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Handlebar height

#1 PostAuthor: Richard Q » Sat Feb 14, 2015 4:12 pm

Are my handlebars the correct height?

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Just asking as I have bought a cable set for the standard handlebars and the throttle cables and clutch cable are all too long. About 4" too long :??

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#2 PostAuthor: z1bman » Sat Feb 14, 2015 4:24 pm

that's probably because you have the wrong bars? they look too low to me
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#3 PostAuthor: snotie1965 » Sat Feb 14, 2015 4:26 pm

They look a bit to low to me ? but i am not a rivet counter ! your rear shocks LOOK a bit hard to ? :D
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#4 PostAuthor: 000zeds » Sat Feb 14, 2015 4:30 pm

There are 2 different cable lengths available depending on which height handlebars are fitted and it looks like you have the low handle bars which require the short cables and sounds like your new cables are the long ones,

They are not always listed as being different.
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#5 PostAuthor: Steve Cooke » Sat Feb 14, 2015 6:09 pm

Too low for a standard UK bike, you need to change them shocks as well they don't look all that comfy. :D
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#6 PostAuthor: jimmock » Sat Feb 14, 2015 6:23 pm

I agree, bars are too low.

Shocks look "wrong" for some reason. I don't know why, but they just do!!
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#7 PostAuthor: z1bman » Sat Feb 14, 2015 6:27 pm

are those shocks Chippendale? :lol: :lol:
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#8 PostAuthor: Z1parR » Sat Feb 14, 2015 6:32 pm

You'll spot anything you anoraks :wink:
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#9 PostAuthor: jimmock » Sat Feb 14, 2015 6:34 pm

z1bman wrote:are those shocks Chippendale? :lol: :lol:


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#10 PostAuthor: z1bman » Sat Feb 14, 2015 6:39 pm

they could be cone tree shocks by the look of the spring formation
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#11 PostAuthor: Richard Q » Sat Feb 14, 2015 8:57 pm

Thanks all :D

I knew I shouldn't have used that photo but it was the one that showed the handlebars best :lol:

I don't buy stuff from ebay anymore, they were supposed to be mahogany!!

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#12 PostAuthor: jimmock » Sat Feb 14, 2015 9:13 pm

Richard Q wrote:Thanks all :D

I knew I shouldn't have used that photo but it was the one that showed the handlebars best :lol:

I don't buy stuff from ebay anymore, they were supposed to be mahogany!!

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#13 PostAuthor: Richard Q » Sat Feb 14, 2015 9:16 pm

My first wife thought that 'Monogamy' was a type of wood :??
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