Looking for Handlebar Recomendations

[Pat Kelly]

Yes, I replied to it (now I gotta go look at it again, lol).
Going from the Specials 'buckhorn' bars to the 'superbike' bars I had to re-route the cables and hose. They end-up too long, not too short.

[Bauer]

haha. sorry, I was expecting an email notification when I got the pm. I guess I gotta check my settings.

Thanks for the help!

[Luxury]

Re: Re: Re: A selection of bends...

Originally posted by xs650mike
But these particular clip-ons are for 34mm and 35mm fork tubes...

What is fork tube OD on a 79F? (I thought it was 34mm.)

[81xsproject]

hey gnepig, where did you get those grips?

[xs650mike]

Gran Turismo grips

These grips are available from Mikes XS, Whitney's and others. They were the most popular style of all back in the '60s and '70s. I also like the sportbike gel grips (available at Mikes) and have them on both my 400 and 1100. My all time favorites are Oury Road Grips which are carried by Whitney and many others...super comfortable with a little knurled section for your thumb so you can easily blip the throttle for downshifts while braking at the same time.

[GNEPIG]

.. hey Jessy, the picture of the grips is from MikesXS they cost $6 bucks.. grips are like handle bars, they are a personal preference, you wont know what you like til you try them.
.. i have noticed that if you have high handle bars or the buck horns and you sit upright on your bike then it doesn't really matter what kind of grips you use.. as long as they look good and keep your hands from slipping off of the bars then they work.. but if you have the low bars like drag bars, super bike bars and such, then most of us lean forward some and there is some pressure on our hands.. it all depends on how much you weigh, how tall you are and the distance from where your @ss is to where the end of your handle bars are.. fairings also mess with this equation somehow, but that's another story(and this one is starting to get kind of long)..
.. i have put the super bike bars on all of my bikes for the last 10 years, i like the sporty "attack the wind" riding position. i have noticed that the fat cushy grips work best for me when i have to do alot of around town riding.. so, as 650 mike has said there are alot of options, you be the judge

[81xsproject]

I too have the super bike bars and have been looking for fatter grips. I'll give'um a try.