Fitted new bars, opinions please!

[darrsi]

Looks alright to me  - quite like the old cafe style bikes!


Depends how old/fit/in good nick your wrists are for the comfort thing! It's a different riding style, you can't just sit there, you really need to be able to hold your weight up with your legs and core to take the weight off your wrists. Main thing I've noticed about doing this kind of mod though is that generally speaking, upright bikes that have clipons fitted generaly have more extreme riding positions than the sports bikes themselves, as the rest of the bike wasn't designed for such a position! (Seat, stretch to bars, footpeg positioning etc)

Agreed, the footpegs alone will be further forward than they should be for a lower riding postion.
Only time will tell with the wrists, any new riding position can give a few aches and pains for a while as you're using different muscles.
I've lost count of the amount of passengers who've got off the back of my bike with cramp because they've been tensing up in an unfamiliar position.
I personally moved away from dropped bars because of wrist pain, and lack of head movement with a padded jacket on, but each to their own.