Topic: clubmans turned upright

[Burnboy]

Anyone have a pic of this? I cant find any anywhere

[gerhed]

Here's mine.

[Burnboy]

Thanks, I think its going to be the perfect compromise between comfort and style, anyone else?

[Slayer]

How tall are you? I wonder if anyone has a pic of a rider with the bike

[Pinhead]

Hmm, this is interesting. Now I wonder the same thing. gerhed's bike looks pretty good like that. Does anyone else have any more detailed pics??

[78whiteorbs]

Had em installed and did not like them . They looked cool until you go to put the brake fluid resy on.....Killed it for me . May I emphasis this as well , PAIN IN THE A*& to install. I would NEVER do it again.

I was reading about how the name clubmans came about before I got mine,

people would use them right side up for day to day communting then at the "hotspot" on the weekends they flip  'em and turn em for dragging/racing "clubs".  Sounds great right? Well I think it  was made to sound to easy . If you have external wiring which I have yet to see and any honda cafes(I am sure they are out there though) sure ,four bolts and swap the throttle grips and you are off.  In reality  I have never seen this done though.

If you plan on having turn signals and kill switch / headlight pods prepare for an excursion into the abyss of hell.  Running 11 18 guage wires though an 85 degree angle and knurl well lets just say it aint for the faint of heart.  If you do decide to go with the clubmans though make sure to get a set that  is long enough at the handle grips to the 85 degree bend to accomodate your brake fluid reservoir. Don't get me wrong they look very cool but  for me I ended up back with stock . Might go with euros or a straight next time .  

BTW I have an extra pair I'd get rid of CHEAP!  

[gerhed]

Hmm, this is interesting. Now I wonder the same thing. gerhed's bike looks pretty good like that. Does anyone else have any more detailed pics??

More detail-sort of--1st bike also has upright clubmans
<a href="http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u251/gearheaded_photos/oobks.swf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u251/gearheaded_photos/oobks.swf</a>

[scondon]

 I bought some Laverda clubmans. You can change from drop to raise and just about any position you want without having to strip everything off the bars. Not cheap, but they can be just about any bar you want them to be.

http://www.rearsets.info/handlebars.html

[Burnboy]

how chep? and do you have pics?

[buffalogt750]

When I was 16 years old (1974) there was a guy that lived across the street from me with a 1972 Kawasaki H-2 750. It had expansion chambers, velocity stacks, custom paint, a maltese cross taillight and upside down clubmans. Very cool bike and the upside down clubmans only made it cooler.

[78whiteorbs]

10 bux plus whatever the post office charged me. Paid 30 tax and all on ebay and they did not come predrilled so I already took care of some of the work for ya~

[78whiteorbs]

PM me for pix

[MCRider]

I bought some Laverda clubmans. You can change from drop to raise and just about any position you want without having to strip everything off the bars. Not cheap, but they can be just about any bar you want them to be.

http://www.rearsets.info/handlebars.html

I like those also.

And as to drilling and running wires... I've been known to notch the switches and run the wires on the outside. Tie wrapped to the bars on the underside. OK for me.

careful about pulling the pins out though. The older switches would clamp tight to the bar without the pin. But I don't know about newer models. I found out on my 1988 HawkGT that at some point they made the switches close tight without clamping to the bar. The locator pin was all that keeps them from spinning.