Handlebars rising

[grego]

I know you guys are probably mostly of the "young racy" kind and more interested in lowering yer handlebars till ye look like Rossi, BUT I need my bars rised by about 2" on my GS 500 for health reasons .
Any drawbacks envisaged other than more wind resistance, like handling problems etc..
Thanks for your input.

[Pancakes]

Suede tassells might feel at home on your jacket and decide to grow there? If your bars are 7/8th's and kinda low, we could swap. I want some lower ones.

[clint640]

I've moved the 'bars up & down 2"+ on a couple of bikes with no problems. One thing to watch is your cable lengths, make sure they dont get stretched.

Cheers
Clint

PS snide comments about tassells are pretty rich coming from someone who's bike is apparently a GN250

[Paul in NZ]

Dude... Any brit bike place will have a range of bars.

Measure the width, rise and pull back of the existing ones and ring british spares for summat a little higher..

Paul N

[Pancakes]

GN's are bad ass! Apparently I'm a wannabe Harley rider! But really, I love tassells. They'd even suit your bike.


edit (I drew a picture of your biike with tassells and it's freakin' awesome but I am just a GN rider so attaching it is too hard, if anyone wants to see it. Tell me how to put a photo up.

[Sniper]

GN's are bad ass! Apparently I'm a wannabe Harley rider! But really, I love tassells. They'd even suit your bike.

You ride a GN250, only GN125 are harley wannabe's

[Ixion]

Back in the day, every rider had his own personal preference for bars. And the first thing you did when you got a new bike was swap out the bars .

Still can make a hell of a difference. Like someone said, watch cable and brake line lengths, especially on full lock. And watch on fairinged bikes that nothing fouls . Otherwise, is easy. Go to shop, buy bars, take all the shit off the old ones (grips can be a pig, try soaking them in hot water. I have had to cut them off and replace in the past) . Take old bars off, put new ones on put back all the shit . Enjoy the new ride

[Biff]

I really don't like riding bikes with raisers on. Maybe it's just the particular bikes I've ridden with them fitted, but the handling was appalling on all of them.

I guess it's something you get used to?

[Waylander]

Back in the day, every rider had his own personal preference for bars. And the first thing you did when you got a new bike was swap out the bars .

Still can make a hell of a difference. Like someone said, watch cable and brake line lengths, especially on full lock. And watch on fairinged bikes that nothing fouls . Otherwise, is easy. Go to shop, buy bars, take all the shit off the old ones (grips can be a pig, try soaking them in hot water. I have had to cut them off and replace in the past) . Take old bars off, put new ones on put back all the shit . Enjoy the new ride

Not as fun as it seems...

Had to do this several times in one day a week or so ago and then had to do it again a few days later in the evening after sunset...

[Pwalo]

That's the good thing about one piece bars cf clip ons. I'd suggest that you ride your (mighty) GS into your nearest motorcycle emporium and compare a few bars.

Swapping them out on the GS is pretty straight forward, but as the other guys have said watch your cable lengths.

Good luck, and good to see another GS rider on the site.