I called in to Area 51 this morning to pick up my new bars.
They looked huge!
To be honest, when I first picked them up I did think for a minute or two that I had gone over the top in getting the drag bars with a 10 inch riser but when I had a look at another night train, with a similar rise to its bars which was being worked on in the shop, I am glad I did go for the ones I did. They are only about three inches higher than the stock risers and drag bars but the simpler lines will make them stand out more. So, although they do look much bigger, they are not going to change the riding position too radically.
I've got them on to the bike and with them being 50% thicker than stock , they go some way to giving the front end the "beefy" look that I want. The only down side is, they emphasise the "spindlyness "of the forks and wheel, so I'll definately have to look at changing the rest of the front end. I'm narrowing my choice down with every custom bike I see so by the time I get the cash together I should be ready to get exactly the look I desire!
Next step is to start to work out how long I need the control cables to be.
Chatting to Colin, who was so helpful in giving advice on things I could do for myself, helped me decide that cutting and soldering the wires for my rear turn signals was the only way to go. On Monday I'll finish the wiring, check that it all works and get the rear fender back on.
Then I can start on preparing the front end electrics.
They looked huge!
To be honest, when I first picked them up I did think for a minute or two that I had gone over the top in getting the drag bars with a 10 inch riser but when I had a look at another night train, with a similar rise to its bars which was being worked on in the shop, I am glad I did go for the ones I did. They are only about three inches higher than the stock risers and drag bars but the simpler lines will make them stand out more. So, although they do look much bigger, they are not going to change the riding position too radically.
I've got them on to the bike and with them being 50% thicker than stock , they go some way to giving the front end the "beefy" look that I want. The only down side is, they emphasise the "spindlyness "of the forks and wheel, so I'll definately have to look at changing the rest of the front end. I'm narrowing my choice down with every custom bike I see so by the time I get the cash together I should be ready to get exactly the look I desire!
Next step is to start to work out how long I need the control cables to be.
Chatting to Colin, who was so helpful in giving advice on things I could do for myself, helped me decide that cutting and soldering the wires for my rear turn signals was the only way to go. On Monday I'll finish the wiring, check that it all works and get the rear fender back on.
Then I can start on preparing the front end electrics.
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