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Bikes, Hints'n'Tips => FZS600 Fazer => Topic started by: wezdavo on 20 January 2013, 02:09:32 am

Title: Handlebars
Post by: wezdavo on 20 January 2013, 02:09:32 am

Can anybody recommend a lower handle bar for a 600 foxeye, somthing abit more sporty?
 
Pics with them on would be great :)

Title: Re: Handlebars
Post by: wezdavo on 20 January 2013, 12:29:33 pm

Anyone??

Title: Re: Handlebars
Post by: Dead Eye on 20 January 2013, 12:48:35 pm

Not many people tend to change the bars - may be worth searching other topics on the forum as I think this has come up once or twice :)

Title: Re: Handlebars
Post by: kebab19 on 20 January 2013, 01:46:48 pm

Renthal 758 bars

Title: Re: Handlebars
Post by: unfazed on 20 January 2013, 04:42:31 pm

You could try turning the orignals upside down first to see how it would look and feel . It would also let you determine what kind of clearance you would have with the fairing on full lock.

Title: Re: Handlebars
Post by: Motorbreath on 20 January 2013, 06:55:31 pm

FZ1's one doesn't fit. It is too low for the tank.

Title: Re: Handlebars
Post by: stevierst on 20 January 2013, 07:55:04 pm

+1 for the 758's, or ultra lows as they're also known. miles better than standard bars for the FZS 600 :b

Title: Re: Handlebars
Post by: Yamazer-92 on 20 January 2013, 08:04:17 pm

I was going to get some 758's myself until my mate got them on his bandit first and let me try them out, I know its not the same bike but the bars were definitely Renthal 758's and for me personally they felt awkward, the width was nice but they inverted a bit strange where you grip them I felt. Just thought I would be awkward for you  :D

Title: Re: Handlebars
Post by: stevierst on 20 January 2013, 08:10:25 pm

I found them spot on for me as there wasn't quite as much sweep bending your wrists back. I've seen some Fazer 600's with road medium, and superbike lows which are a bit wider with similar sweep and height as standard I think.
 

Title: Re: Handlebars
Post by: stevierst on 20 January 2013, 08:12:59 pm

Have a look on here and see what you'd like compared to your standard bars.
http://www.renthalroad.com/File/product_78handlebars.aspx (http://www.renthalroad.com/File/product_78handlebars.aspx)

Title: Re: Handlebars
Post by: Yamazer-92 on 20 January 2013, 08:19:38 pm

Yeah that is a nice little table actually, clearly shows the differences of all of them. I do want to swap the standards, I am not a big fan of chrome and they are a little narrow for me personally but I dont know I just found the sweep of his a bit far even though on that table they are less than most of the others. I think I will just get them anyway and angle them a bit more upwards than his were.

Title: Re: Handlebars
Post by: stevierst on 20 January 2013, 08:24:28 pm

Superbike lows maybe? A bit more sweep than the ultra's, but not as much as the standard chrome things that I hate too! ;)

Title: Re: Handlebars
Post by: trudd on 20 January 2013, 08:37:13 pm

Doesn't really answer the question but I posted a picture in the following thread that shows the difference in sweep angle of my Renthals.

http://foc-u.co.uk/index.php/topic,5853.msg51627.html#msg51627 (http://foc-u.co.uk/index.php/topic,5853.msg51627.html#msg51627)

Title: Re: Handlebars
Post by: wezdavo on 20 January 2013, 09:49:59 pm

Quote from: trudd on 20 January 2013, 08:37:13 pm

Doesn't really answer the question but I posted a picture in the following thread that shows the difference in sweep angle of my Renthals.

[url]http://foc-u.co.uk/index.php/topic,5853.msg51627.html#msg51627[/url] ([url]http://foc-u.co.uk/index.php/topic,5853.msg51627.html#msg51627[/url])

 
I take it the 754's or of a similar height to the oe bars?

Title: Re: Handlebars
Post by: trudd on 20 January 2013, 09:59:05 pm

Yes,  pretty close.

Title: Re: Handlebars
Post by: wezdavo on 20 January 2013, 10:45:36 pm

Quote from: stevierst on 20 January 2013, 07:55:04 pm

+1 for the 758's, or ultra lows as they're also known. miles better than standard bars for the FZS 600 :b

Thanks mate, got any pics??

Title: Re: Handlebars
Post by: kebab19 on 21 January 2013, 09:28:30 am

Renthal 758's mentioned on the old site, mostly as fitted to the 1000 but then the fairing's the same as the foxeye 600 even if the risers arent:

http://fazerowners.yuku.com/topic/33138/RENTHAL-ULTRA-LOW-BARS-758#.UP0HqvLfUoE (http://fazerowners.yuku.com/topic/33138/RENTHAL-ULTRA-LOW-BARS-758#.UP0HqvLfUoE)

http://fazerowners.yuku.com/reply/234834/758s#reply-234834 (http://fazerowners.yuku.com/reply/234834/758s#reply-234834)

http://fazerowners.yuku.com/topic/14391/renthal-758-advice#.UP0JIvLfUoE (http://fazerowners.yuku.com/topic/14391/renthal-758-advice#.UP0JIvLfUoE)

http://fazerowners.yuku.com/reply/115248/flatter-bars#reply-115248 (http://fazerowners.yuku.com/reply/115248/flatter-bars#reply-115248)

http://fazerowners.yuku.com/reply/50807/bigger-handlebars#reply-50807 (http://fazerowners.yuku.com/reply/50807/bigger-handlebars#reply-50807)


Someone else preferred Renthal 754s instead:
http://fazerowners.yuku.com/reply/269183/Renthal-Low-better-than-Ultra-Low-Just-Different#reply-269183 (http://fazerowners.yuku.com/reply/269183/Renthal-Low-better-than-Ultra-Low-Just-Different#reply-269183)

I had Rental 789 'streetfighter' bars with brace fitted to my old 600 but they fouled the RHS fairing on fill lock

Title: Re: Handlebars
Post by: stevierst on 21 January 2013, 04:37:49 pm

I had a set of 790's that also fouled the fairing badly on full lock, it's a shame, because they were perfect for me on my Tiger 1050.
 
Here's a pic of my old red Fazer with ultra lows fitted.
(http://i1193.photobucket.com/albums/aa341/stevierst/IMAG0329_zpsbefbc13a.jpg)
I rolled them quite far back to make them cosy, and filed off most of the switchgear lugs so they still gripped the bars. I think mine 'just' touched on left lock, but then, my fairing wasn't exactly straight! :lol

Title: Re: Handlebars
Post by: wezdavo on 21 January 2013, 05:02:10 pm

Thanks everyone  :)
 
Got the renthal 758 on order ;)