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I start a new job in three weeks time which brings a pleasant increase in salary. Being totally senseless I'm drawn to swapping the Falco for a 2nd hand Tuono V4R. But should I be sensible and stay with the Falco, which I love but would prefer something a little more upright, but don't really want to butcher the top fairing to raise the bars. I fitted heli bars but the improvement was only marginal as they foul the fairing if I raise them to where they're comfortable. :(

gramey wrote:I start a new job in three weeks time which brings a pleasant increase in salary. Being totally senseless I'm drawn to swapping the Falco for a 2nd hand Tuono V4R. But should I be sensible and stay with the Falco, which I love but would prefer something a little more upright, but don't really want to butcher the top fairing to raise the bars. I fitted heli bars but the improvement was only marginal as they foul the fairing if I raise them to where they're comfortable. :(

Buy a Gen 1 tuono with the money you save from the V4 and keep the falco

What he said

tuoldo....

but take mine out..... see if those mods make it suit

Pete, I know you've got your bars above the triple clamp but I thought we looked at it and decided the later model was slightly different and it wouldn't work?

I'm wondering if I could get away with reversing the heli bars, i.e. left to right and vice versa. I know it would mean the bars would initially point forward rather than come back toward you but I may then be able to rotate them back so they can come right up under the triple clamp but not go so far forward as to foul the fairing?

And yes your right, Tuoldo! I have a long standing shoulder problem and I'm finding on longer rides that leaning so far forward aggravates it :(

Further to the above there appear to be several manufacturers offering bar conversions, Gilles, LSL, Tomaselli, Converti Bars. All appear to offer a degree of rise and more adjustment than the Helibars I bought.

Has anybody tried any of these and managed to get a useable increase in height without modifying their fairing? :)

gramey wrote:Further to the above there appear to be several manufacturers offering bar conversions, Gilles, LSL, Tomaselli, Converti Bars. All appear to offer a degree of rise and more adjustment than the Helibars I bought.

Has anybody tried any of these and managed to get a useable increase in height without modifying their fairing? :)

If you have showa forks fitted to your bike which I have replied you have. Then you can have the same set up as pete, as pete has the same forks

yep

BUT

i think iirc graham has the later switchgear... that causes a foul I think

Change the switchgear? Possibly cheaper than new bars?

Okay so I take it nobody has got anything useful to say regarding the makes of handlebars that I suggested so I guess it's suck it and see and hope that I don't choose the lemons of the bunch. :(

I'll be the one to go against the tide.

Get the V4 mate it's the only sensible way to go, they are 'kin awesome.

lord yes - very very good bike

BUT

they are quite small - not as small as the rsv4 but..... (I have met graham... and the word small and petite do not belong there....)

they are also blisteringly fast - and for a semi naked thats KINg fast

i think the original tuoldo is a better buy - HUGE grin factor, bullet proof engine and familiar... the rsv4 tuono needs more tlc / support

Aladinsaneuk wrote:lord yes - very very good bike

BUT

they are quite small - not as small as the rsv4 but..... (I have met graham... and the word small and petite do not belong there....)

they are also blisteringly fast - and for a semi naked thats KINg fast

i think the original tuoldo is a better buy - HUGE grin factor, bullet proof engine and familiar... the rsv4 tuono needs more tlc / support

Pete, that's a polite way of saying he's a fat bastard and wouldn't fit!

Falcopops wrote:I'll be the one to go against the tide.

Get the V4 mate it's the only sensible way to go, they are 'kin awesome.

That's the expensive option if I can't find a better riding position wthout butchering my bike.

there is another option

there is an italian company that sells race plastics - so get a fairing off them - butcher that and paint

or buy a second hand fairing and butcher that.....