OK Clipon's for 90-04 are here

[The Buddha]

http://www.gstwin.com/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=member_bikes&id=avo

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They are adjustable and fit everyhitng ... they'd even fit an 89 if you removed the posts and tubes that are bolted to its top triple.
The clamp piece has a cut that has been made after the pic was taken and its all machined out of 6061 aluminum.
Price is $60 and shipping. Its adjustable for angle, the tubes will be powdercoated, it will take press in bar ends, and comes with stainless hardware ... 1 allen bolt ...
The one issue is... I can guarantee fit etc, but most of the shaping is done by hand since the ideal shape is a tear drop shape to let you rotate the thing into the best position ... and no one makes a tear drop shaped aluminum block...     ... so its all hand done ... so the 2 pieces are a bit off ... and That cant exactly be helped... I'll get it as close as I can and what not ... but the limitation is that.
Cool.
Srinath.

[The Buddha]

Also these are made to fit on top of the legs like caps ... I had to make it to fit with the handle bar bosses on the stock triple ... if someone is fitting them under the triple ... I'll make the wall thicker and not care about making it fit in the space there... I can also drill through, or drill a smaller hole on the top making it stronger. These were made to fit the nut the 01+ has on top.  They fit everyhting but special mods can be made to work better on each type. If you use these and like it, you can shave off the handlebar bosses ... and if you send it to me I'll shave it, make a thick walled one and fit it on ...
Cool.
Srinath.

[DaveO]

Do you have a pic of them mounted on the bike? For some reason I am having an idiot moment and can't visualize it.

[The Buddha]

I'll put up pics of it soon... with it on my bike ... Its rotateable so should fit everything ...
Cool.
Srinath.

[Mk1inCali]

Damn it Srinath, you gotta stop making all these parts...I'll be broker than ever by the time I get them all on my bike...On my way home tonight from class I was envisioning some clipons and how nice it would be to have them...Hating those drag bars more and more each day!!!

[The Buddha]

Oh well... see these were material I had for a few months ... I knew I can make it ... just didn't have the 3 hours to make each set... BTW first one was 3 hours ... all the ones after I believe will be under 1 hour each ... Since I now have time ... I thought I'll knock a few out ... miracle I only cut myself in 2 places and got metal in my eye 3 times... whoooo hoooo good times...
Cool.
Srinath.

[TOMIMOTO]

Have you tried stress or damage testing? I'm sure their solid but you can never be to careful. They are made up of 3 pieces right? Center then the tubing for the handles? Also how was it put together. I'm not trying to diss your work I'm just a safety nut.

[1998_GS500]

Ohhh... I like those.  I have to see a picture of them installed.

Also, how about safety/strength?  I have paypal waiting!  

One more thing... do you need to bring the forks up a bit to fit these like some of the other aftermarket units?

Chris

[MR_PINK]

ill take them also when they are done and ready!

Thanks

[The Buddha]

Have you tried stress or damage testing? I'm sure their solid but you can never be to careful. They are made up of 3 pieces right? Center then the tubing for the handles? Also how was it put together. I'm not trying to diss your work I'm just a safety nut.

I am not going to break them and see how strong they are ... why ...  companies send out cast aluminum in a thinner section and its OK ... This is 6061 ... its strong as hell, and I have a very thick section and if you want I can make it even thicker ... you just have to shave off the stock handle bar mounting bosses on the triple... Or I'll send you 89 triples to try it out ... when you are done send it back to me ... those dont have the handlebar mounting pieces on them... On these I am not even drilling all the way through in many cases ... The small 9/16 hole is all I am drilling through ... which you have to to have the pinch feature ... There is a 1/4 inch cap part and a 1 inch body and its all 6061 machined stuff and nothing on the bike is that strong to begin with... they send GSXR's out with shaZam! ... I have SV650 ones in mt garage right now, and I can bash it to bits with these ... any thicker and it wont fit a stock triple ...slice off the bar mount part and it will ... which is where the 89 triple comes in... its got no bar mounts ...
You do have to push in the fork legs 1 inch into the triple for them to fit ... You might be able to creatively carve your triple so the things that go round the forks is not there and then they'd fit where those used to fit.
More pics comming...
Cool.
Srinath.

[Mk1inCali]

Srinath-

Got any '89 triples that I could buy off you once I buy these, so I can keep my stock triple stock and not hack it up?  Trying to do everything on this bike so it's all reversible...For that matter, I'll take a regular triple with the bar clamp pads and shave that off.  

