I have been thinking about replacing my bar this winter. Looking a the pics you posted it would appear that this bar are about 2" shorter in height than the stock bar. This is the direction I want to go as I find myself sitting up too straight during hiway runs on the way to and from work. I find myself leaning forward into the wind with my elbows out, which I find uncomfortable. I was trying to figure out if I wanted to go to a straight bar like I ran on my old CB. Did these bars come with new clamps or did they fit in the original clamps? Was there clearence between the bars and the tank at full lock?
hey kansas hope all is well dude! These bars were 7/8ths in diameter at the clamp so they'll fit the stock clamps...they're actually called "Pro Taper Seven Eighths" lol. And there's plenty of clearance at full lock...no issues there!
As far as appearing 2" shorter in height...that may just be the illusion of the pics I took. The goal of those pics were to show how much wider the pro taper bars were than stock. But as far as height differences...the only thing I can say is, I actually felt MORE upright with these handle bars than I did with stock. But, then again, I spent a good amount of time on clubman bars and clip ons before changing to these, so that might've contributed to the new, more upright feeling.
Perhaps Mike Chu or MickD93 could better comment on the new riding postion differences as I believe they went from stock straight to these.
Also, another bar that some folks have successfully, and happilly, ran are the renthal streetfighters.