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I don't have any pics, because, well, I really don't want any photographic evidence of my suckitude.
I'm riding Heli Bars now, and had to add about 3/4" (spacers) or so each end so I could fit all the controls and hand guards.
My plan was to use Swatt 3.5" rise clip-on clamps and a drag bar (cut in half) as a way to get a lot more down angle while still keeping my hands in essentially the same place. Everything was going great until I started trying to get the controls on.
I found out I would need:
* longer clutch cable
* longer throttle cables
* longer brake line
So then I started investigating... Cables weren't a big deal -- Convertibar cables would do the job.
But the way the clip-on clamp was hitting the top triple bolt kept it in a position with too much pull-back. I tried putting the clamps on backwards (which gave me a GREAT position), but that caused a severe restriction of how far I could turn the front end.
I thought I could maybe make it work anyway, but then I saw that I would not just need a longer brake line, but the entire system.
And that's when I realized that what I was really trying to do was a naked bar set-up. A drag bar (set so the bars when straight down with almost no pullback) on regular risers would be about perfect placement.
So I would need:
* risers
* another drag bar (because I already cut the one I have in half)
* either a naked throttle tube and cables, or custom long cables
* longer clutch cable
* naked front brake lines
That all assumes I can drill out the S top triple to get the risers put on (don't know how much of a good idea that is). If not, add naked triples to that list.
But then I noticed that my wiring harness for the right hand controls (starter button, etc) was maxed out, and that I wouldn't be able to get it in the right position.
Kill the project! I'm not about to cut into the wiring harness.
Maybe my next bike...
I'm so ashamed.
I'm riding Heli Bars now, and had to add about 3/4" (spacers) or so each end so I could fit all the controls and hand guards.
My plan was to use Swatt 3.5" rise clip-on clamps and a drag bar (cut in half) as a way to get a lot more down angle while still keeping my hands in essentially the same place. Everything was going great until I started trying to get the controls on.
I found out I would need:
* longer clutch cable
* longer throttle cables
* longer brake line
So then I started investigating... Cables weren't a big deal -- Convertibar cables would do the job.
But the way the clip-on clamp was hitting the top triple bolt kept it in a position with too much pull-back. I tried putting the clamps on backwards (which gave me a GREAT position), but that caused a severe restriction of how far I could turn the front end.
I thought I could maybe make it work anyway, but then I saw that I would not just need a longer brake line, but the entire system.
And that's when I realized that what I was really trying to do was a naked bar set-up. A drag bar (set so the bars when straight down with almost no pullback) on regular risers would be about perfect placement.
So I would need:
* risers
* another drag bar (because I already cut the one I have in half)
* either a naked throttle tube and cables, or custom long cables
* longer clutch cable
* naked front brake lines
That all assumes I can drill out the S top triple to get the risers put on (don't know how much of a good idea that is). If not, add naked triples to that list.
But then I noticed that my wiring harness for the right hand controls (starter button, etc) was maxed out, and that I wouldn't be able to get it in the right position.
Kill the project! I'm not about to cut into the wiring harness.
Maybe my next bike...
I'm so ashamed.