Handle Bars

[dreman]

I finally took my bike for a nice long decent ride on Saturday after the bike had been sitting in the garage for the past month. As I was going round one of the corners the was fu*king gravel on the road and the whole bike just slipped out from under me and right smack into a tree. My front fairing is smashed, the fairing stay is bent to shit. all left side original plastics are shit as well...... just one of them days......

after looking at the bike, i was considering going streetfighter. I wanna know how do you mount the handle bars on the triples. Do you drill holes in the triple to mount them or do you change the triple. I was thinking of using some sort of motorcross handle or something like that. If anyone here who has done it can point me in the right direction, I would greatly appreciate it.

thanks

[ragedigital]

Here is one way - the whole triple: http://www.spieglerusa.com/cfm/sbk.cfm

And another is to buy just the risers and bolt them on. I think Nate did that or maybe Spyder...

[sweekster]

The cheapest way is to drill the top triple clamp and then you can mount what ever risers and handle bars you want. I've seen a few people do this with no issues. If you don't want to do that then get them from another bike. The Yamaha XJ 600s Diversion (See Below-Known as the Seca II here in the US) used a very similar front end to the FZR and the top clamp was already set up for risers and handle bars. You find a top clamp from one of those and it should be a bolt on swap.

[ragedigital]

Good call on the Seca! I'd be willing to bet they used the same forks for many years.

[sweekster]

The forks weren't exactly the same. They had different front fenders and the Seca only had 1 front brake- which I would think that little short coming can be remedied by possible swapping the fork lowers with FZR ones. But both had 38mm forks and use the same stem.

[thatkid]

Here is one way - the whole triple: http://www.spieglerusa.com/cfm/sbk.cfm

And another is to buy just the risers and bolt them on. I think Nate did that or maybe Spyder...

I did it this way, but I made my risers. I can't afford to buy things.

[dreman]

thanks guys..... would love to buy the whole set but with the aussie dollar being the way it is i might have to look for the seca.

thanks again

[yamaha_george]

The forks weren't exactly the same. They had different front fenders and the Seca only had 1 front brake- which I would think that little short coming can be remedied by possible swapping the fork lowers with FZR ones. But both had 38mm forks and use the same stem.

Sweekster,
I seem to remember that I did a double caliper conversion on our Seca drag bike just drilled the wheel on the casting points that were there but not used & adding a disc.
As I said a LONG time ago so I could be wrong and our Model (west indies ) could have been from anywhere else in the world we had all sorts arrive including what was supposed to be Japanese only with the idiot speeding light

[TXFZR600]

Seca II top clamp is a direct bolt-on.

[foxeyepete]

Hi i see you used the seca/xj600 top yoke ,did you have to change any wiring/cables,brake hose as well cheers Peter

[yamaha_george]

Hi i see you used the seca/xj600 top yoke ,did you have to change any wiring/cables,brake hose as well cheers Peter

Pete,
I doubt it unless you made the bars real long .Your old clip ons were above the yoke at the very top of your fork legs if you see what I mean.

[ludikris]

I just bought a pro taper universal set of risers and a fat bar for $100....

the guy is on ebay but I called him directly and ordered them...

http://cgi.ebay.ca/02-2822-Pro-Taper-1- ... 194wt_1137

[yamaha_george]

I just bought a pro taper universal set of risers and a fat bar for $100....

the guy is on ebay but I called him directly and ordered them...

http://cgi.ebay.ca/02-2822-Pro-Taper-1- ... 194wt_1137

L,
1.125" bars, will the original switches & throttle action work on that size I was always under the impression that Yamaha (& most jap bikes) were smaller in diameter than that.

I would go and check mine but am still laid up in bed !

[DonTZ125]

7/8" is my understanding for just about every bike on the planet (except High Density - I mean, Hardly Ableson).

[delvryboy]

I believe the fat bars taper to 7/8 for the controls. As long as your riser fits the thicker bar, you should be fine.