOT try drilling them for the Harley riser 1/2" bolts. You can use aftermarket ones, but need to use a 12mm adapter stud with self-locking nuts, do not over-tighten as that eliminates the rubber isolation.

 

They currently have the shadow risers. And yes, Harley Wide Glide front. I bought it like that

 

Well, that's a bit different, can you take some close up pics of the riser and triple tree area


Edit: Appears to be the same bike as in this thread: https://www.hondashadow.net/threads...t/threads/96-shadow-spirit-vt1100c-engine-swap.590061/#lg=thread-590061&slide=0

 

Well, that's a bit different, can you take some close up pics of the riser and triple tree area

Sure can. I will take them tomorrow

 

I suspect if you pull the risers you will find the mounting holes are 1/2" on 3-1/2" center-to-center mounting so standard Harley risers should be fine. Some mounted flat and some had a boss on the bottom that fit down into a recess on the top bridge. Should look and confirm dimensions

Never seen fork tube extensions like that,,, Might have been a conversion kit to get more rake on the fork. Can you take a couple shots of the underside of the triple trees/riser mounts?

 

Yea I can, I will take more pics tomorrow

 

Looks to possibly be angle adapters for upper triple swap. Lower triple perhaps bent to fit?
Alternately, aftermarket lower triple/spindle with "adapter" caps for stock upper?
Either way, it addresses the trail increase inherent in longer legs.
Either way, I'd be paranoid of the screwed on pivots/adapters not being torsionally solid with the leg tops.

And I'll admit, I'm very curious where the kit comes from.

 

The Honda top bridge had 4" (100mm) spacing between riser mounting bolts. those look closer to the Harley 3-1/2" in the pics. Harley and Honda Shadows both used 1" diameter bars for years, some newer Harleys use 1-1/4" bars.

 

So I should look into HD risers? I'm not mechanically inclined, my apologies

 

IF that is a Harley top triple tree (Honda calls it a Top Bridge) then yes. The Harleys used a 1/2"x 13 thread bolt or stud for their risers instead of Honda's 12mm riser stud. Measure the top riser cap bolts left to right side see if it's 3-1/2" or 4". If 3-1/2" then it is probably a Harley one with 1/2" holes so most of the Harley risers on ebay should fit.

 

If it's 4", those may be fancy chrome covers over the Honda top bridge and triple-tree. Why I want to see what the bottom side looks like....

 

I got you. I will take pics later when I get home from work

 

Dang dude! That's purdy..

 

Na man, your bike is. I love the way it looks.

 

Are they 3-1/2" ? if so, then yes

 

What do you mean by 3-1/2"? I apologize, I'm not mechanically inclined.

 

center distance between risers, measure from the front riser cap bolt on one riser to the other front riser cap bolt, either 3-1/2" or 4". 4" being Honda and 3-1/2" being Harley

 

 

center of the bolt to center of the bolt looks like 3-1/2", so Harley style risers, hundreds of choices on Ebay

 

Really, they look like Honda risers. What specifically do I type in when looking for them. Any specific model? I appreciate all your help.

 

The risers in there are Honda. I suspect they are a bit of a loose fit as they are 12mm diameter shank on the mounting stud while the normal harley risers are 1/2" (12.7mm), the Honda ones are necked down to a 10mm thread on the end to keep from over-tightening them on the Honda isolation bushings. I don't believe the Harley fork has the isolation bushings. Yours had the same top bridge as my 1100.

I would add that it may be better to find some bars with a bit more rise as taller risers may cause the bars to hide the speedo or warning lights. I didn't think that would be an issue until I tried taller risers and kept leaving the turn signal on as I couldn't see the hidden indicator light. You may even want shorter risers and taller bars depending on if they are currently blocked. That fork extension setup on yours changes things from mine. The bars in my avatar pic are standard Harley mini-apes in the honda risers. They were used in a lot of models for several decades iirc. best wrist angle I've found.

 

The risers in there are Honda. I suspect they are a bit of a loose fit as they are 12mm diameter shank on the mounting stud while the normal harley risers are 1/2" (12.7mm), the Honda ones are necked down to a 10mm thread on the end to keep from over-tightening them on the Honda isolation bushings. I don't believe the Harley fork has the isolation bushings. Yours had the same top bridge as my 1100.

I would add that it may be better to find some bars with a bit more rise as taller risers may cause the bars to hide the speedo or warning lights. I didn't think that would be an issue until I tried taller risers and kept leaving the turn signal on as I couldn't see the hidden indicator light. You may even want shorter risers and taller bars depending on if they are currently blocked. That fork extension setup on yours changes things from mine. The bars in my avatar pic are standard Harley mini-apes in the honda risers. They were used in a lot of models for several decades iirc. best wrist angle I've found.

I have another question, my driver pegs are torn up, looks like bike was laid down on both sides, do you have a link for pegs for a 96 Shadow vt1100c? I did go to Honda site and ordered them, order went through, and a week later got an email that my order was cancelled because parts are discontinued.

 

Here's the link. All it shows is the frame bracket discontinued. plus some of the rear peg stuff discontinued. There are a lot of different parts to the foot pegs, what exactly is torn up?
I have a spare front set from a 96 VT1100C2 ACE, I think most of the parts are the same,

https://www.ronayers.com/oemparts/a/hon/66db0830280197e9d20873f8/vt1100c-steps

Look the part number up in the above link, copy it and paste it here in the search box on the right, then click the where used link at the end of the search. It will tell you which models honda used that part on.

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