Angled banjo for CB550F MC

[relative q]

So I put on my new drag bars the other day, and the MC won't fit on all the way 'cause the gauge mountings are in the way. If the banjo were angled about 45 degrees, it'd fit. Can I buy an angled banjo somewhere? Can/should I just bend it myself? The bars look too cool to get rid of...

 

[locOleoN]

Id just bend up the gauge mount with some heavy duty plyers.
Besides, that will make your gauges face you directly rather than face the sky...

 

[relative q]

bending the gauge mounts would only make it worse. The banjo is sitting right over where the gauges mount to the triple tree.

 

[locOleoN]

post a pic and lets have a look...

 

[relative q]

Will do once I get time to go down to the shop. Unfortunately, I'm working all weekend long.

 

[CanadaDan]

I'm in the same boat with the GS400 and the clubmans OR drag bars... PITA to go through changing the bars only to find out it woun't work... TWICE

 

[relative q]

I'm in the same boat with the GS400 and the clubmans OR drag bars... PITA to go through changing the bars only to find out it woun't work... TWICE

I don't see why it would pose a problem to simply bend the thing a little, so long as you don't kink it... :\

 

[Tim]

Are you looking for something like the one 2nd from the left on the bottom row? This isn't the banjo bolt, but rather the fitting that goes on the bolt.

 

[relative q]

Yeah, that's what I meant. Where can I order one of those?

 

[Tim]

http://www.jpcycles.com/productgroup.aspx?GID=B6E18202-FE1B-4B40-9EC2-29CBC3A631A3&brand=russell

I don't know anything about making up brake lines, but it looks like JP has the stuff available.

 

[relative q]

Apparently those fittings aren't DOT approved...