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Title: WTB: clubman style handlebars
Post by: kenny910 on March 22, 2014, 02:25:30 PM
Does anybody know where to find clubman style bars for a 05 gs500f? At a decent price of course??
Title: Re: WTB: clubman style handlebars
Post by: Watevaman on March 23, 2014, 02:18:51 PM
http://www.motorcycle-superstore.com/4917/i/bikemaster-clubman-handlebar?WT.ac=SLIsearch

These are what I rock on my bike. In stock form, the bars are way too low (more like a V point down and back just a hair), but what I did was bought another pair of the handlebar caps and flipped them upside down to act as risers and got the bars to curve back more than down. Here's a pic illustrating what I mean:

(http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2014/082/f/7/bars_by_watevaman-d7bdbf1.jpg)
Title: Re: WTB: clubman style handlebars
Post by: kenny910 on March 24, 2014, 04:38:27 AM
No problems with hitting the tank at full turn?
Title: Re: WTB: clubman style handlebars
Post by: Watevaman on March 24, 2014, 06:52:30 AM
 The bars themselves don't hit the tank but you definitely can't turn as far as you can without almost pinching your hand in there. Luckily, if you're turning full lock you're usually going slow enough that you can just walk the bike. I've never had any problems but I'm not the best at super slow speed turning.