Clip ons

[du mass]

Heb ev1 looking to put some clip ons on my 05 s2r800 ne1 ever here of psr? Or what would u recommend? Thanks 2 post down 98 more to go so I get my underground invite.

[SacDuc]

Raise up the fork tubes and mount Vortex clips on over the triple. Replacement bars are cheap.

By the way, ducpainter is about to move this thread to Accessories & Mods.

Shame on you.   


sac

[Slide Panda]

Sac, you managed to understand that? Man...

[Pedro-bot]

Welcome.

How did you send a text message directly to the board?

[xcaptainxbloodx]

1. search. there are tons of options and most have been covered before.
2. speak with words rather than abbreviations.

[du mass]

ty i mean thank you  4 oops for the advise i will use the search next time by bad i couldnt find anything for psr.

[Monsterlover]

+1 to all of the above.

All I can add to this is PicardPalm

[Spidey]

Wow.

[SacDuc]

Sac, you managed to understand that? Man...

Dude, I just spent 3 days in a car with Bacon Junkie. We slept 4 hours per night. After the amount of ridiculous bullshit we talked I can understand 53 different dialects of stupid.

sac

[booger]

Don't just 'raise up the fork tubes and mount Vortex clips on over the triple'. Changing the front end geometry like that will make it twitchy. Then you'll have headshake and tankslappers to worry about. The bike needs some trail after all.

[booger]

Heb ev1 looking to put some clip ons on my 05 s2r800 ne1 ever here of psr? Or what would u recommend? Thanks 2 post down 98 more to go so I get my underground invite.

Hey Mushmouth! Whey U bin all theez yeerz, wheyda rest uv tha Kosbee kidz @

[SacDuc]

Don't just 'raise up the fork tubes and mount Vortex clips on over the triple'. Changing the front end geometry like that will make it twitchy. Then you'll have headshake and tankslappers to worry about. The bike needs some trail after all.

That's being paranoid. The new model of Vortex clip-ons would only require you to lower the triple an inch or so to mount them above. This will not make a monster "twitchy." It will make it tip into turns nice and quick though. If an inch change in the geometry of a bike made motorcycles significantly more prone to tank slappers manufacturers wouldn't make the things adjustable at all. I would bet most of the folks on this board jacked up the rear from stock. Yet we are not bombarded with tank slapper threads every day.

sac

[Slide Panda]

After the amount of ridiculous bullshit we talked I can understand 53 different dialects of stupid.

Ahhh, yes. You are a wordsmith.  That's funny

[The Bacon Junkie]

Dude, I just spent 3 days in a car with Bacon Junkie. We slept 4 hours per night. After the amount of ridiculous bullshit we talked I can understand 53 different dialects of stupid.

sac

Well, on second thought... you're probably right. 

On my old monster I jacked up the rear end about 1 1/4 inches, pushed the forks up in the triples about 20mm AND mounted the clip-ons UNDER the triple.  Never had any issues with stability, but the extra weight on the front end made her actually handle great!

Easier tip-in going into corners, I was able to hang off easier, carry more corner speed, and got great feedback from the front end...   

Unless you're riding at 10/10ths, you shouldn't have to worry about a tankslapper too much...

[Cloner]

On my old monster I jacked up the rear end about 1 1/4 inches, pushed the forks up in the triples about 20mm AND mounted the clip-ons UNDER the triple.  Never had any issues with stability, but the extra weight on the front end made her actually handle great!

Easier tip-in going into corners, I was able to hang off easier, carry more corner speed, and got great feedback from the front end...   

Unless you're riding at 10/10ths, you shouldn't have to worry about a tankslapper too much...

Funny....I made virtually the same modifications to my Supersport (though it came with clip ons under the top triple, but I mean the geometry changes) and it made an ill steering bike into a rider's dream.  The only times I've had it do anything "funny" out front is when I get hamfisted with the throttle in lower gears whilst leaned in.  I just don't get hamfisted anymore and I have no problems.   

19mm down in front (OK....3/4") and 25mm up in back (or an inch up if you're into Imperial units).  I have also on occasion changed to a 180/55 rear tire from the stock 170/60, but I can't tell any difference in the front with the tire swap.  In theory this should drop the rear 3mm, but I can't feel it.