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Currently I'm running Heli Bars clip-ons on my '05 SVs. I like the height and the fact that they're back about 1" from stock, but I find myself riding with my elbows out and high... Maybe like riding a dirt bike. And so when I relax my arms and let my elbows drop (as I believe they should), my wrist is put into an odd angle that gets a bit painful after a while.
So I'm looking around at clip-ons, and saw a couple that might work (LSL specifically), but I'm not sure about the length of the bar itself -- I'm also running Cycra hand guards, and essentially need 10" of mountable area for the controls and guards.
I saw some Clubman clip-ons, but they only came in up to 38mm clamp size.
ANYWAY... Any one know if there are clip-ons that come that long, with, say, 10 degrees or so of downward angle, and are raised up to the approximate height of the Heli Bars? I used a set-up like this on my commuting bike (bicycle) many years ago, and it was the most comfortable "straight bar" set-up I've ever used.
Also, my mind is running with what might be a hair-brained idea. Is it possible, advisable, or whatever, to take something like drag bars (or even Clubman), cut them in the middle, and use some clamps with no downward angle to secure them to the fork? I would think that some no-rise clamps would work with the Clubmans, or maybe the LSL clamps with drag bars...
I guess the questions that come along with this: are the bars a constant diameter end to end? are they tapered inside (butted) such that they would lack suffucuent strength if I clamped them other than in the middle? are the clamps 7/8" diameter also?
Anyone?
TIA.
So I'm looking around at clip-ons, and saw a couple that might work (LSL specifically), but I'm not sure about the length of the bar itself -- I'm also running Cycra hand guards, and essentially need 10" of mountable area for the controls and guards.
I saw some Clubman clip-ons, but they only came in up to 38mm clamp size.
ANYWAY... Any one know if there are clip-ons that come that long, with, say, 10 degrees or so of downward angle, and are raised up to the approximate height of the Heli Bars? I used a set-up like this on my commuting bike (bicycle) many years ago, and it was the most comfortable "straight bar" set-up I've ever used.
Also, my mind is running with what might be a hair-brained idea. Is it possible, advisable, or whatever, to take something like drag bars (or even Clubman), cut them in the middle, and use some clamps with no downward angle to secure them to the fork? I would think that some no-rise clamps would work with the Clubmans, or maybe the LSL clamps with drag bars...
I guess the questions that come along with this: are the bars a constant diameter end to end? are they tapered inside (butted) such that they would lack suffucuent strength if I clamped them other than in the middle? are the clamps 7/8" diameter also?
Anyone?
TIA.