Flat / level Clubman bars

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Flat / level Clubman bars

07 Mar 2016 15:56
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Hey guys, I like the look of my clubman bars and I like how they are swept back. I don't like that they angle down. Does anyone know of a flat or level clubman handlebar? Something with very low or no height to it.

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Re: Flat / level Clubman bars

07 Mar 2016 17:06
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Check here, they have a good selection. It costs nothing to look.
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Re: Flat / level Clubman bars

07 Mar 2016 18:12
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Tmiron wrote: Hey guys, I like the look of my clubman bars and I like how they are swept back. I don't like that they angle down. Does anyone know of a flat or level clubman handlebar? Something with very low or no height to it.

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Confused. Clubmans are swept forward and down. The grips angle back a bit. The bars with no height are Dragbars. Little hieght are Superbike bars. Emgo makes some that at are replicas of the Honda CB400F that are in between.

Recently installed drags on my GPz750 dual shock.





I was going to do one of the others mentioned including the clubmans but they wouldn't fit for various reasons.

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Re: Flat / level Clubman bars

07 Mar 2016 18:24
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I've got Clubman bars on my 650C2.
They came with the fairing I bought, so don't have a lead on them.
I found rotating the bars in the clamps to level them up helped, as any downward slope to them was uncomfortable.
The gauges or master cylinder can get in the way, and limit how much you can move them.

This picture shows two Clubman bars I had.
The one in the back is currently on the bike, the other ones with about 6 inch drop were bent, and can't find them. May have tossed them.
Note both sit flat, the handle area, on the floor in the picture.

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Re: Flat / level Clubman bars

07 Mar 2016 18:43 - 07 Mar 2016 18:48
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Hey guys, thanks for the quick reply. I should have been more clear. I have ben looking for "flat clubman" handlebars but haven't found / seen anything, so I don't know if what I'm looking for even exists. The best way for me to describe it probably with a picture. I'm looking for something like this picture, but instead of the 6" drop (shown by the bottom right hand measurement) I'd like something with 0 to 2 inches of drop. I could rotate the bars, but they wouldn't look as good.

1978 KZ400 B1
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Re: Flat / level Clubman bars

08 Mar 2016 05:03
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Are you thinking of mounting them straight forward? If you are the only thing I can think to do is cut them somewhere before the corners, reorient them then reweld. Or you could build some out of some higher rise bars, Either method wold allow you to adjust how far forward the grips are.

Other than that you are in clip on territory.

It is very common to have a downward orientation on a cafe type handlebar set up. As a matter of fact it's hard not to find it on a truely planned and built cafe, not a garage build.

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Re: Flat / level Clubman bars

08 Mar 2016 08:33
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No eBay APP ID and/or Cert ID defined in Kunena configurationHow about ACE bars? Here's an example:
1978 KZ1000, 1976 KZ900, 1975 H2, 1973 H1, 1973 H2, 1978 RD400, 1977 RD400, 1974 RD350
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Re: Flat / level Clubman bars

08 Mar 2016 09:00
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Thanks! That is exactly what i was looking for! It's hard to search for something when you don't know what it's called or how to describe it ;)
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Re: Flat / level Clubman bars

08 Mar 2016 10:59 - 08 Mar 2016 11:16
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My apologies, I forgot about those. Good thing I did or those probably would be on my bike right now and I don't think I'd like them as much.

I'll keep then in mind for future projects though.
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