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Opinions on handlebars
matthewmosse:
Not that I give a figgin if it's original Honda or not but I think I've had a couple of cb550 or 500 with higher than standard bars, done over 100,000 miles on the one, with a sidecar. Controll was fine, I'm 5'6" or so and built like a light breeze. They in my opinion give a bit more in the way of options of varying where the bars sit. I work sometimes with someone who does guided trail bike rides on green lanes, they offer bike hire as an additional to theguided tour, first thing they did on getting some brand new Hondas was change the bars for higher ones, this is because they found beginners found that easier and their bikes got dropped less as a result. It is so easy to swap and change and if you carry the right tools it can be adjusted on your ride out that on my first bike I was fine with adapting it. My over 125 bike was actually a cb550 with silly ape bars, all the chrome re painted gold to hide the rust. Only issues were the engine, the sily ape bars were fine. No controll issues at all. Just sit on the bike, try the bars for confort at every steering angle, take your time fitting them right and tight, and be prepared to adjust them.
BigAl (Alan):
I'm also 6'2'' and prefer the higher bars. I have ridden a CB 750 K6 with lower bars and my K4 with higher bars, both handle fine, but the higher bars provide a better comfort when riding normally
Alan
Green1:
I find the high bars make the bike more nimble around town but you do sit up a bit more so 80+mph can get a bit tiring.
Not that that's a bad thing it probably saved my licence more than once.
Mick
Bitsa (Ralph Wright - RIP):
Agreed with big Al and Green 1 cos it gets windy dont go so fast not that I know is there a need to get any where fast?
Cheers
Bitsa
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--- Quote from: Bitsa on December 09, 2014, 07:06:34 PM ---Agreed with big Al and Green 1 cos it gets windy dont go so fast not that I know is there a need to get any where fast?
Cheers
Bitsa
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