iggsz! wrote:Hi all, just bought a standard'ish 2001 vtr by accident on Ebay (bit drunk…clickety click).
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First impressions are it goes like stonk and pulls in third like it does in first (been on a vfr for a few years so use to smooth power) however I cant get used to the riding position yet.
Has anyone tried handlebar risers to make the position a bit more upright?
Cheers
Yep, I've got the handlebar risers on mine and for me they make the riding position a lot more comfortable. The only thing I found was that I had to fit a braided clutch cable (I was going to anyway, but fitting the risers forced me to do it). They will fit (just) with the standard clutch cable, but does put a bit of a strain on it. No problem with handlebars hitting either the fairing or the tank (although some others seem to have had that problem).
Personally would throughly recommend them, as I was on the point of selling my VTR due to the uncomfortable riding position (for me) putting too much strain on my wrists.
Oh one other mod which helps, but is purely your choice - fit a double bubble screen, given you are a bit higher (about 19mm) it helps with the wind.
The ones I fitted were these (ebay item no: 130420922113). had to file a couple of small flats on the screws where they fit into the top yoke to get a real snug fit which only took a couple of mins