New Bars, Grips & Levers.

[HOVERJOCKI]

I have been asking around on this website and others about putting new bars on my XB12S.
Finally went with the Protaper Contour low riser bars 29-22, precision engineering’s fat bar raiser, pazzo shorty levers and rizoma grips.
Not being mechanically minded I thought I had it all figured out until my more bike savvy mate helped me put this project together.
The sweep on these bars is about 1" compared to the stock which seem to be about 3 1/2" so needless to say some of the wiring came up short... at least on the first attempt anyway.
The left hand side on the contours is knurled so the grip wouldn't go on.... THANK YOU DREMEL.
After a little persuasive grinding, grip now fits.
Now after setting everything up on the left hand side the clutch cable was now very short but after a little re-routing it now fits.

The little plug for the starter relay that attaches to the clutch lever unit was spliced and fitted on the first attempt but found to be a useless move as under the speedo there was a lot of slack found on the second attempt.
The right hand side went together pretty easy no need to get new throttle/idle cables as I first thought.
So after a couple of try’s, it all fits, works and is a whole different bike in a very good way.
Here are some pics of the finished ordeal.

 

[joshs74nova]

I'm digging the set up man. hoverjock? do you fly rotary???

 

[HOVERJOCKI]

Thanks mate and yes i do

 

[Jornum1]

How are those grips with vibration? Been looking at them in black, but have been worried they would vibrate like hell. They look great though, nice job!

 

[HOVERJOCKI]

Thanks, there's no vibration at all although i have the fatter stem bars (29-22) and from what i understand that absorbs alot of vibraton, but the grips feel great... worth the money + they look good too.

 

[Jornum1]

Yeah they look great, I have a Rizoma Bar end mirror, and its top notch. They are definitely worth the money. Are they thicker then a normal grip? I would like if they were thicker then a traditional grip.

 

[FIDOSOL]

Nice setup man, how did it affect your handling? Also, how do they feel compared to the stock ones? Any wrist pressure/fatigue?

 

[HOVERJOCKI]

i have only ridden a couple of times due to weather but i like the position and style.
Haven't felt anything different in the wrists as of yet but once i have ridden more this week i will let you know .
Really pleased how it turned out

 

[HOVERJOCKI]

Just got in from a ride. Handles nice although i had a wobble in the turns but found out low tire pressure.
No noticable vibration in grips or bar, it is a wider grip than the stock but i am a wide so works for me.
Need to put the end mirrors on but i kinda like it without but not legal here from wheat i understand.
Need to save up the pennies for the rear end mod.