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Title: Buy me these...
Post by: natedawg120 on May 11, 2006, 09:16:52 AM
I've been good.  I want them.

http://www.1tail.com/sa/p/Woodcraft_37mm_EX250_500_Clip-on_Risers.htm
Title: Re: Buy me these...
Post by: Alphamazing on May 11, 2006, 09:49:37 AM
Why not get a set of Vortex ones off eBay for $120?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/VORTEX-CLIPONS-37mm-through-54mm-NEW-STYLE-CLIP-ON_W0QQitemZ4639234780QQcategoryZ35587QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

or some unnamed "major aftermarket brand" for $100?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/CLIPON-CLIP-ON-HANDLEBARS-Suzuki-GS500-37mm_W0QQitemZ4598291483QQcategoryZ35587QQssPageNameZWD1VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Title: Re: Buy me these...
Post by: natedawg120 on May 11, 2006, 09:56:07 AM
I think with the F model at least I would need the riser to clear the fairings, those just come right off the fork tube.  I just happened across those browsing around that site.
Title: Re: Buy me these...
Post by: Alphamazing on May 11, 2006, 09:57:22 AM
Quote from: natedawg120 on May 11, 2006, 09:56:07 AM
I think with the F model at least I would need the riser to clear the fairings, those just come right off the fork tube.  I just happened across those browsing around that site.

Nah, you just remove the plate that holds your normal bars, drop the forks a half inch, and then bolt them on. A guy on here named airbrush did it on his, said it cleared the fairings and the tank easily.
Title: Re: Buy me these...
Post by: natedawg120 on May 11, 2006, 10:01:32 AM
yeah, i now vaguely remember reading about that at some point :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:.  I just got excited when i saw them with the rise, so they could possibly go under those plates.
Title: Re: Buy me these...
Post by: melloGS on May 11, 2006, 10:02:47 AM
it says it won't work for an 04...
Title: Re: Buy me these...
Post by: Alphamazing on May 11, 2006, 10:07:15 AM
Quote from: melloGS on May 11, 2006, 10:02:47 AM
it says it won't work for an 04...

No, he says that using these to lower the front end one inch is a bit much. The lowering of the front combined with the agressive stance of the clip-ons would make for a twitchy combination methinks.
Title: Re: Buy me these...
Post by: Absolute Rescue on May 11, 2006, 10:08:03 AM
I've been lusting for those for a long time....just can't come up with the money....damn $35k a year college
Title: Re: Buy me these...
Post by: Onlypastrana199 on May 11, 2006, 10:23:01 AM
Quote from: Absolute Rescue on May 11, 2006, 10:08:03 AM
damn $35k a year college

:laugh: lets trade
Title: Re: Buy me these...
Post by: EMTkid on May 11, 2006, 10:35:30 AM
has anyone bought from this guy? pics? I'd like to see them mounted on the gs (I've got an '05, but don't care what year) with or without the risers.
Title: Re: Buy me these...
Post by: natedawg120 on May 12, 2006, 10:56:42 AM
Quote from: natedawg120 on May 11, 2006, 10:01:32 AM
...  I just got excited when i saw them with the rise, so they could possibly go under those plates.

Here is what I would like to do.  I made a doodle in paint real quick to give a picture.  I wish i had AutoCAD :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:.

(http://www.radford.edu/~nmtyler/pics/Clip-ons.bmp)
Title: Re: Buy me these...
Post by: calamari on May 12, 2006, 06:21:43 PM
Quote from: natedawg120 on May 12, 2006, 10:56:42 AM...I made a doodle in paint real quick to give a picture.  I wish i had AutoCAD :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:.

you can always use these alternatives (FREE)

+ ProgeCAD LT 2006 - http://www.progecad.com/
+ Minos - http://www.le-boite.com/minos.htm

(http://www.le-boite.com/gallery/miceng.gif)

+ DesignWorkshop Lite - http://www.artifice.com/free/dw_lite.html
+ Alibre Design Xpress - http://www.alibre.com/xpress/software/alibre-design-xpress.asp

and more, but i'm too lazy to keep looking
Title: Re: Buy me these...
Post by: GeeP on May 12, 2006, 09:24:03 PM
You'll love CAD until the first time it crashes.  Fly a Mayline Futur-Matic with a Vemco Mark 7, you'll never get tunnel vision again.   :laugh:

Unless you have a reason to constantly modify drawings, or a need to E-mail the thing around the globe, a board is faster and more reliable.  Plus, in the days of bubble jet plotters, inking stands out.  Hell, even a 2H blueline looks better than these trouble-jet funnypapers they're perpetrating on shops everywhere. 

BTW:  That's one of the better Paint doodles I've seen.  :thumb:
Title: Re: Buy me these...
Post by: Alphamazing on May 13, 2006, 07:41:15 AM
Personally, I prefer Solid Works, but that might be because that's what I learned on.
Title: Re: Buy me these...
Post by: Queso on May 14, 2006, 02:32:23 PM
Just curious... What are these things for? Why would someone want them?
Title: Re: Buy me these...
Post by: Alphamazing on May 14, 2006, 02:45:37 PM
Quote from: Queso on May 14, 2006, 02:32:23 PM
Just curious... What are these things for? Why would someone want them?

They are clip-on risers. They give a clip-on feel and look, but higher up for better comfort.