Snowmobile steering system

A method of elevating a handlebar position on a snowmobile having a steering post with a pair of handlebar receiving portions, each handlebar receiving portion having a recess conformingly sized to the handlebar and a pair of flat upward facing surfaces on opposing sides of each recess, each flat upward facing surface having a hole for receiving a threaded screw for securement of the handlebar, method comprising:

• selecting a pair of U-shaped spacers of a desired elevation height, each spacer having a downward projection sized for the respective recesses of the handlebar receiving portions, a pair of downward facing surfaces for seating on the pair of flat upwardly facing surfaces of each handlebar receiving portion, a central upwardly facing handlebar recess, a pair of flat upwardly facing faces, and a pair of holes, each hole extending through a respective one of the upwardly facing faces through the spacer;
• positioning each of the pair of spacers on respective ones of the handlebar receiving portions with the downward projections seated in the respective recesses and the holes of the spacers aligned with respective holes in the flat upward facing surfaces of the handlebar receiving portions;
• placing a handlebar in the handlebar recesses of the pair of spacers;
• placing one or two yoke caps onto the handlebar, the one or two yoke caps having at least one downward facing recess sized for the handlebar and having a plurality of holes in alignment with the holes in the pair of spacers and with the holes in the pair of handlebar receiving portions;
• attaching threaded fasteners that clamp secure the one or two yoke caps to the pair of spacers and pair of handlebar receiving portions with the handlebar clamped therein.