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Clubmans...Your kidding right?

GabrielGoes

GabrielGoes

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you absolutely have to be out of your mind to ride with clubmans! lol i put em on today not knowing what i was getting myself into and it is just rediculous... you basically are leaning over almost flat but you have to arch your back up just a tad bit (painful positio).... i guess highway riding with one had on the throttle aint so bad but with both hands on the bars forget about it... im 20 years old and with one day of riding with these clubmans i am ready to sell them... how do you guys deal with it? do you just lean on the tank with your stomach or something? this is madness!!:eek:
 
rear sets help along with freakish long arms..

I got both :)

The low seat on the L also helps
 
GabrielGoes said:
you absolutely have to be out of your mind to ride with clubmans! lol i put em on today not knowing what i was getting myself into and it is just rediculous... you basically are leaning over almost flat but you have to arch your back up just a tad bit (painful positio).... i guess highway riding with one had on the throttle aint so bad but with both hands on the bars forget about it... im 20 years old and with one day of riding with these clubmans i am ready to sell them... how do you guys deal with it? do you just lean on the tank with your stomach or something? this is madness!!:eek:
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Cant ride clubmans without cutting the seat down, and rear set pegs.. or you'll be crippled in short order. BUT, flip those bad boys around and upside down. You'll see they frame the gauge cluster nice, and have a more sporty feel without being painfull...
 
After a few months you get use to the pain and then it is all worth while. Clubmans/clip-ons are made to be great at one thing, and being comfortable sure isn't it! Apart from the handling they look great and that must count for something?:rolleyes:
 
TheCafeKid said:
Cant ride clubmans without cutting the seat down, and rear set pegs.. or you'll be crippled in short order. BUT, flip those bad boys around and upside down. You'll see they frame the gauge cluster nice, and have a more sporty feel without being painfull...
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well i wont be growing freakishly long arms anytime soon but i WILL flip them around! lol thanks for that tip!! i though it wouldnt work flipping them but now i know its acceptable in the GS world! btw my bike is the best!! lol i wonder how many people actually ride these vintage jap bikes? look around town and NOBODY has these bikes(kz's, cb's, gs's)! its all ninjas and harleys!! im gonna ride my gs untill it blows up
 
GabrielGoes said:
well i wont be growing freakishly long arms anytime soon but i WILL flip them around! lol thanks for that tip!! i though it wouldnt work flipping them but now i know its acceptable in the GS world! btw my bike is the best!! lol i wonder how many people actually ride these vintage jap bikes? look around town and NOBODY has these bikes(kz's, cb's, gs's)! its all ninjas and harleys!! im gonna ride my gs untill it blows up
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Gotta love these bikes! I bought mine with the intent of making a bobber; now I'm planning on a nice little resto-mod. Keep the original feel, albeit sportier, add some modern upgrades and presto! You've got a bike like no other!
 
I thought about clubmans hard last week, but ordered a drag bar instead...Cant wait to get it and fit them! Hate the ones I have now!
 
Different roads, for different blokes?

Different roads, for different blokes?

I'm 6'4" and I have Clubman bars on my '81 GS550T. They're comfortable and make turning easy and that's why I have them. I still sit higher than I would on a sport bike. I have ridden 4 hours on that bike.
I have Daytona bars on my '82 GS1100G, because they're more comfortable for longer rides, but keep it easy to lower my shoulders for quick turns.
Bill
 
I thought about clubmans for my 850 cafething for a while but sorta decided against it.
Thinkin they might take some getting used to. Even still, wouldnt wanna do any iron butt rides with em:) but they do look good.
I've got drag bars on it now and they feel and look good. I've put about 12-1300 miles on em so far with no ill pains. My ass on the other hand....
 
TheCafeKid said:
Cant ride clubmans without cutting the seat down, and rear set pegs.. or you'll be crippled in short order. BUT, flip those bad boys around and upside down. You'll see they frame the gauge cluster nice, and have a more sporty feel without being painfull...
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I was thinking about doing this. Anyone got any pictures of how this looks?
 
Seanie said:
I thought about clubmans hard last week, but ordered a drag bar instead...Cant wait to get it and fit them! Hate the ones I have now!
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I have a flat-ish drag bar on mine and it kills my wrists pretty quick. I'll be dumping it soon.
 
I run clubmans, wouldn't recommend for long rides, but if you love the cafe style they are a must. Remember if you're gonna be dumb you gotta be tough!
 
