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75 CB400 "Dad's old bike" project
Pops400:
I do agree, but there is just no point trying to make this standard, it would cost so much to get it there.
Much thinking and listening to the opinions of those who have done it before to do. Might cut a bit of old tubing to length and mock up some straight bars to test feel. Not sure how to mock up clip on's. ???
Chris400F:
I had clip-on-type bars on the CB-1 I had and they were too low for me, I ended up fitting adaptors and flat bars.
As Julie says the standard UK bars are pretty straight anyway.
Clubman bars are what quite a few people fitted to various bikes back in the days when the 400 was current - I think you could even have them as an option on things like the Suzuki GT185 and 250 - usually without tank fouling issues or rearsets, so that would be more of a period modification.
I suspect rearsets would probably interfere with the requirement for pillion footrests for Jess.
Also hope that frame damage shown earlier doesn't prove too serious.
Oh, and another +1 from me for keeping up with all these updates.
Nurse Julie:
Good idea but, it still wont tell you what you really need to know because your static, it's only by riding the bike out on the roads that will give you what you want. I know this from experience, at home here sitting on a CB750 the bike does not feel to heavy for me but I know from experience it's like riding a bloody chieftain tank.
Green1:
I'm not a fan of clubmans but at least you still have the option to try a few different bars as nothing is ground away.
Green1:
Bodd has straight bars on his bike.He has plenty of pictures in the gallery to give you an idea.
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