AuburnFJR wrote: ↑Sat Apr 21, 2018 9:39 pm
I am going to use this to document my farkles.
My most recent was switching to the tubular handlebar system.
Like many I have been in search of a better handle bar system for the FJR. The net difference is this moves the bars up 2.5" inches higher than the MCL riser plate (total of 3.5" higher than stock), and 3/4" more forward than where the MCL plate was (not sure where that relates to stock).
I sit straight up and down, no lean forward at all. The bars are 1.5" wider than with stock bars, but you can cut the bars down 3/4" to match stock if you want to. I like the extra width. The bend on these bars relieves all the pressure that my wrists felt before. And I still have adjustment to work with if I need. The shelf is limiting my turning. I did not have to extend any hoses or lines. I have a franken tank and use to hit it first, now it is the shelf.
The new triple tree top
The fat bar adapters with 2.5" rise
After install:
So after 18 straight days of riding in Alaska, over some very sever road conditions (Dempster Hwy, Top of the World Hwy, various road construction projects) that included at least 500 miles of gravel roads, I can without hesitation recommend this bar set up.
I had no pain whatsoever in my wrists, arms, and back. I had no vibration at all in the bars. They had me sitting up straight to the point that I wanted a taller V-stream windscreen.
In fact, if it weren't for the extra leverage the bars provided, I would have crashed at least twice on the Dempster Hwy because they have freshly graded a 5 mile section, rolled it, then sent a water truck through just minutes before us. The road surface turned to slippery clay and I lost the front end twice sliding but saved it. Thankfully we left the trailers in Fairbanks for the ride to the artic circle.
There were a couple of other close calls that the additional leverage greatly minimized the pucker factor too.
