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Author Topic: Low handlerbars  (Read 3824 times)

Offline steve hawkins

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Re: Low handlerbars
« Reply #15 on: November 18, 2009, 06:04:02 AM »
Rob,

That is what I have fitted to my R65.

 ;)

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Re: Low handlerbars
« Reply #16 on: November 18, 2009, 10:35:39 AM »
Rob this seriani ears look great,inexpensive and with them it will be piece of cake to do clip ons.What size are fork tubes.
 Dont know Sally,Is she rides r65 too?

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Re: Low handlerbars
« Reply #17 on: November 18, 2009, 10:43:19 AM »
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Rob,

That is what I have fitted to my R65.

 ;)

Steve H
Steve if i put low clip ons like you ,will i be able to put a S fairing too

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Re: Low handlerbars
« Reply #18 on: November 18, 2009, 11:55:16 AM »
I have the same headlight ears and adjustable clip-ons. I don't have an 'S' fairing but I have a Piranah fairing which is a similiar shape, slightly longer over the tank and slightly lower over all. I had some issues with clearance of the master cylinder and control cables but was able to adjust the bars to get the clearance I needed. That is where the benefit of adjustable clip-ons comes in handy.
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Offline Rob Valdez 79 R65

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Re: Low handlerbars
« Reply #19 on: November 18, 2009, 02:18:14 PM »
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Rob this seriani ears look great,inexpensive and with them it will be piece of cake to do clip ons.What size are fork tubes.
 Dont know Sally,Is she rides r65 too?

Our fork tubes are 36mm dia.

Sally Steele  (very Las Vegas-ish...) ;)

(she is the younger sister of an old H.S. friend...)

Offline steve hawkins

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Re: Low handlerbars
« Reply #20 on: November 19, 2009, 07:52:00 AM »
S fairing unknown.

I am about to purchase an S fairing copy form Motorworks for the R100.  

But it is going to be a Christmas present so I won't know for a while.

Going to paint it orange with my brush again!

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Re: Low handlerbars
« Reply #21 on: November 19, 2009, 10:16:13 AM »
Steve are these tarozzi bars 22mm?

Offline steve hawkins

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Re: Low handlerbars
« Reply #22 on: November 20, 2009, 06:25:04 AM »
yep





22mm
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Re: Low handlerbars
« Reply #23 on: November 22, 2009, 10:18:03 PM »
I'm in love .... where can I find out more about Steve Hawkins' cafe racer.......??

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Re: Low handlerbars
« Reply #24 on: November 22, 2009, 10:37:01 PM »
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I'm in love .... where can I find out more about Steve Hawkins' cafe racer.......??
Just google it."Steve hawkins r65" and it will be the first result

Offline Rob Valdez 79 R65

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Re: Low handlerbars
« Reply #25 on: November 23, 2009, 01:04:52 AM »
And he has a gallery in the Photo Gallery (see top of page).

Have you been there, yet?

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Re: Low handlerbars
« Reply #26 on: November 23, 2009, 02:35:21 AM »
 Thanks Guys

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Re: Low handlerbars
« Reply #27 on: November 23, 2009, 03:46:49 PM »
Thanks, I had looked in the gallery, then I did a search and found his email, but so often they are out of date so I also asked on the forun. We are now best friends .... even shared our name!

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Re: Low handlerbars
« Reply #28 on: November 24, 2009, 02:39:59 AM »
Good luck with your project Steve.

By the way - I rewired my bike using the existing loom as the basis so that all the colours still matched up with the existing wiring diagrams.

As I do not have indicators, I stripped out all the wiring associated with them as well as the accessory stuff (related).  It made up half the wiring loom!  

More weight saved!

Cheers

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Offline Rob Valdez 79 R65

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Re: Low handlerbars
« Reply #29 on: November 24, 2009, 04:11:15 AM »
I hope you are not anorexic, Steve!  ;)