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  • #16
    The buckhorns don't slow me down a bit. It's a simple matter of ergonomics. Love them, hate them, in the end it doesn't make much difference.
    Marty (in Mississippi)
    XS1100SG
    XS650SK
    XS650SH
    XS650G
    XS6502F
    XS650E

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    • #17
      [QUOTE=ddragon63;352799]I rotated mine down a little from stock. just sat on the bike and moved em to where I like em... opinions may vary [QUOTE]

      They are a bit more comfortable that way but if your not careful you will smack the tank with the grips and give it a custom dimple. I have mine set just high enough so that can't happen.
      Greg

      Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”

      ― Albert Einstein

      80 SG Ol' Okie;79 engine & carbs w/pods, 45 pilots, 140 mains, Custom Mac 4 into 2 exhaust, ACCT,XS850 final drive,110/90/19 front tire,TKat fork brace, XS750 140 MPH speedometer, Vetter IV fairing, aftermarket hard bags and trunk, LG high back seat, XJ rear shocks.

      The list changes.

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      • #18
        Here's a look...

        Originally posted by old_skool View Post
        Yeah, looking at everyone's special bars, I definitely have the standard's. I'm not worried about racing in and out of the twisty's and really just want comfort, bad wrist to begin with, so I may have to go through quite a few bars to find the ones that are comfortable, but I think the special's OEM's are the place to start.
        ...at the differences in the stock '80G bars and a late '70s GL1000.
        The GL1000 bars (why is bars plural ) are approximately 1 1/2" higher and swept back a little more than the '80G bars, also the GL1000 bars have the weighted ends to help with the resonance from the Eleven. I am using the GL1000 bars on my '80G as the reach, for me, will be better

        GL1000 on bottom , '80g on top


        GL1000 on top of the '80G


        GL1000 on top , '80G on bottom


        GL1000 are the higher bars


        The weighted ends of the GL1000
        1980 XS1100G "Dolly G" Full Dresser (with a coat of many colors )
        1979 XS1100SF (stock-euro mods planned)
        1984 XV700L Virago (to be hot-modded)
        1983 XJ750MK Midnight Maxim (semi-restored DD)
        1977 XS650D ( patiently awaiting resto)

        Sometimes it takes a whole tank of gas before you can think straight.

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        • #19
          These bars look like they might be perfect to solve some of the issues I have been having with my special bars. I just ordered a set, so we shall see how it goes!
          Joab

          "If nothing else, it will be interesting..."
          ______________________________________________
          1979 XS1100SF
          1972 XS2 650
          ______________________________________________
          Ozark, Alabama

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          • #20
            Originally posted by jetmechmarty View Post
            The buckhorns don't slow me down a bit. It's a simple matter of ergonomics. Love them, hate them, in the end it doesn't make much difference.
            Marty & me been having this buckhorns discussion over some years and two forums.
            Marty loves them and I reckon they make a good windchime.
            Bars is like shoes:- they gotta fit or you can't wear them.
            Fred Hill, S'toon
            XS11SG with Spirit of America sidecar
            "The Flying Pumpkin"

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            • #21
              Originally posted by Joab View Post
              These bars look like they might be perfect to solve some of the issues I have been having with my special bars. I just ordered a set, so we shall see how it goes!
              What style of handlebars did You settle on?
              1980 XS1100G "Dolly G" Full Dresser (with a coat of many colors )
              1979 XS1100SF (stock-euro mods planned)
              1984 XV700L Virago (to be hot-modded)
              1983 XJ750MK Midnight Maxim (semi-restored DD)
              1977 XS650D ( patiently awaiting resto)

              Sometimes it takes a whole tank of gas before you can think straight.

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              • #22
                I found a 70s era GL1000 set on Ebay cheap, If they don't work, I can always through them back up on the site
                Joab

                "If nothing else, it will be interesting..."
                ______________________________________________
                1979 XS1100SF
                1972 XS2 650
                ______________________________________________
                Ozark, Alabama

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                • #23
                  inch & 7/8th

                  Ebay is loaded with a variety of bars. Just make sure you get 1&7/8th in diameter & enought room to mount to triple tree & the variety is endless.
                  Just sayin
                  Tom Clisham

                  Age is relative YOU WON"T GET OLD TIL YOU SELL THE BIKE
                  _____________________________________________

                  '78xs1100E ,all stock & original GONE TO WISCONSIN

                  '80 SG Vetter fairing,hard bags,trunk,fork brace,
                  stock headers with fishtail mufflers,black & beautiful GONE TO ARIZONA

                  79SF lowered,jardine 4/2 exhaust,pod filters,drilled rotors,fork brace, bar hopper

                  79SF 1 owner,8000 miles, restoring to completely original ( I hope) GONE TO FRANCE

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                  • #24
                    Originally posted by tom clisham View Post
                    Ebay is loaded with a variety of bars. Just make sure you get 1&7/8th in diameter & enought room to mount to triple tree & the variety is endless.
                    Just sayin
                    You meant 7/8 inch diam.
                    Skids (Sid Hansen)

                    Down to one 1978 E. Stock air box with K&N filter, 81H pipes and carbs, 8500 feet elevation.

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