Yo, What's with the clip ons?...

[MotorPlow]

Found this in an eBay Auction.  Anyone else have a setup like this?


Just curious,
Chris F.

[h2olawyer]

Chris -

I believe Rick_G has something similar on his.  He may say something about them next time he posts.  Looks kind of like an odd angle to get to the key with this set-up.  Great for tailoring the riding position, though.  If the wrist angle was bad for me with the short risers, I'd be looking into doing something similar.  The 83 style risers seem to work well for me, though.

H2O

[fiddlesticks]

wow I have been wondering about having different bars on a V. I wonder what they came off.

[Riche]

They look like standard superbike bars from the era. My 81 GPZ 550 (Kaw) came with them in black crome. The Kaw bars were narrower than what the aftermarket was selling at the time. With wider you can cut to suite. Some bikes had the handlebar clamps cast in the upper tripple tree and others had them as a seperate piece along with the cap. The pix looks like that was the solution used.

Look here for a aftermarket example: http://www.holeshot.com/old/Bandit/bndt_bars.html

[Superfly]

I rode around with these for a bit...
It was on a parts bike that I acquired, eventually I put the bars in the "parts bin" and went back to stock.

[Lucky]

Super, interested in selling that upper clamp with the bar holders? will it still accept a stock set of guages?

[jasonm.]

this set up is simple. Just using bar mounts form an older XS360/400. The upper tree is drilled. The uprights on the original bars are cut off.
? To make my '83 more comfortable I welded on 2" of stock to the ends. This keeps my shoulders apart. Also giving me more leverage for turning. Super comfort now.

[Superfly]

Yes I would sell them, I am not using them.  Llet me double check tonight about the gauge mounts

[Lucky]

cool beans, email me what you want for them.
--Lucky

[Superfly]

Sent you a e-mail

[VisionaryDan]

Hey,

I won the aution for the clip-on bike. I can now use it to finish up original V and finally get a fairing on it. I plan to pick it up next weekend (6/4). If anyone wants to know how those bars are mounted I'll check it out and let you know.

Dan

[GAJim]

I have a set up like this.  I got an older triple tree off of ebay.  Drilled the holes and had them welded.  I perfer them over the 82 stockers.

Jim

[VisionaryDan]

I picked up the (clip on) bike today. The mounting of the handle bars is done my drilling holes though  the triple tree (one bolt each side). It's bolted in from the bottom. The crazy thing is that the key was made special so it clears the bar mounts. The top of the key is almost cut in half but it works.

Dan

[Rick G]

I have two versions of this , one I made my self , the bars sit back about 2 inches farther . I also have the mounts from the Vision race bike , they sit lower  but are about the same distance back.

A former Visionary named Burk Storty  (his bike is in the Gallery)  inspired  me the make a set . For me  the stock ones have 3  positions , too high , too low , and not right either.  The lower 83 style   put too much weight  on my sholder joints  and caused me  a lot of grief. I have a set of  the mounts I  used to build mine and will sell them if anyone is interested in building this type of bar mount.