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Greg Harding wrote:Having the handlebar mounts behind the headstem can feel a little funny, (sometimes called Tiller steering makes the bars swing in an arc) is another complaint I have heard about. My long arms make me a little cramped with the standard set up, so I have moved the bars forward 32 mm.
Has anyone else done this, I would be interested in feedback as I am not sure if I am simply justifying the feel after going to the Effort? Theoretically, manipulating the handlebars can give the same handle grip location in relation to the headstem. That is something that I learnt when reworking handlebars, I even experimented with 6 bend bars which work well on :yamaha TY175. Both Franken KT and FANTIC testarossa have had the same relocation and both feel better than standard. As for the PIUMA, it feels better standing and balancing.................
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I just need to ask this ... Do you blokes ever go to work ... Or is it MY LIFE that bac to front?

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Re: Basket Cases Bar Relocation

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Hi Everyone,
tat ty wrote:I just need to ask this ... Do you blokes ever go to BEEP ... Or is it MY LIFE that bac to front?

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Alastair, I hope you don't mind me editing your expletive?

Curiosity got the better of me, so I roll started the PIUMA on SUNDAY! Had to adjust the bars after riding it for a while to find the right position for me and I am very happy with it now. The main advantage of moving the bar mounts as I see it is the angle of the grips does not change like it does with simply rolling the bars forward.

Below is a photo of :kawasaki FrankenKT with bar mounts moved forward along with a standard top:
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It is an easy conversion with no welding required. I simply cut the mounts off with a hacksaw and filed them flat. Then re drilled 4 holes using the 2 front holes for location and tapped them 8 X 1.25mm. Then drilled the middle pieces out to 8 mm, longer bolts were my only Expense!
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Greg that's got to be the most creative and economical method I've ever seen for doing the bar mount move mod
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That's bloody brilliant!
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all done just need to do some tweaking
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Nice, Darren. What shocks are those and are they good?
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magical shocks. don't now yet but rode my mates bike in the uk with them on and like them so we will see how they go
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That does look good Darren. Very nice!
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