can SatRDay steering be shifted from. Above to Under?

[Peter Stock]

the catalog for the Sat R Day (attached) describes an option of having the steering system either Above or Below

was that a factory only option? Or can an Above Seat setup be owner-modified to be Under Seat?

peter stock
toronto canada

[robert clark]

Feel Free to Hire a Fabricator to make one.. In Canada...

[Hugh L]

If you had ordered the SRD with USS, you could have later converted it to ASS.  For the USS, there was a flange attached to the fork crown with a ‘ball & socket’ pivot point that attached to an adjustable rod which extended to the clamp-on USS steering assembly.  If memory serves me correctly, the ASS did not have the piece added to the fork crown.

There are times now that I regret selling my USS SRD now that I live in the flats of Idaho and no longer in the hills of Eugene.

Hope this helps.  As suggested, maybe a local fabricator could make the modifications from an ASS to USS.  You might also see if BF has any old parts in their ‘boneyard’ that they could sell you, and then you do the changes.

Hugh Larkin
Meridian, Idaho
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[David Dillard]

I had an above seat steering model that had the fixture on the front fork, so maybe yours does as well. 

I'll dig around and see if I can find a picture of it. 

David Dillard 

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[Peter Stock]

here is my stem riser attachment

peter stock
toronto canada

[robert clark]

As seen in picture on Manual cover they used a headset bearing set ... 

A DIY design could be using a simpler  bushing . as its not weight or wheel fork bearing.... 

So could  be simpler & so, lighter... 

[robert clark]

Patent drawings of Ryan Vanguard USS  are available...  

[robert clark]

US Patent #4,283,070...  
https://patents.google.com/patent/US4283070A/en