Below triple clip-ons

[He Man]

or something crazy.

that sounds about right.


im trying to put a HID projector into my bucket.

[avizpls]

hahahahaha, looks great and i'm gonna take that and run with it.  thx.

let me know what you come up with

[uglyducky]

let me know what you come up with

will do. 

[TrevOwnz]

I've heard that Duc brakes are soft compared to Inlines and when you put triple clamps on when you brake hard all of your weight goes to your wrist and arms. For me I have weak wrist due to a break and would be bad for me. I don't know personally this is what others told me when I asked.

[xcaptainxbloodx]

you should never be putting weight on your wrists or arms. ESPECIALLY under braking.  grip the tank with your knees and keep the weight OFF the arms.

[TrevOwnz]

you should never be putting weight on your wrists or arms. ESPECIALLY under braking.  grip the tank with your knees and keep the weight OFF the arms.

I wasn't posting from personal experience. I know your legs and knees do the work on a track but when you think about it the lower the bars are the more your bent over or on your wrist even if your not holding up your weight you still will have more pressure on it if you do triple clamps. I mean I had a inline and my back hurt after a hours ride and now with the Duc it's not half as bad.

[xcaptainxbloodx]

first off, triple clamps wont change your stance at all (unless theyre raked but thats really not an issue with our bikes, its a chopper thing)

I assume you mean clip ons or perhaps specifying below the triple clip ons. assumptions made I stand by my previous statement, you never put weight on your hands or wrists, ever.  alright, maybe not ever, around town in traffic when your thighs start burning and stance doesnt really mean a damn then yeah, lean away.

But much of that discomfort is due to poorly set up lever ergonomics. The book  "total control" has a decent chapter on this .

the bigger issue with clip ons (when using proper riding technique) is the hunchback stance it puts you in. This is why many people say you cant ride on them all day. clip ons should hurt your back, not your wrists.

the claim that duc brakes are soft and somehow that means you would transfer weight to your wrists is confusing me. duc brakes are decent to good to amazing depending on the bike and any front brake is going to want to shift your weight forward.  Its up to you to make sure that weight stays off your arms and instead gets directed through your knees to the tank.  allowing it into your arms shifts weight to the front end (and its smaller contact patch) and will cause you to wreck in any number of horrid ways.

[TrevOwnz]

What I meant by soft breaks is when you brake hard the absorb a lot more than my 636 did. I understand what you mean about not putting weight on your wrist and I did agree with you so there isn't any need to try and prove me wrong I was just saying what someone told me.