1100 EVO Handlebar Swap?

Started by El-Twin, August 27, 2013, 08:48:35 AM

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Curmudgeon

Sometime between 2011 and 2012 Ducati fitted the 796 riser to the EVO. You might already have it but you'll need to compare if you can't see from the snap I posted.

Thought you were still working? You can't be THAT old!  [roll] Bear in mind, I'm very high-mileage...
2011 796 ABS "Pantah" - Rizoma Bar, 14T, Tech Spec, Ohlins DU-737, Evaps removed, Sargent Seat, Pantah skins

El-Twin

Quote from: Curmudgeon on August 28, 2013, 11:20:41 AM
Sometime between 2011 and 2012 Ducati fitted the 796 riser to the EVO. You might already have it but you'll need to compare if you can't see from the snap I posted.

Thought you were still working? You can't be THAT old!  [roll] Bear in mind, I'm very high-mileage...

I will compare risers down at the shop and get the tallest one.

And I am still working, but I'm getting to the point of just playing the game. So yes, I am that old.  :o
1961 Honda 50
1962 Mustang Thoroughbred
1972 Honda CB500 Four
2012 1100 evo

If I ever find myself on a winding road, holding up a line of cars with a motorcycle, I will carry the shame to my grave.   -PETER EGAN

Curmudgeon

Quote from: El-Twin on August 28, 2013, 11:17:38 AM
Thanks Jeff. Yes, it's the MA005 that I'm looking at because it has a 20 mm lower bend than the MA008, and 2 degrees more sweep-back (if I'm understanding this correctly).
Pity Rizoma doesn't give you a comparison with stock "New Monster" too but I suppose they don't merely sell to us. The stock bar is pretty straight though. Not sure whether you can feel those extra 2 degrees of sweep but I KNOW you can feel the difference in rise.

BTW, the wrist angle is quite natural on mine and I didn't hear any complaints from my son who's 6' 3" and has bad wrists when he rode it 80+ miles one afternoon. If there had been the "slightest" issue..., I'd have heard...  ;D Shy he ain't...
2011 796 ABS "Pantah" - Rizoma Bar, 14T, Tech Spec, Ohlins DU-737, Evaps removed, Sargent Seat, Pantah skins

El-Twin

Quote from: Curmudgeon on August 28, 2013, 11:36:07 AM
Pity Rizoma doesn't give you a comparison with stock "New Monster" too but I suppose they don't merely sell to us. The stock bar is pretty straight though.

This is why the pictures that you and others post up are so helpful. And the stock bar is definitely quite straight. Feels good at first but after a while, not so much. At least for those of us higher up on the antique scale.  :)
1961 Honda 50
1962 Mustang Thoroughbred
1972 Honda CB500 Four
2012 1100 evo

If I ever find myself on a winding road, holding up a line of cars with a motorcycle, I will carry the shame to my grave.   -PETER EGAN