Personally, I think clubman's look wrong upside down, because they look upside down. You might try a set of superbike bars, too. Lower than stock, extremely comfortable, and very reasonably priced.
 
I love the clubmans on my GS750. Then again just about every bike I've owned had clip-ons. So the position is very reminicent of my GSXR. I am 6'2" with no seat mods, or rear sets.

best picture I have of them mounted
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No, that would never do for me. Tendinitis in the elbows and all. I could see flipping them over though. I think that would look pretty cool.
 
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you shouldnt be holding yourselves up on sportsbikes with your arms. You're supposed to use your abs/pelvis to keep you up and your arms to control the bike, knees to pull the bike into turns. I mean it's alot harder that way and most people don't have the stamina or deisre to do this. If you ride road bikes or bmx though you get used to it ( I do both) . You'll notice the bike riding alot more fluently with this style also.
 
What happened to all the vintage Jap bikes?

What happened to all the vintage Jap bikes?

GabrielGoes said:
i wonder how many people actually ride these vintage jap bikes? look around town and NOBODY has these bikes(kz's, cb's, gs's)! its all ninjas and harleys!! im gonna ride my gs untill it blows up
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It's all a matter of numbers, and attrition, mates. What's left of the great 70's and 80's Japanese classics are the few survivors which weren't crashed, or rusted out, or wore out their engines, or the even fewer of those which did have A, B, or C (or all of the above) happen to them, but were lovingly restored.

Back in the day too many people thought of the excellently-engineered Japanese bikes as "throwaway" items when major repair or rebuild was required - because they were so cheap to buy to begin with, and also because they ran so well for so long, rarely needing any unscheduled repairs, compared to Hardleys or European iron. But the same guys who dissed our rides as "Jap junk" back then would think nothing of completely gutting and rebuilding a "valuable" old HD Panhead or a BSA or Triumph pushrod relic when they broke something every few thousand miles, damn the cost. Don't even get me started on what BMW fanatics do...

What happened to motorcycling in the USA was that bikes-as-adult-transportation (or long-distance sport-touring) never really caught on here that much, ever, despite all the "You meet the nicest people" ads in the 60's and the popularity of small Japanese bikes in the 60's and 70's, as high school and college putt-around wheels. Preppies who rode 250s (or smaller) just trashed those when they grew up and moved on to cars. So, except for a tiny group of hardcore Jap-vintage enthusiasts (us) and a similarly tiny group of lifelong commuting/touring riders (also some of us), what you've got left is the concept of motorcycle- as-lifestyle-accessory - which breaks down into your choice of either a laid-back ass-dragging cruiser, or a racer-replica crotch-rocket stunter. IMO it's a pity that those two extremes represent 99% of the current street-bike market. The old standards represented a happy medium.
 
I have clip-ons on my track bike and have had drag bars on my GS for 6 years now. I find myself riding with one hand and with my feet on the rear pegs, except when in urban areas. I've ridden 400-500 mikes per day for 4-5 days at a time and survived well. I have a bad neck to start with and have learned to consciously relax my neck muscles and wobble my head around to keep from stiffening up. I'll also put my left forearm across the tank bag and lean on it.

I've just changed to Superbike bars for a planned long trip.
 
<<<<Back in the day too many people thought of the excellently-engineered Japanese bikes as "throwaway" items when major repair or rebuild was required - because they were so cheap to buy to begin with, and also because they ran so well for so long, rarely needing any unscheduled repairs, compared to Hardleys or European iron. But the same guys who dissed our rides as "Jap junk" back then would think nothing of completely gutting and rebuilding a "valuable" old HD Panhead or a BSA or Triumph pushrod relic when they broke something every few thousand miles, damn the cost. Don't even get me started on what BMW fanatics do.>>>>

Must be why so many 30 year old Jap bikes dont have any miles on em. I've wondered about this since I got into these things. IE, 78 GS1000 rusted to bits, sitting out under a tree with a rotted tarp for 10 years with 7k miles on it. Kinda makes one wonder why the bike was parked to begin with.

Excellently engineering my butt. These things are a cluster of un-needed wires and nuts and bolts that only god knows why they built em this way.
Still good *cheap* fun though. Especially if ya own another one that never requires wrenching and is ready to ride at the push of a button.
 
ryder60 said:
I find myself riding with one hand and with my feet on the rear pegs, except when in urban areas.. I'll also put my left forearm across the tank bag and lean on it.
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hahah that is funny as hell man i was doing that for a while and thought it was rediculous leaning on the tank like that :D
 
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