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  • My handlebars

    I just made them..



    I still need to clean up welds (messy flux-cored mig wire), I'll prob cut like 2" off each side to make a bit shorter, I'll powdercoat black.
    I like.

  • #2
    What was the purpose of the riser, if you were going to drop them down like that anyway? Is it just aesthetics?
    1980 XS850SG - Sold
    1981 XS1100LH Midnight Special (Sold) - purchased 9/29/08
    Fully Vetterized and Dynojet Kit added, Heated Grips, Truck-Lite LED headlight, Accel Coils, Irridium plugs, TKAT Fork Brace, XS850LH Final Drive & Black SS Brake lines from Chacal.
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    • #3
      Originally posted by CatatonicBug View Post
      What was the purpose of the riser, if you were going to drop them down like that anyway? Is it just aesthetics?
      Yeah good point! I like the look of them, alot actually. It's just those risers do seem a bit redundant...also I think taking two inches off each side would be cool too. It is kind of a drag bar, but kinda not at the same time!

      -Rick
      1979 XS1100 Standard

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      • #4
        Originally posted by CatatonicBug View Post
        What was the purpose of the riser, if you were going to drop them down like that anyway? Is it just aesthetics?
        Hey Bug,

        Can you say enough height clearance to not hit the tank!
        T.C.
        T. C. Gresham
        81SH "Godzilla" . . .1179cc super-rat.
        79SF "The Teacher" . . .basket case!
        History shows again and again,
        How nature points out the folly of men!

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        • #5
          I like em

          I like em. Good to see a custom XS11 every now and then. Have at it man!

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          • #6
            was going kinda cafe style (clubman bars)

            I had these pair of dirt bike bars I could use upside-down, but they couldn't rotate forward at the right angle and stuck up weird because they hit the top of the front forks.
            That, and they could hit the gas tank.

            With my risers I get all my functionality and the custom look I'm going for, for free. Also look custom not surely bought.

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            • #7
              I'd have to admit I was look more at the tank. Did you round the stock curve to fit the filler piece?

              Anyway, it looks good. Nice job.
              Josh Yoquelet -- I'm having dreams of my XS
              '79 XS11SF "stock"- 4/1 Kerker, T.C.'s fuse block
              '79 XS11SF "bobber"- Rotted in a pine tree for 10 years
              '81 Air forks w/23,000 miles
              New steering head races and bearings
              '78/'79 standard wire harness
              Drag bars, w/Mikes controls
              T.C.'s fuse block
              PNM Coils
              7mm Dyna Wires
              NGK Resistor Caps
              Custom 1" clutch and 9/16" MC

              http://xs11bobber.tripod.com

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              • #8
                yes, stock curve swapped on the 2 sides for the tank.
                Wait till you see it all completed.

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