Author Topic: best handlebars for cafe bike (Read 38962 times)

CBGhia · « **Reply #25 on:** January 28, 2009, 07:31:33 AM »

Quote from: Maxacceleration on January 27, 2009, 07:31:07 PM

Awesome gauges!

Where were they done?

They were made by our own Dusty. (I think mine were the first set). You can find them in the services offered section.

Maxacceleration · « **Reply #26 on:** January 28, 2009, 07:48:21 AM »

The Raask Jota's are going on my 550.
As with Raask rear sets, marginal in quality.

andy750 · « **Reply #27 on:** January 28, 2009, 09:36:36 AM »

Superbike bars on a CB750

Euro bars v superbike bars on a CB750

Euro bars

Tomessellis - very comfortable bars on a CB750 K2

Cheers
Andy

LoopsAndLogic · « **Reply #28 on:** January 28, 2009, 10:57:26 AM »

I really like clip-ons, but I need them to turn in sharper...kinda hard on the wrists after 4 hours of driving one-way

mkramer1121 · « **Reply #29 on:** January 28, 2009, 11:01:10 AM »

you could also look into gettiong some tommasselli adjustable clubmans. theyre expensive at 125 but you can adjust them to where you are comfortable

Really? · « **Reply #30 on:** January 28, 2009, 11:01:42 AM »

Quote from: MCRider on January 27, 2009, 05:59:59 PM

Quote from: DollarBill on January 27, 2009, 05:53:51 PM
Just found these...very adjustable.
http://convertibars.com/Comfort.cfm

Wooo Pony. Very nice and very pricey.

Ditto. $339.95 is steep for me.

Really? · « **Reply #31 on:** January 28, 2009, 11:13:58 AM »

The superbike bars feel good, nice angle on the wrists.

Terry in Australia · « **Reply #32 on:** January 28, 2009, 12:12:46 PM »

The problem with the "Superbike" bars terminology is that over time, people have come to assume that any low rise bar falls into that category.

The real "Superbike" bars were the low rise, but narrow bars fitted to the mighty Suzuki GS1000S "Wes Cooley replica", Kawasaki GPZ1100, Yamaha RD250/350LC, etc. These bars allowed a rider to sit in a semi racing crouch, with the ends of the bars not much more than shoulder width apart.

Nowadays, people are installing dirt bike bars on their bikes and mistakenly calling them "Superbike" bars. Seriously, some of them are that wide, that on a road bike they just look silly. You can cut the excess off the ends, but in many cases, you also need to remove some material from the centre sections too. Cheers, Terry.

Really? · « **Reply #33 on:** January 28, 2009, 12:32:59 PM »

I do not know those details. It is just what they were called when I ordered them. So, I have continued to call them that.

In th 80's, I just called them inch risers. I have not heard anyone use that term for bars that come up an inch in a long time. Guess it has become politically correct or it was just a local term at that time.

So are these dirt bike bars that were purposely mislabled from the vendor. Vendor had no clue and labeled them as they were described to them?

Or, you weren't talking about me, lol.

srook · « **Reply #34 on:** January 28, 2009, 03:50:39 PM »

Fishead,
Do you have any more pics of the mount for that Dunstall fairing? I am building a Dunstall of my own and have to make a mount for the GT fairing. Any help is appreciated.
Thanks
Scott

slowjo · « **Reply #35 on:** January 28, 2009, 04:07:08 PM »

I like the looks of andy750's tomessellis bars but I'm having no luck finding any info or links for them. I would like to get some prices and some more pics

Terry in Australia · « **Reply #36 on:** January 28, 2009, 04:54:38 PM »

Quote from: GigaWhiskey on January 28, 2009, 12:32:59 PM

I do not know those details. It is just what they were called when I ordered them. So, I have continued to call them that.

In th 80's, I just called them inch risers. I have not heard anyone use that term for bars that come up an inch in a long time. Guess it has become politically correct or it was just a local term at that time.

So are these dirt bike bars that were purposely mislabled from the vendor. Vendor had no clue and labeled them as they were described to them?

Or, you weren't talking about me, lol.

No mate, not meant as a shot at you in particular, but now you mention it, yours are a bit wide too. Not your fault at all, either a mis-representation from your seller, or quite probably, they didn't know what they were talking about.

