Hey Roberto, I did see some floorboards on an Ambo on Ebay recently. It was a bike in California, it was a bike with a blue or black tank and primer black was on the rest of the bike. It had slash cut silencers. Maybe you saw it. It looked cool with the floorboards for some reason. Hey, how difficult is it to install floorboards on an Ambo that has just pegs?? bob ----- Original Message ----- From: <alp-@insightbb.com> To: <Loopfram-@topica.com> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 5:19 PM Subject: Re: Handlebar question
I can not understand why so many people say they do not like floorboards.
I
have ridden a cal II with boards since 1990 and love them ..I think my
1999
EV had floorboards and they were Great..My Loops have pegs and I like
them
too...but the boards are very comfortable. The Police Eldo has boards and its Great too... Give Floorboards a good try and then make up your mind.. : ) Roberto.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Field" <gre-@cwizard.com> To: <Loopfram-@topica.com> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 12:16 AM Subject: Re: Handlebar question
I think the boards are far more comfortable, but everyone's different.
GF
On Wednesday, July 9, 2003, at 07:51 PM, Rex Clark wrote:
Thanks Ted,
It is beginning to look like the police floorboard setup is not conducive to long rides. That maybe something to take a long look at. Thanks again.
Rex
Rex I have your setup but minus the floor boards. I found the boards put your feet to far forward. I am 6 foot 2 inch tall, same bars, national shield, stock seat`. Standard foot pegs work good with the longer original seat. I have put long days in the saddle with a bad back! with this setup. TED
----- Original Message ----- From: "Rex Clark" <rccla-@comcast.net> To: <Loopfram-@topica.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 6:18 AM Subject: Re: Handlebar question
HI Mike,
With my inseam length, my seat and the floorboards I am pretty much locked into an upright position. I do have a National Cycle windshield
which
works
great. My handlebar is what Moto Guzzi Classics calls a "special" bar as opposed to the police or civilian bar. I think you are absolutely correct.
I
need a bar that is higher and more rearward than the one I have at
present.
Also my seat was rebuilt by Rich Maund on a stock pan. I asked Rich if we could put a backrest on it and he said no because of the way the pan is
made.
Thanks for your help. Any further suggestions would be welcomed.
Rex
Hi Rex, Charlie's right....most long distance riders find it more comfortable to have a slight lean forward...it does take pressure off
the
back. If you want a upright position you'll want good wind protection,
a
back rest and handlebars that require no reach. Good luck.
EldoMike
----- Original Message ----- From: "Rex Clark" <rccla-@comcast.net> To: <Loopfram-@topica.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 10:01 PM Subject: RE: Handlebar question
>Hi Charlie,
Thanks for your reply. Now I'm not sure which bars I have. I have only
had
>this bike for a few months and have never really seen another one, but
a s
you >state it seems that your hands are at an odd angle. I have a 1972 California >model which as I understand it is basically a police bike with chrome fenders. >Therefore it has floorboards instead of pegs, the Harley style
kicklstand
and >the side mounted ignition switch and no tachometer, just the
single
mounted >speedometer. I take it from that that I also have the police style handlebars. >Therefore with the slightly higher seat my hands are only about three inches >above my knees. I noticed today while riding my GL1100 that my hands
are a
>good 8-10 inches above my knees and that I don't have to lean as far forward >to hold onto the bars. I thought maybe that there might be some kind
of
risers >or a different handlebar that wouldn't look too wierd and still bring
my
hands >up and/or back a few inches. Bruce Giller (on the list) sent me an
e-mail
>today and said that I had described his problem almost perfectly and
he
was >also trying to arrive at a solution. Thanks again. All ideas or
comments
are >gratefully accepted.
Rex > 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 >> >> >> >> > >