Seat and handle bars

Re: Seat and handle bars

feeds@yuku.com (vt34) — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 04:15:57 GMT

Do you still have the seat? If so I'm interested.

Re: Seat and handle bars

feeds@yuku.com (gr8scott51) — Tue, 08 May 2007 20:00:54 GMT

Handlebars are sold. The stock T seat is still available.

Re: Seat and handle bars

feeds@yuku.com (davebave) — Sat, 05 May 2007 00:10:26 GMT

Yeah, changing handlebars is easy...BUT make sure to put a nice big pad over your gas tank first!!

Re: Seat and handle bars

feeds@yuku.com (alepel) — Thu, 03 May 2007 18:31:40 GMT

Scott.....thanks for all the trouble you have gone through to illustrate the differences between the handlebars. I really appreciate it and I am certain that others do also.

Now that I have seen the differences I can see that the Spirit bars are more like the ones on my old VT800C. When I got my Tourer I enjoyed the wider positioning of the Tourer handlebars compared to the buckhorn style of the VT800C.

alepel

Re: Seat and handle bars

feeds@yuku.com (Chicago) — Thu, 03 May 2007 10:54:36 GMT

alepel wrote:
Hey guys, for those of us who are visually impaired here (that be all of us) how are the Spirit bars and the Tourers bars different?

alepel

It's simple, really. Stock T bars are low and wide. Spirit bars are more like Harley buckhorns, higher and narrower.

I've made this swap twice, and I did destroy the grips on my current T. However, I made the swap in the...

Re: Seat and handle bars

feeds@yuku.com (gr8scott51) — Wed, 02 May 2007 09:35:26 GMT

Chicago - I wish you lived close by so I could have you help me. I could never get up the nerve to take the old bars apart for fear I wouldn't get the grips back on the new bars.

Alain - I placed the bars in the risers on my bike. They put my hands up a little higher, in a little closer and back a bit. I'll try to take a picture comparing the two later today.
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Re: Seat and handle bars

feeds@yuku.com (alepel) — Wed, 02 May 2007 06:51:49 GMT

Hey guys, for those of us who are visually impaired here (that be all of us) how are the Spirit bars and the Tourers bars different?

alepel

Re: Seat and handle bars

feeds@yuku.com (Chicago) — Wed, 02 May 2007 05:52:06 GMT

I have Spirit bars on my T and love them! I'm small of stature (5'6") and I never felt comfortable in parking lot situations with those wide T bars.
Also, the stock T bars made me feel like I was sitting ON the bike. My Spirit bars make me feel like I'm sitting IN the bike.
Oh yeah, and it's the easiest swap you'll ever do.

Re: Seat and handle bars

feeds@yuku.com (gr8scott51) — Tue, 01 May 2007 22:15:58 GMT

You're right Stan, I did get them from you. Another senior moment.

Re: Seat and handle bars

feeds@yuku.com (bamaTrider) — Tue, 01 May 2007 21:12:19 GMT

These may be the Spirit bars that you bought from me. If so, then these bars also have counter weights installed in them for anti-vibration. The counter weights alone cost more than you are asking for them They were bought new from dealer by papamte and only had a few miles on them.

Stan

Seat and handle bars

feeds@yuku.com (gr8scott51) — Tue, 01 May 2007 15:21:25 GMT

I have a stock seat with about 4,000 miles on it - $50 o.b.o. - and handlebars from either a Spirit or Sabre (I forget) that I bought from someone on here. The handlebars are a little narrower and higher than the stock T. I never installed them, I think I paid $30 or 35 o.b.o. Prices do not include shipping.