cafe racer bars

[Powerholic]

The clip ons look just like mine.

[safarjoe]

how did you mount the master cylinder/lever, It's not really fitting right... I can't push it down far enough to make it comfortable - the tach gets in the way

[Powerholic]

Hear's the setup I ran on my CB900F SS.

[Andyb]

how did you mount the master cylinder/lever, It's not really fitting right... I can't push it down far enough to make it comfortable - the tach gets in the way

My wing has such a long throttle tube that I know I could cut about .5 inches off of it and it would be just about right. If you cut yours down and get shorter grips and move it outboard some, would that give you enough room?

[sunnbobb]

Here is a thought.

two scenarios,.

1. Pull your forks up and fully attach the clip-ons above the top tree.

2. Lower the forks slightly in the triple tree and attach the clips under the top tree.


In either case, the clips will be almost the exact same distance from the ground give or take 3/4"

In case 1, by pulling the forks up, the front end is lowered and the trail shortened.

In case 2, the front end is heightened and the rake increased.

I believe the best solution is to not move the forks in either direction, and attach the clips to the forks under the tree. This gives you an aggressive riding stance, while leaving the bike with the rake and trail Honda engineered. I rode this way to Deadwood and back (3100 miles) last summer, and it was great. Granted, I had clubmans, but they sit right where clip-ons would. Once one gets used to the stance, it is like steering a tiger by its ears.

One more add. I use bar end mirrors on Vyper. They are okay, but you have to be on your game, as there are serious blind spots. Again, once you get used to them, you know how to play the game and where to look for danger.

A couple other thoughts. You could replace the stock shocks with longer ones that would allow the shocks to protrude above the triple tree and not effect the rake and trail. And you may want to consider longer clip ons to allow for easier mounting of your controls.

My .02

[safarjoe]

yea all that makes sense, I'm making a cafe seat so I want to see what my riding position is like before I put the clip ons under the triple trees... I'll figure something out, thanks for the input

[acasper708]

So how about someone post up a link for these clipons?

[octane]

When it comes to clip-ons, nothing beats these nifty thingies from Tomeselli.
"Double-JOINTED TOMMASELLI, super adjustable - Forged Anticorodal clamps, 7075 T6 aluminum alloy handlebars"









In fact I love'em so much, I've put them on my CBX1000 as well:



( on both bikes I haven't got around to shave off the original bar-fittings )


AND on my (long time) in the making, BSA Cafe Racer:



It's REAL nice to be able to set them in exactly the position one preferes.
Not cheap at aproxx. 150$, but they are worth it.

[acasper708]

so knowbody has mentioned what size clipons will work. whats the size of the fork tubes?

[Mike-C]

Good Evening Folks;
Safari-Joe are you serious about those clip-ons? With only half the fork tube engagement surface? Standard engineering practice says that you need at least 2 tube diameter's engagement for full strength. I hate to think what would happen if one bar came off at speed. I built my own bars for my Wing-Lite using a standard set of Euro bars and welded 2" long extensions on each side to get everything to fit.
Regards;
Mike (fussy old aerospace engineer)
'84 Wing-Lite
'84 soon to be un-Terstate

[octane]

Now I see it:




I wouldn't want to do that either.

[FirstYearDeek]

From Joe's first post in this thread:

Some pics of my progress... still have to lower the fork tubes to make more room to mount them properly, just wanted to get them on to see what it's like....

No worries. He's all over it

-Deek

[sunnbobb]

I tried raising my shocks in the triple tree, but the tire wanted to bump the bottom whenever I went over a hard bump. Could be I needed new shocks. LOL. I would consider buying longer fork tubes...

[seaglider]

Looking to put some superbike bars on my newly acquired GL1000 '78.....what do you pro's do when it comes to shortening the cables?

[kilo_bravo_79]

ok, ok, i know i am coming into this conversation a little late - but in the "design stage" (if you can call 'doing whatever the heck i wanted to do that particular instant' that....) of my restoration/custom, i found a decent alternative. while it's not as short as a dragbar or as fickle as a clubman, 7/8ths flat track bars work beautifully with no mods needed. sure, i understand that everybody has their own particular 'brand,' but in my circumstances (which mind you i am a flat track freak) they were straight enough to give me the feel of a drag bar with just enough sweep to give the control of a clubman.