riser bars just fitted.......
Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2012 7:19 pm
finally got around to getting the comfort bars from topyoke.com fitted - not sure! For a start it meant more butchery than I'd thought and left me a nasty edge to paint blue (any ideas on touch-up paint?) , also messed up the 100 mph turbulence - seems like that fairing was more carefully designed than I'd thought....hmmmm.
Plus, now I just get a view of my elbows in the mirror and sleeves full of wind! What have I done? Really wish I hadn't cut my fairing and been a bit more patient and bought someone's ready cut one... :(
The new position isn't very natural feeling, bars too wide, so hopefully I can get as much as an inch off each end, which might help with the mirror issue, maybe rotating the bars a bit will help too.
Early days though and despite feeling more like a hooligan than a gentleman connoisseur, I do feel a lot more confident round the lanes, which was the whole idea, so maybe all will turn out well..........
Plus, now I just get a view of my elbows in the mirror and sleeves full of wind! What have I done? Really wish I hadn't cut my fairing and been a bit more patient and bought someone's ready cut one... :(
The new position isn't very natural feeling, bars too wide, so hopefully I can get as much as an inch off each end, which might help with the mirror issue, maybe rotating the bars a bit will help too.
Early days though and despite feeling more like a hooligan than a gentleman connoisseur, I do feel a lot more confident round the lanes, which was the whole idea, so maybe all will turn out well..........