Folks with cafe experience

huh. that all sounds annoying . Not like changing bars on a bicycle, huh? I hadn't even thought about cable lengths. And the lock.



My faring at least looks like it's designed for clip-ons or clubmans (it has big cut-outs in the side for low bars), so I don't really think that'll be an issue... but who knows? And cables... hmm. The other thing I don't like is having to order online. If I had a perspective set of bars in hand, next to the bike, before I had to purchase anything, I would think I'd have a much better idea of what I was getting myself into.



That $22 sticker price just makes me think it'll be easy . Sounds like... not so much. -nick



edit: just went out and took a look at the bike. Something else I hadn't thought about. I have the stock gauge cluster on there. I don't think clubmans would squeak past those things. Cables looked less worrying, but would def. still be some kind of trouble. But I think the stock gauges pooch the deal. Anybody know for sure?

americanclassic said:

You will be amazed how much lower they actually are. I dont see how people use them without rearsets.

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Now, this is something I remember hearing constantly looking at cafe build-up threads in the past and I'm still baffled. I actually have custom foot controls on my bike and I still feel crunched up. The idea of rearsets... yuck. My knees hurt just thinking about it. I mean, I do not know, I've never ridden a bike w/ clips or clubs, and I can imagine that yes, you are much lower. Some quick math, I'd say ~4" lower (Daytonas w/ 3" rise, clubmans w/ a -1" rise). But when I tuck w/ the existing bars, my feet don't feel awkward in any way. I have a hard time understanding the geometry issues that really necessitate rearsets. NOT LOOKING TO ARGUE, just want to make that clear, but I have a hard time visualizing it.



Anywho, not looking to build a cafe, I should mention that too. This bike is a mutt. A dirty, utilitarian mutt.



And so that you'll really think less of me and my nonsense, I'm also planning to put highway bars on the bike, a la Lucky's WONDERFUL rebar method. Clubmans and rebar highway pegs. Aww yea . But in all earnestness, I do think that'd be comfortable. I'm not doing it solely to be a goof. But, considering the fact that it looks unlikely that any sort of off the shelf lower bar set would work, I don't foresee doing anything any time soon. Bike'll be going under the tarp w/ STABIL in the tank in the next week or two. I've got nowhere dry to work on the thing.