Anyway to lower the handlebars?

[jstang209]

yes i've searched and havent found any answers?
I being next to all my buddies in there gixxers or r6's or cbrs and it just seems like my handlebars are way higher than theres. I've lowered the bike in the front and it still really doesnt make a difference. Does anyone make shorter forks or something? or can i do a swap from another bike?

[Court93kat]

Dude.. you bought a Katana.... not a GSXR, R6, or CBR. It is a sport TOURING bike, not a super sport. The handle bars are supposed to be higher for a more comfortable ride for long distances.

You can change out handlebars though. Do a search for "clip ons" you should find something.

[Black_peter]

Yeah!!!

[blkpitbull]

you can get honda F2 or F3 clipons from a salvage yard and puthem on. They will lower the bars alot.

[reconstyle]

Why do you want to lower the handle bars?

It will probably make your Katana harder to handle, and EXTREMELY uncomfortable.

If you have problems with your friends making fun of you, or you want to be more like them, I'm afraid you've got the wrong set of wheels....

[Black_peter]

Why do you want to lower the handle bars?
It will probably make your Katana harder to handle, and EXTREMELY uncomfortable.

No.. My bars are more comfortable and offer better control.
(I mean the bars don't effect handling)

But yeah.. If you want to hang with the R6's you better get to work.

[Sky]

I had "clip-ons" on my 750 and it improved handling a lot. Of course it was a bit less comfi on longer ride but I could live with that.

[GenericEric]

If your friends are upset over your ride position.. That's just weird.. Get new riding buddies, those people are probably the one's who are doing wheelies at 90 and doing stoppies up to red lights..

All my riding buddies (A Gixxer 6, R1, ZX14 and Ninja 250) say about my bike is... "Comfy and quiet"... I haven't heard a thing about my riding position.

[slamcool]

Re: Anyway to lower the handlebars?

yes i've searched and havent found any answers?
I being next to all my buddies in there gixxers or r6's or cbrs and it just seems like my handlebars are way higher than theres. I've lowered the bike in the front and it still really doesnt make a difference. Does anyone make shorter forks or something? or can i do a swap from another bike?

Hey, I understand you totally! I want to change mine too, I find them too straight and I don't like the stock angle they are now....

Dont let people tell you that you bought the wrong bike, you can make your own bike, your own kind of sport bike out of you katana for much cheaper than buying a GSX-R. I'm certainly not gonna buy a GSX-R just to get the riding position I want....

I used to want to get a GSX-R, but after seeing some kool kats here, I wanna set it and update it to the way I want it to be I yeah, my own unique and customised and affodable and cheap to insure...

So far I found this...

http://store.58cycle.com/product_p/123-clip-ons%20blk.htm

There is another one here in the pages

http://store.58cycle.com/category_s/93.htm

But I could not find them anymore...
Anyhow I think that's what we need.

[Black_peter]

Changing to 'bars off any of the bikes that have the same size forks is IMO a cheaper and better way to go. More of a real mod..
Also be aware that if you have a 750 once you remove the top plate holding the bars you expose the ugly lower plate.

[slamcool]

Changing to 'bars off any of the bikes that have the same size forks is IMO a cheaper and better way to go. More of a real mod..
Also be aware that if you have a 750 once you remove the top plate holding the bars you expose the ugly lower plate.

That sounds like a good option too, I would like to see that... Is that what was done on the Frankenkat, the bars seem so different...

[Black_peter]

That sounds like a good option too, I would like to see that... Is that what was done on the Frankenkat, the bars seem so different...

Frankenkat has a R1 front end.. Apples and oranges..

This is what CBR600F2 bars look like:

http://home.grandecom.net/~pyds/gallery_files/dash.jpg

[slamcool]

That sounds like a good option too, I would like to see that... Is that what was done on the Frankenkat, the bars seem so different...

Frankenkat has a R1 front end.. Apples and oranges..

This is what CBR600F2 bars look like:
http://home.grandecom.net/~pyds/gallery_files/dash.jpg

Hey this is nice, and so the top plate with the keyswitch hole was like bolt on from the CBR?

[Black_peter]

Hey this is nice, and so the top plate with the keyswitch hole was like bolt on from the CBR?

No the bars are from the CBR the top plate is from a Kat 600

[slamcool]

Hey this is nice, and so the top plate with the keyswitch hole was like bolt on from the CBR?

No the bars are from the CBR the top plate is from a Kat 600

By the way how does the ugly lower plate looks like... Any picture here? I would like to see it without to have to remove mine....