Clubman bars or Suburban Machinery handlebars

Started by flipher, March 13, 2008, 05:36:19 PM

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flipher

well i want to out new bars on my bike when i install my new spring cuz i will have the old ones off and no reson to just put them back on if im going to take them back off to change i want clip-on but dont think its that easy this two kinds you can just put on what do you all think if anyone has them on your bike i would like to post a  pic i would like to see here is both of them on wiki http://cgi.stanford.edu/~sanjayd/gs500/Upgrades/Handlebars
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shuadaddy

I had clubman bars on my bike, they looked awesome, but it was exhausting to ride the bike. A 30 minute ride had me feeling like I just did 1000 push-ups. Not only that they have no leverage for pushing the bike around the shop or whatever. It was brutal.

I ended up going w/ these drag bars:
http://www.speedmotoco.com/shop/product_info.php?cPath=25_44&products_id=155

They look awesome and they are really comfortable (for an aggressively styled bar)

I can post pictures if you want.

That speedmotoco place is awesome btw. I have ordered stuff from them both on their website and ebay and have always been very satisfied.
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flipher

if you have time do you think you could post a pic so i could see kinda what they would look like on my bike those and the clubman bars are alot cheaper then the suburban bars
2007 ge500f blue/white jardine 2:1 full exhaust,license plate rear turn signals,89 clip-ons k&n air filter rejeted carb

RobTheTyrant

I've got clubmans on my 05... I can ride it all day with no problems, actually more comfortable than my old drag bars.  But I'm short, 5'7", maybe on my tip toes.  The only things I didn't like about the clubmans was that they're too narrow to fit over the top tree, at least mine were, I ended up cutting them in half and notching them so they're even(so now I've got two bars clamped on... haven't seen any issues with them like that though)   And they put the controls pretty close to the fairing.  I actually had to rotate the throttle 90* and put the brake lever between the push/pull cables.  You wouldn't have that issue without the fairing though.
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