Hey Clive, just measured my 758 ultra lows - 72cm to end of the grips.
Measured my old standard bars, not totally accurate coz they're bent but - 62cm
So a good 5cm extra length on each side.
Im not sure why they call them ultra lows because it makes it sound like youll be lying on the tank all the time to use them, as far as i can see & how i have them aligned on my bike they pretty much rise roughly the same as standard.
The difference is the length & quite importantly the angle (or rake if that's the correct term
)
The angle is much more opened up rather than the sporty in comparison angle of the standard bars.actually i dont quite know why sports bikes have the extremely close angled bars, obviously theres a good reason for it but do those type of bars make more sense on sports bikes alone because like i said earlier these wider & more open bars seem to give me more leverage.
Because you got me thinking about your shoulder pain ive been doing some air riding on my couch (alone i must add
), put my elbows close in, triceps touching my ribcase & angled my hands to sports riding,....quite allot of tension in the rear deltoids at the rear of the shoulder.
Then place my arms wider like on the renthals & angle the wrists outward to be more neutral....much less pressure on the rear deltoids & more tension on the sides of the shoulder which is a much bigger muscle & can no doubt last longer before fatiguing........im no physio but it seems to make sense that youd be in a bit less pain....dont forget to stay loose on the bars too.