I'm having real problems finding some real "Superbike" bars here in Melbourne, it seems that there are plenty of low rise dirt bike bars in stores, but not much else? I'll take a pic of my GS1000S OEM Superbike bars" tonight and post it so you can see what I'm talking about. Cheers, Terry.

Retro Rocket · « **Reply #37 on:** January 28, 2009, 05:08:37 PM »

I used to get the "RD Yamaha" bars, perfect for the Honda...

Mick

slowjo · « **Reply #38 on:** January 28, 2009, 05:31:09 PM »

Has anyone tried to flip their stock bars? And do you think it would work?

Terry in Australia · « **Reply #39 on:** January 28, 2009, 05:40:54 PM »

Quote from: retro rocket on January 28, 2009, 05:08:37 PM

I used to get the "RD Yamaha" bars, perfect for the Honda...

Mick

Yeah, I've got a set that I need to get powdercoated Mick, and I keep looking at the bars on your dragbike in that old pic, they look nice too...........

Retro Rocket · « **Reply #40 on:** January 28, 2009, 05:45:22 PM »

They were positioned slightly forward of where i like them but are almost exactly the same as the "RD" bars....And NO you can't have them......

Mick

MCRider · « **Reply #41 on:** January 28, 2009, 06:06:46 PM »

Quote from: slowjo on January 28, 2009, 04:07:08 PM

I like the looks of andy750's tomessellis bars but I'm having no luck finding any info or links for them. I would like to get some prices and some more pics

This came up in another thread, I asked Andy the same question, as I had them many moons ago and couldn't find another set. His came from a friend in Europe IIRC. Rob/Voxonda was involved i think he has them too:

Here's what I came up with: http://guzzino.com/collectibles.html
Scroll down, they are the non-adjustable Condor bars on the left. I like the look of the "T" joint rather than the mitered joint we usually see. With the bar part being a straight shot, you can run your wires through them.

And look at all the other goodies on that page, throttles, levers, high clipons, yummie.

Geeto67 · « **Reply #42 on:** January 28, 2009, 06:08:08 PM »

Quote from: slowjo on January 28, 2009, 05:31:09 PM

Has anyone tried to flip their stock bars? And do you think it would work?

this is not uncommon to see on rat bikes - it looks like ass, and if the stock bar is high enough it will not work very well.

Retro Rocket · « **Reply #43 on:** January 28, 2009, 06:10:05 PM »

Quote

it looks like ass

HAHAHAHAHA...

Mick

fuzzybutt · « **Reply #44 on:** January 28, 2009, 06:13:38 PM »

i got my adjustable tomasellis (long since sold) from our good buddies at vintage cosmo. i paid 89.99 for them 3 years ago.

jason teamshralp · « **Reply #45 on:** January 28, 2009, 09:22:07 PM »

one thing to remember is the bars are only one point of the bike that can change the feel and handling of the bike. I got my bike with some 4" rise bars and it felt like riding a beach cruiser. (anyone could have rode it) went to some clubman bars because I wanted the look and didn't have $100+ for clip ons... Back to my point, are you going to change the seat height, or foot peg position, or length of the tank?

At first my clubman bars felt kinda crappy, then I ditched the stock seat and that dropped me about 3". Now my bike looks uncomfortable to everyone, but for me I'm never been sore while riding.

One more thing to think about is that when the bars are lower the tank is usually wider where the controls are. My starter button once hit the tank at full lock while warming up, and scared the shtt out of me. Just one more thing to think about.

mikeb4 · « **Reply #46 on:** January 29, 2009, 09:07:50 AM »

One more vote for the clip-ons ...

slowjo · « **Reply #47 on:** January 29, 2009, 03:41:37 PM »

As for the seat I'm going to purchase a giuliari style cafe seat from Classic Cycle City.

slowjo · « **Reply #48 on:** January 29, 2009, 05:06:34 PM »

Thanks for all the ideas. The two that I like the best are the norman hydes m bars and the tomessellis bars. If i were to use the norman hydes m bars I would mount them upside down so they have a slight drop. I would love to see a picture of them on a bike mounted like this if anybody has one. Thanks for all the help.

Curvelover · « **Reply #49 on:** April 21, 2015, 02:07:10 PM »

www.Raask.se
You can choose "english" in the upper left.
They sell direct to US Riders.
I plan on getting a set of Laverda bars for my 350F.
Curvelover

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