Handlebar height?

[Jay GTI]

im a smidgeon under 6 foot, which i thought was 180cm?

edit,. well accroding to google 6 foot is 183cm,

Oh, ok sorry... for some reason I thought you were tall, well into 6ft sort of thing.

Back to the bars, I tried the rolled back style the young un's ride with these days and I kept sort of falling over the front of the bike in the tighter corners. Got sick of dropping it, so went back to the old school style. Agreed though, it's a personal preference thing and for a lot of people, myself included, we're just not skillful enough to really notice the difference in height, position or bend, unless it's really extreme and far away from your usual set-up.

[tobbera]

I see you got a Hornet 900, same as me. I raised mine with bar risers that also moved the bar backwards a cm or two. made a huge of a difference on the comfort.

/T

[nzspokes]

I see you got a Hornet 900, same as me. I raised mine with bar risers that also moved the bar backwards a cm or two. made a huge of a difference on the comfort.

/T

Were talking about trail bikes but on my Hornet i have slammed the bars down so the master cyl is on the speedo so i get some feel from the front end.

[tobbera]

Ah, sorry. Was was looking at your picture. =) I just find having the bar that low makes it realty uncomfortable. But that's maybe me having short arms. =)

[Fern]

have a play around with this website....


http://cycle-ergo.com/

[gwynfryn]

Had bar risers on my kdx. C Birch looked at my set up and suggested I ditch them as they also position you further back making it harder to get weight over the front.
I ended up with renthall 1 1/8 clamps, pro taper henry/reed, and swapped out the rubber bushes for alloy to prevent the bars twisting. 176 cm short.
Your'e welcome to see how it feels(does that make sense), i'm just in Titirangi.

[nzspokes]

Had bar risers on my kdx. C Birch looked at my set up and suggested I ditch them as they also position you further back making it harder to get weight over the front.
I ended up with renthall 1 1/8 clamps, pro taper henry/reed, and swapped out the rubber bushes for alloy to prevent the bars twisting. 176 cm short.
Your'e welcome to see how it feels(does that make sense), i'm just in Titirangi.

Cheers, but I will just grab some shorter bolts tomorrow so I can try it without the bike rise on Sunday. I dont feel like I can get over the front on it.