Off to save up more money...

[The Buddha]

OK pics are here ...
http://www.gstwin.com/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=member_bikes&id=avw
http://www.gstwin.com/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=member_bikes&id=avx
http://www.gstwin.com/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=member_bikes&id=avy
http://www.gstwin.com/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=member_bikes&id=avz

The center pieces are made of 6061 solid 1 block... the handles are steel and have a nut welded inside ... that part has been tested ...
Many more potions are possible ... the piece can be drilled through so it can be fitted under the triples ... but beware ... on a 90-02 the headlight bracket might get in the way...
I can also make it thicker wall ... its currently ~3/8th inch ... can be over 1/2 inch... even thicker if needed ... but then you have to significantly push the fork legs into the triples ... lowering the bike a lot ... or shave off the handlebar mounts on the triple ...
I start off with a 2 and 3/4 inch square block and shave it and cut it and mill it ... I'll just shave it less ... The 6061 is strong ... very high shear strength and very good tensile and ... overall its everyones choice for making anything ... 7075 is stronger but it wont take heat, 2011 is harder but machines up like crap, 2024 is good for all but its not as strong as 6061 ... 6061 is the most expensive and the most highly sought after alloy there is ... its also the most manufactured due to these characterstics ... I have a setof SV clip on's and a set of F2 honda ones as well they are thin and they are cast shaZam! ... this is billet, machined... strong as hell...
Cool.
Srinath.

[1998_GS500]

Which parts are powder coated?  Also, on the pictures the tubes stick out very far past the grips.  Are the grips just pushed up further than they should be or is that how it will look?

Thanks!

Chris

[The Buddha]

I have a spare 89 one ... but the one on my bike is boogered... and I have a helicoil fix ... which seems to be holding... however I wasn't going to sell it... it was just going to be temporary while you get used to the idea of the triple being without the mounts...
In your case well.... what I have to say is... slice up the triple ... cos the 90-04 triples are abundant ... most racers toss them, and literally they dont go for much ... 89's are delicate crap and they get boogered if you look at them funny (however the part that gets boogered you dont use if you have these clip on's they have a set of bolts that run horizontally into the triple at the fork leg top... lousy crap always breaks there if you crash...) ... You can keep the triple as is and use the clipon's ...that way it is reversible...
BTW the pics ... I wanted to mention ...that bike has no steering stop ... which makes the bars come much closer to the tank than they will in reality.
Cool.
Srinath.

[The Buddha]

Which parts are powder coated?  Also, on the pictures the tubes stick out very far past the grips.  Are the grips just pushed up further than they should be or is that how it will look?

Thanks!

Chris

The tubes will be powdercoated ... and I always fit it on and move things around and see where they dont hit and give people a good 1/2 inch of room etc to fit fatter grips or other modded things like those bicycle mirrors - zefal dooback mirrors ... the final cut and sizes on the tubes are being determined as we speak... its a prototype in many ways ... it does have a good 3+ inches spare ... which will be cut off and ends drilled for bar ends etc when they are sent to people.
Cool.
Srinath.

[1998_GS500]

What the heck, I am down for one.

Chris

[The Buddha]

You have any special mods to make ... like thicker ...it wont fit in the stock triple if its any thicker... but I can make it from some 2 and 1/2 inch  round stock ... so you'll have a 1 inch wall ...  :x or make it so it will fit under the triple ... or other mods ... These are 3/8th wall BTW and strong as a tank...
Cool.
Srinath.

[milo]

Think I'd like to order one, as I need to replace my bars and these look great. Is installation very difficult?

[aplitz]

OK Srinath, its been a while since we've been down this road, but you are pushing things again.  Someone asks about safety, and you say that you aren't going to test them for strength, despite your previous track record.  What gives man?  Were all those debates we had worthless?  You were totally confident in you other bars since they were from thicker stock than others, but they still broke.  

Now, your aluminum is thicker too, but no worries?  I realize that the fabrication methods are different, but why go down the same road again?  After the last time we debated the morality of continuing to make bars after the breakages you said that mentioning the prior failures would be part of your description, but I fail to see that here.  Whats the deal?

[The Buddha]

Welds are tested ... the other piece is a block of aluminum ... No way to testit and it was cut from a solid 6061 block ... no need to test it... these are not going to have manufacturing defects ... now aplitz you have to see one of these to know why there is no need to test it ... the rod with threads in it...yes I am testing it...
Cool.
Srinath.