Handlebars

Norseman wrote:

...I am intrigued by the comments on superbike bars. Where would I look for some?...

Look in the second post in this thread (the one from me) for a link to a company that sells nice bars for really cheap. You can also get them from many other vendors, including z1Enterprises.com....

Thanks, Biquetoast. Okay, I should have noticed that one:blush:.

One question, though, exactly how would I measure the rise. Obviously it's from the center where it's clamped, but is it where the immediate rise ends where it begins the line where the controls go, or is it the very end of the bar? I'm tryinmg to determine what's on my bike currently. Thanks.

Norseman wrote:

...where the immediate rise ends where it begins the line where the controls go...

Yeah, that.

If you counted it at the *end* of the bar, the goofy way that the Euro bars are bent would register as no rise if that were the case.

However, the ends of the bars are used to measure the "pull-back", again from the center of the bar.

Besides having to change control cables I have been very happy with the Euro bars. The stock bars are something terrible IMO. My wrist hurts just thinking about them.

Well, I ended up putting the Euro bars on and I really like them. It took a few minutes to get used to them, but now that I've been riding with them for a few days, they're MUCH more comfortable than the original bars. At first they felt a bit too "sporty", but once I adjusted them, they felt great. I'm happy for now, but eventually I'd like to try the Superbike bars just to get an idea of what they're like.

Anyway, thanks for all the input everyone!

I hate the ape pullback bars on my bike too and am wondering if they are causing me issues with being able to turn the bike properly. I'm having a heck of a time doing figure 8s in parking lots. Of course, that could be because I don't have enough experience yet. I love the upright riding position of my KZ and don't want to give that up.

Superbike bar questions:

Do the superbike bars require that you lean forward like the crotch rockets?

Do you have better control now that you've switched bars?

Will the controls fit without major modification on the superbike bars or will I need to get different length control cables?

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Thx JMK. I didn't see those bars on the website that was mentioned in this thread. Where did you get them?

Is there such a thing as handlebars that don't require you to angle your wrists to the left or right?

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JMKZHI wrote:

But if I ever get a better mc, then cheap bars here I come. JMK.<br><br>Post edited by: JMKZHI, at: 2007/10/08 13:05

So if you had had a different MC back then you would have gone with different bars?