Subject: RE: Handlebar question
Author: Ambo-@netscape.net
Date: Jul 8, 2003, 6:15 PM
Post ID: 1713689840
Hi Rex,
I never liked the police bars, they seemed to put my hands at an unnatural angle. Of course, they were on peg equipped bikes and not board ones.
For the first five years I had my '69 Ambo, it had GS1000 Suzuki bars on it that the original owner had installed. With those bars I got lots of wind noise from the police fairing and my back (especially the tailbone) got sore on extended rides. A crash on my SP in '85 resulted in a badly sprained but otherwise undamaged back, but it still bothers me from time to time. I switched back to the stock "civilian" bars and I'm now down out of the wind and my back no longer bothers me. More weight is now bore by my thighs and the lean forward helps keep my back curvature more correct. The Ambo also seems a lot more sporty (if Ambo and sporty can be used in the same sentence!:-)) kind of like an SPs grandpa.
It could be a switch to the civilian bars may help you as well - hope so! Cheers,
Charlie
Rex Clark <rccla-@comcast.net> wrote:
| Hi everybody, I have a '72 Eldorado California with footboards and police bars (at least I believe they are the original style bars) I am 6'3" with a 34" inseam and had Rich Maund build a seat to accomodate my size (the original foam was pretty well gone anyway) After riding a short time my back is hurting pretty badly. I have a 1981 Honda GL1100 with a backrest I can ride all day (400 miles or so) with no problem at all. My question is this. The handlebars on the Guzzi only bring my hands up to about 3 inches higher than my knees but on the Honda the bars are much higher in relation to the rest of my body. It seems to me that my backache might be at least partially caused by the much lower position of the handlebars. Of course part of the problem is that I'm 56 years old and had some disc damage sustained in an auto accident a few years ago. And the backrest on the Honda helps a lot also. But I'm just trying to help the situation as best I can. I wonder if anyone an opinion or suggestions on things to try. I wuold like to ride to some rallies but right now would probably have to take the Honda:-( Thanks in advance. Rex Clark |
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