Recommend me some handlebars

[Quick Cal]

My bars are bent up pretty good ( among other thing's ) from the PO's crash. I'm wanting something not as far swept back as the originals, and a little lower. Not drag bar low, but maybe something halfway in between.

Can you guy's recommend me something. Pic's would be great. Thanks.

 

[skubasteve!]

I switched to daytona bars and love them. They seem to be one of the most common bars that people switch to. Can't figure out how to get a pic on here from my phone sorry. Do a search on here and you will get some pics.

 

[Charlie G]

Cal,

I have Superbike bars on mine. Think you've seen a picture of my bike. If you go as low as Daytona or Superbike you might want to switch the clutch and throttle cables like I did. Use the cables from a 1983 gs650m (katana) and all will be fine. Z-1 has pretty good prices on bars. I think mine were $18 plus shipping.

Charlie G

 

[DMorris]

I just put a set of 'Norman Hyde' 'M Bars' from Bella Corse on my Bandit and I really like them. They are low and sporty but not so narrow.

Bella Corse is mostly a Triumph site handlebars are handlebars.

 

[Quick Cal]

Thanks guy's.

Ya Charlie, I was going to ask you what bar's those were.

I borrowed some Superbike's from my son just for a test fit.

When you guy's switched bars, could you still see out of your mirror's. I thought I read somewere all a guy could see was his elbow's. But I'm not sure what bars he had. It might have been drag bars.

Here's what it looks like. It defenetly leans me forward a little. It of coarse changes the whole look of the bike. The only thing holding me back now is waiting to hear if you can still use your mirrors. So can you.

 

[Allie]

Here is a pic of my bike with a new set of European bars.

Here is a link to them:
http://www.motorcycle-superstore.com/1/4/68/15395/ITEM/Bikemaster-European-Handlebar.aspx

Edit: since the board WON'T let me put extra spaces in a line I can't make a comprehensible comparison chart of the bars. Suffice it to say that Euro bars have a little less rise and a little more pullback than Superbike and Daytona bars. You can do a quick comparison right on that site I linked.

 

[Nessism]

Daytona bars are the forum favorite. As always, tons of handlebar threads in the archives.

 

[1_v8_merc]

MX bars here...because it was the cheapest thing the bike shop had That Day.
It's aluminum, and incredibly lightweight, but very solid feel.

 

[Quick Cal]

Here is a pic of my bike with a new set of European bars.

Here is a link to them:
http://www.motorcycle-superstore.com/1/4/68/15395/ITEM/Bikemaster-European-Handlebar.aspx

Here is a brief comparison in inches of the different low bars you can get:

Width Rise Pullback Center
Superbike 29.2 3.04 3.0 4.0

Daytona 29.2 5.36 3.0 4.4

European 30.0 2.4 4.8 4.8

GP Touring 28.0 4.2 4.2 4.8


I left out drag bars, just picture an almost straight piece of pipe. I was suprised that the Euro bars have so little rise, but I love them.

Thanks for posting the measurement's Allie. That makes it easy to compare.

Surely you can't see out of those mirror's adjusted like that,,,can you. Is that when you first put the bars on or something.

 

[Quick Cal]

Daytona bars are the forum favorite. As always, tons of handlebar threads in the archives.

Ya, I narrowed it down to those to from reading the archives until my eyes bled. And from reading all that, I knew you would be along to post "read the archive's". I'm just lonely and like to talk to people first hand. Plus I like posting pic's of my clunker.

 

[Allie]

Thanks for posting the measurement's Allie. That makes it easy to compare.

Surely you can't see out of those mirror's adjusted like that,,,can you. Is that when you first put the bars on or something.

I sure can, I don't know what chicanerous trick the camera angle is playing, but I see out of them just fine. No Migs are sneaking up on ME.

I'm glad you found the chart useful, even tho I deleted it. I'm suspicious of the rise measurement though, the Superbike bars don't look very high to me yet it says the European bars have less rise.

 

[jpaul]

I've switched to bar end mirrors to avoid looking at my elbows. another option would be to try some mirror extenders.

http://www.amazon.com/10mm-Motorcycle-Mirror-Riser-Extender/dp/B003VBZU7I/ref=pd_sbs_auto1

 

[Quick Cal]

Cal,

I have Superbike bars on mine. Think you've seen a picture of my bike. If you go as low as Daytona or Superbike you might want to switch the clutch and throttle cables like I did. Use the cables from a 1983 gs650m (katana) and all will be fine. Z-1 has pretty good prices on bars. I think mine were $18 plus shipping.

Charlie G

Your bike is a 82 650 G like mine,,right. Did you HAVE TO change the cable's to make thing's work right. Or it was just smoother that way. What I'm getting at is do I have to change the cable's just to be able to ride the bike back and forth to work. If so, I'll have to wait until I can order the cable's before I change the bar's.

Also. Did you have to change your choke cable too. That's a weird one on the 82 650 G.

 

[Guest]

I went with Renthal they make several styles. A little pricey but very good quality

 

[oldrookie]

MX bars here...because it was the cheapest thing the bike shop had That Day.
It's aluminum, and incredibly lightweight, but very solid feel.

Dirtbike bars on mine too. A bit wider and a lot less pullback.

 

[koolaid_kid]

I sure can, I don't know what chicanerous trick the camera angle is playing, but I see out of them just fine. No Migs are sneaking up on ME.

I'm glad you found the chart useful, even tho I deleted it. I'm suspicious of the rise measurement though, the Superbike bars don't look very high to me yet it says the European bars have less rise.

I saw that. They claim the Superbike bars are 0.64" taller (1.64 cm to y'all metric folk). You have to admit yours are pretty low. Are they comfortable?
I just started my bar search. After riding my very comfortable GPz the stock GS bars made me feel like I was rowing a boat, so they have gotta go. I'll have to add the European bars to my short list of the Daytona and Superbike bars.
On a related note, I noticed the black bars slammed at times for the black paint being easy to scratch. Any truth to that?
mini-hijack over.

 

[Allie]

I saw that. They claim the Superbike bars are 0.64" taller (1.64 cm to y'all metric folk). You have to admit yours are pretty low. Are they comfortable?
I just started my bar search. After riding my very comfortable GPz the stock GS bars made me feel like I was rowing a boat, so they have gotta go. I'll have to add the European bars to my short list of the Daytona and Superbike bars.
On a related note, I noticed the black bars slammed at times for the black paint being easy to scratch. Any truth to that?
mini-hijack over.

Yeps I find them pretty comfortable and a big improvement over stock bars. You can ride fairly upright yet it's much easier to tuck down and it's easier to shift weight forward. I do have long arms though.

 

[Tim Tom]

Here is a pic of my bike with a new set of European bars.

Hey those look familiar! Glad to hear your liking them.

I really like my Euro bars, and also find them very comfortable. Only after about 300 miles do I get a slight twinge in my back. Of course I have not been able to do a nice 300 mile ride for quite some time due to school starting up again... However the sporty low euro bars are also very beneficial for my current riding situation, which is pretty much limited to 30 mile blasts down highways and back before class. I've found the steering is much improved over the stock bars, and the bike is much more flickable. Plus the chrome looks classy.