New Suburban Machinery bars

Started by Privateer, June 25, 2010, 10:01:38 PM

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Privateer

After two delivery attempts by Fed Ex, I got my bars today and put them on tonight.

Suburban Machinery M1 bars:

Before:



After:


2nd picture is a little dark but I'm tired and didn't feel like taking another one.


Forgot to say a couple things

1- forgot to say I took this opportunity to clean up the controls a little with my new mirrors and clean up the gaps between the grips and the bar ends.  Thus, I ground off the nubs on the throttle and switches to accomodate different mounting locations.

2- the pre-drilled holes in the SM bar are frigging useless.  I'm not sure what template they use to drill those but I think they've got it wrong.  That, or the controls on 2004 620's are far different than any bike that uses an M1 handlebar.
My fast lap is your sighting lap.

DucatiTorrey

above "from seat" pictures please [popcorn]
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Privateer

Quote from: DucatiTorrey on June 26, 2010, 03:21:24 PM
above "from seat" pictures please [popcorn]

do you mean pics from the rear, or me sitting on the saddle and taking a picture of the controls?
My fast lap is your sighting lap.

Kopfjager

Quote from: Privateer on June 26, 2010, 06:00:15 PM
  sitting on the saddle and taking a picture of the controls?

That would work.
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Privateer

Quote from: kopfjäger on June 26, 2010, 06:01:55 PM
That would work.

click the thumbnails for full size:





the second one I tilted so I could fill the picture with the controls and still be at my head position.  Note, these were taken just sitting on the saddle, not in a riding position.


hope that helps.
My fast lap is your sighting lap.

seevtsaab

So what did you accomplish?

Slightly more forward, more sweptback, both?

Privateer

Quote from: seevtsaab on June 27, 2010, 01:12:19 AM
So what did you accomplish?

Slightly more forward, more sweptback, both?

the biggest difference I noticed was the downward angle of the grips is much more comfortable for me.  It wasn't a huge change as you can see, but it was enough for me to immediately notice.

Obviously they're lower, from the picture.  But I was mostly looking for a more comfortable position.  I don't know if it's the angle or the sweep or the height or a combination of all three, but it works for me. 

I bought them kind of blindly and wasn't sure how it would turn out.
My fast lap is your sighting lap.

booger

I'm considering bars like that as well. If you don't mind my asking, how much clearance do you have over your fork adjusters? How far do your fork adjusters protrude over the top triple? I'm considering an SBK fork conversion. I don't really want clipons, I want the SM bars. They just look more trick to me. However with the SBK forks, to achieve the correct geometry I will have quite a bit of protrusion above the top triple, and I'm just trying to figure out if I'll have the clearance or not.
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Privateer

Quote from: bergdoerfer on June 27, 2010, 08:38:46 AM
I'm considering bars like that as well. If you don't mind my asking, how much clearance do you have over your fork adjusters? How far do your fork adjusters protrude over the top triple? I'm considering an SBK fork conversion. I don't really want clipons, I want the SM bars. They just look more trick to me. However with the SBK forks, to achieve the correct geometry I will have quite a bit of protrusion above the top triple, and I'm just trying to figure out if I'll have the clearance or not.

I thought I posted these but maybe not

click for full size



My fast lap is your sighting lap.

suzyj

Quote from: bergdoerfer on June 27, 2010, 08:38:46 AM
I'm considering bars like that as well. If you don't mind my asking, how much clearance do you have over your fork adjusters? How far do your fork adjusters protrude over the top triple? I'm considering an SBK fork conversion. I don't really want clipons, I want the SM bars. They just look more trick to me. However with the SBK forks, to achieve the correct geometry I will have quite a bit of protrusion above the top triple, and I'm just trying to figure out if I'll have the clearance or not.

I've discounted the suburban machinery bars as a non-starter for my 998 sbk fork conversion.  While they'll clear the preload adjuster (just), there's no way they'll clear the main body of the fork, which is 23mm longer than my stock forks.  So I'd have to either drop the forks through the triples 15+mm to get it all to clear, or else run the suburban machinery bars on bar risers, which sorta defeats the purpose.


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suzyj

Actually, looking at this photo, maybe it could (just) work...



Privateer, could you estimate how much you could drop your triples down the forks before they hit the bars?


2007 Monster 695 with a few mods.
2013 Piaggio Typhoon 50 2 stroke speed demon.

booger

#11
One thing I've noticed is the stock S2R800 top triple I just acquired does not have a flat top surface. It dips down to either side of the steering nut. I believe this will just keep me from having to buy clipons. I will likely be tight but doable. However I may be very wrong on this.



Doh I am wrong, the triple on the bike is the same, lowers to either side of the steering nut. However, the risers on the Magura bar triple look nominally higher than the Dark triple that's on there right now. Hopefully this will work to my advantage.
Everybody got a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth - Mike Tyson

2001 M900Sie - sold
2006 S2R1000 - sold
2008 HM1100S - sold
2004 998 FE - $old
2007 S4RT
2007 Vespa LX50 aka "Slowey"
2008 BMW R1200 GSA