Wide bars = comfort?

[JoeRock]

Jon - 18" is too narrow for me mate. I am looking at 840mm, so around 33". If I find that is too long, I wil cut then down a bit. Thanks for the offer though 


Ogri - That CB is the bomb. Not a Harley fan, although I read your thread about something different and I get that. I do watch sons of anarchy though


Noggy - air riding is the way forward. I seen this machine when I was buying my mountain bike. The machine measures all of your natural dimensions and calculates the most comfortable and productive (effort + energy = output) lengths of every component of the bike. So I kind of blagged the idea from there. I sat the measure tape on the kitchen counter and let my arms hang where they may. I t might not work, but there is only one way to find out.

840mm are bloody wide mate for bars, like really bloody wide. I've had ultralows on most of the upright bikes I've had now, but I always tend to chop an inch or so off each end - I like being able to filter without whacking mirrors everywhere on them!

[noggythenog]

Hey Stevie...if youre still reading the thread....any more pics of that tasty R1 from the front, looks like you chopped the fairing.....for an outright sportsbike how did it compare when you put the wide renthals on it????

[ogri48]

Pm sent mate regarding some bars.
I have to say, off all the bars I've tried over the years, the stock gen one fazer thou ones, once widened, were the perfect fit for me. Height just right, perfect sweep and rise...if anyone has a set of those you could try, they might be the ticket. I'm 6'2", wide shoulders, and lots of aches of pains courtesy of age and bike offs, and slightly wider bars are the first mod on all me bikes, though strangely my gen 2 thou is the first that didn't need em. I'm guessing most of mine have been heavy old buggers so it's nice having the extra leverage along with the comfort, the fz1 conversely is like chucking a 250 about. Well, almost, certainly after the cb...

[stevierst]

Just for noggy.
The front end is from a CBR 125 highly modified so it would fit. And the extra wide bars were superb on that machine. Never had a tank slap and the bike was like that for about 5 years. I miss her so much :'(:'(

[stevierst]

And here's from the side.

[noggythenog]

That really is the businness stevie....how could you sell her????, i wonder if it is still alive, have you checked if it is still taxed?...


Was the whole 125 front just a one off or is that a common mod on the r1?


Also....fire extinguisher....or nos, id think extinguisher but who knows with a bike like that.

[stevierst]

It broke my heart when she went. I had almost 7 years building her, and about 45000 miles of enjoyment.
It was time for a change, but the whole trying to grow up thing didn't last (hence the fz1)
The front end was a one off never done before, but certainly turned heads wherever she went.
And yes, she is still alive somewhere down south last time I looked.

[ogri48]

Steve, Got two sets of fat bars, I set of renthal risers, one set of standard riser converters and some bar ends if you wanna try out. Silver bars are 810 wide, ktm 672 bend. Renthal site will tell you everything about rise etc when you check that code. Black bars are their new streetfighterbars, only available in black, no ode but only 770 wide some be not enough for you, though you could space out the bar ends mebbe 10-15 mill. Ktm bars are dense foam filled to reduce vibration