so, here's the thing

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Dickiebig
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I tend to go with chip butties and tomato sauce, but then I do have low rise bars. However these days a low rise is better than no rise !!!
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so who lives closest to me with raised/vfr bars and dropped pegs? i'm in sunny west wales. this poxy revvy little cbr is doing my nut!
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you should have caught us 2 weeks ago when we had 4 storms in Rhayder for the welsh meet up.

2 had low rise renthal bar conversions
1 with VFR bars
1 with the old style Jota adjustable ace bars.

mine has renthals on it and I have adjustable rearsets in the lowest & most forward position [but these are not as low as the lowering kits that Richard has] . I am near worcester
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yes, its a pity i missed that. by renthals, do you mean trail type?
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haynesjones66 wrote: Thu Sep 24, 2020 3:50 pm yes, its a pity i missed that. by renthals, do you mean trail type?
The handlebars that Al (AMCQ46) and myself use are "Renthal Ultra Low" handlebars. You can see mine here:- viewtopic.php?f=31&t=41099&p=447870

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looks interesting so i might pm you after my boys have gone back to uni.

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AMCQ46 wrote: Thu Sep 24, 2020 11:37 am you should have caught us 2 weeks ago when we had 4 storms in Rhayder for the welsh meet up.

2 had low rise renthal bar conversions
1 with VFR bars
1 with the old style Jota adjustable ace bars.

mine has renthals on it and I have adjustable rearsets in the lowest & most forward position [but these are not as low as the lowering kits that Richard has] . I am near worcester
??? Mine has std bars on it... F2 innit.
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Taken the lowering kit off.
Couldn't get on the brake or gear change confidently.
Just have to endure the knee pain, but did 200 miles, with std. pegs and low bars, the other day and it was ok
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Wow, after all that trouble you went to to find and fit them. :(
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Richard wrote: Sat Sep 26, 2020 8:29 pm Taken the lowering kit off.
Couldn't get on the brake or gear change confidently.
Just have to endure the knee pain, but did 200 miles, with std. pegs and low bars, the other day and it was ok
That's a shame.
Sometimes you have to try certain things so you can make a decision, otherwise you keep wondering if,

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nigelrb wrote: Sat Sep 26, 2020 9:37 pm Wow, after all that trouble you went to to find and fit them. :(

TBH, it was a retativley cheap Chinese kit and no bother to fit and even less bother to take off 😂
But at least I could tell SWMBO I was working on the bike and hide in the garage 🙊🙊
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sirch345 wrote: Sun Sep 27, 2020 9:09 am
Sometimes you have to try certain things so you can make a decision, otherwise you keep wondering if,
Keep trying to convince my wife of that very point!! :lol: :lol:
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