Hello again
about 2 months ago I found this on my driveway

harmless looking washer. I could not figure out for the life of me from which machine (mower,washer, motorbikes) and has been bugging me. Yesterday I was travelling at about 120klm and remembered Rickmeister's broken handle bar riser episode at Narrandera and it twigged, one tug on the end of my bars confirmed a horrible lack of connection.

Don't do this at speed into a corner, not good for the laundry lady.
I think this was done before my 2,400k recent trip. All fixed with spare bike donation, just thought you should see what can happen.
RT

Same situation happened to me so I ordered K 75 upper clamp without rubber dampers and fixed it

wauw, Lucky nothing bad happened   

k.rider

Earlier post about problem

https://www.k100-forum.com/t700-rt-handlebar-mounts

Scary - glad you fixed it Ok.

nino wrote:Same situation happened to me so I ordered K 75 upper clamp without rubber dampers and fixed it

Did you notice any difference in the level of vibration Nino

No noticeable vibrations at all. Feeling is much better, I feel safer somehow (the bike doesnt "swim")

I have often thought of making some very stiff mounts for my K1100 because the K75 feels better without the rubbers.

I've been running the K75 top mount for years, I dont really get any more vibes from it just better feeling and more direct steering.

In 2002 somewhere south of Broome I had both handlebar risers snap on me, one a day after the other.  Had to ride around 400kms with lots of cable ties holding the handlebar risers down into the triple clamp.  It made a Honda dealership mechanic go white in the face when I was looking for some assistance.

Al

Well it looks like we should put this on our list of regular maintenance checks, or put a cable tie or two on just in case. (or buy anew set and install).
Thanks for replies guys, don't ignore stray bits on your driveway.