CycleCat Clip Ons

[Dirty Duc]

i guess it also depends on your riding style, where you ride, and why you are riding. ive already had 2 tank slappers, 1 almost throwing me off the Manhattan bridge. Its just a comuting bike.

Fair enough. 

I certainly feel like a hooligan, and I often ride on less than smooth roads that want to have potholes when they grow up... I commute, and ride for fun. 

It does like to do the shakey-shake across the bumps, potholes, and stupid paint strips.  Literally, I just let it figure out that it wants to go in the same direction I do.

On the other hand, it is my first bike.  I spent an hour or so on an 848 and I thought it felt pretty wooden at sane street speeds.  Like suzy says, YMMV.

[He Man]

wooden? Ive ridden the 1098, and that thing is on rails while the monster is all over the place. i cant stay under the speed limit on the 1098!

[Dirty Duc]

wooden? Ive ridden the 1098, and that thing is on rails while the monster is all over the place. i cant stay under the speed limit on the 1098!

Yeah... that's kind of what I meant.  At speeds in the same county as the speed limit, those bikes are boring.  At severely anti-social speeds... different story.  My license and wallet really don't need that kind of speeding ticket, and I am not good enough to recover at those kinds of speeds on the roads I ride (that also sometimes have dirt, gravel, and rocks strewn about for no good reason).  Besides, the 848 tried to cook me.  I don't like all that fairing spilling hot air onto me at speeds less than 90 in weather warmer than 60.

But we are no longer talking about CycleCat clip-ons... 

[The ModFather]

Just to clarify and get back to the original thread. Going from handlebars to clip-ons would in no way induce a tank slapper. Correct? Not to mention my bike is a 620 which doesnt seem to have the power for a tank slapper.

[He Man]

I can live with the heat if i knew that the bike would be a sport bike only, but i rarely ever actually get a chance to ride sport , so i have to settle for shitting my pants mid corner as the bike is dancing all over the place ( in comparision to a 1098)

you dont need power to cause a tank slapper, it could just be a bad road, bad technique, or just applying the brakes at the wrong time.

and no, going to clip ons would put more weight in the front, causing a less chance for a tank slapper.

The issue with lowering the front is that you are changing the geometry.

[manwithgun]

The clip-ons themselves will not induce a slapper. They will promote a more forward weight bias which does affect a bikes handling characteristics...    and that leads to a properly sprung front end (both ends, actually) being that much more critical. 

[ducrider45]

I installed a set of 3" riser CycleCat clip-ons on a 02 620. It lowered the hand position by about an inch and it move forward by an inch or so. They look great!