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The handlebar thread

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I'm surprised that I haven't posted this yet....

I looked for and found my OEM handlebars in the garage, mounted them to a stable work bench, then took a five foot pipe and proceded to bend 'em. I bent the grip angle forward from their original "wheel barrow" position to something more comfortable.

By measuring the distance from the work bench to the tips of my bar, I ended up moving the grip angle about an inch and a half forward. The grip is now wider and easier on my wrists.... stretching my cables to their max', as the bars are mounted in some Gen Mar risers that put the bars an inch higher and an inch closer to me....
 
Can someone please measure and reply with the length (in millimeters) of the stock handgrips on the bike?

I need to order replacement grips, and need to know what length to get. My bike no longer has its stock grips, so I can't measure my own.

Much obliged.
 
Pecan7 said:
Can someone please measure and reply with the length (in millimeters) of the stock handgrips on the bike?

I need to order replacement grips, and need to know what length to get. My bike no longer has its stock grips, so I can't measure my own.

Much obliged.
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120mm on "Old" #29. These are the original grips (OEM Suzuki)
 
sandman53 said:
After having neck surgery this fall, I find the tiding position of the Bandit much less comfortable. Wondering if anyone has experimented with a 3-4" rise in the handlebars, or pull back of 2-3". If so, what does this entail?
(i.e. clutch and brake line, cables, ect.) Would appreciate any and all info., as I have a road trip coming up.
Thanks in advance, Sandman.
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Sandman, I have some degeneration with the discs in my neck and also was uncomfortable with the stock riding position. From an earlier post (see this thread from AUG08), and like Fitty, I took some pipe and and bent the stockers forward quite a bit. They are much more comfortable. I also put on Rox 2" risers and rotated the handlebars back a little. Cables just barely reach now. I can't rotate them back quite as far as I'd like (longer hoses will be a winter project later this year). This helped a bunch, but for my long torso, I'd still like at least 1 more inch of rise. If you have a more average build, I think this to work pretty well - gets your neck and spine more aligned.
 
I searched and only found IndianJoe doing this and he's been off forum for a year.........

I am looking to see if anyone has tried the BikeMaster Superbike bars? They seem to have the same specs as the Daytona's that a bunch of of use, BUT, they have less rise. So, you lean a little more forward.

Anyone tried these? For $22, I'm about to..........
 
Phil what did you end up going with? the daytonas or the superbikes? i just ordered the daytonas to give them a shot. that combo with the progrip 719s open. now im still lost, the factory bar ends will not work on the daytonas????
 
banditcoastie1250 said:
Phil what did you end up going with? the daytonas or the superbikes? i just ordered the daytonas to give them a shot. that combo with the progrip 719s open. now im still lost, the factory bar ends will not work on the daytonas????
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Factory ends work perfect with Daytonas. I have Daytonas on my bike now but want a lower bar so Im thinking about the Superbike bars.

Here is my Daytona install.........

http://www.twtex.com/forums/showpost.php?p=326786&postcount=7
 
Keep us posted as to how they turn out, I'm eager to see the diff the daytonas will make let alone going to a lower bar, wish I would have looked into those before buying the daytonas
 
banditcoastie1250 said:
Keep us posted as to how they turn out, I'm eager to see the diff the daytonas will make let alone going to a lower bar, wish I would have looked into those before buying the daytonas
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I bought the Daytonas "solely" because my wrists were hurting with stock bars. The pull back (angle from center back) on the stock bars was too much thus creating a pressure point on my outer palms when my hands were set normal OR they made me bend my wrists/hands outward to match the pullback angle. This is "probably" due to my wider shoulders. Perhaps the small Japanese test rider/ergonomic model was 100 lbs lighter, a foot shorter, and had narrower shoulders.

Either way, the Daytonas fit perfectly as my hands now hit the bars at a comfortable angle. The look toward the Superbike bars was simply about lowering the rise and retaining the pullback.

Specs are as follows per the BikeMaster site http://www.bikemaster.com/bmstrv2.nsf/Products/7BBFEBB7D70BBBCD86257700007385F4?opendocument :

Daytona - Width 29.2", Rise 5.36", Pullback 3", Center 4.4”
Superbike - Width 29.2”, Rise 3.04”, Pullback 3”, Center 4”
 
Thanks, Andy. I'm considering replacing the bars this winter for something more comfortable.
 
Got hung up with a group to escort the Portable Wall from Lafayette to Jennings so didn't get them measured till this morning. ;=)_

This is all fairly close measurements as I didn't take off the stuff I have attached to the bars.
Width = 27 ( not counting the end pieces )
Center = 5.5 "
Rise = 3"
Pull back = 6"
 
got my daytonas installed with superbike progrip 719 grips and wow what a difference those made. rode with my wife last night for about 30 minutes and about a 20 mile run and no soreness nor loss of feeling in the digits. best 50$ i spent so far. the black bar looks good on the red bike too esp since im going for the whole, red black and cf look
 
GregH said:
Thanks, Andy. I'm considering replacing the bars this winter for something more comfortable.
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Me also...I don't want anything lower that stock though. Other than the angle, is there any difference in the Daytonas? Also Phil .. what kind of grips are those? I like the looks and they look comfortable.
 
I have a set of bars I took off a stock DRZ 400 I had bought years back. They would look good on da Bandit and look to be a good fit , but I would have to put on at least 5" up and back risers for me to be comfortable with them for long rides. That would mean lots of extensions and re-routing. Measuring and ordering brake lines and clutch line, throttle cables. I'd really have to study the wiring runs also. I'm pretty much at full extension on the wiring and stuff with the 3" Roxs. Something I might play with one day when I'm absolutely bored. ;-)
 
What I want to know, is who is going to be the first one to put a set of ape hangers on their Bandit like these.

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Dang...can you imagine four exhaust pipes like that? I'd probably run mine straight back to discourage tailgaters .. but then you'd have to have them little red flags on'em
 
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Years back, for the heck of it, I pulled the muffler off my KLR and got right in the middle of a group of friends on piped crusiers. They were cringing at the noise that bike was making. Could not figure out how such a small engine was so loud. Right at the same size as one of their cylinders and higher compression was my answer. ;-)
 
MetrickMetal said:
What I want to know, is who is going to be the first one to put a set of ape hangers on their Bandit like these.

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I had always just assumed it was shopped.... I hope not, but always thought it was.

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