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Re: Savage \ S40 with Clip ons
Reply #15 -
01/23/11 at 06:06:28
Sure, if someone already wants to change out the controls and switches, 7/8" bars make perfect sense. I'm just trying to help those who might not have considered the implications of going to 7/8" bars.
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10/02/15 at 21:17:33
old bike barn link is DEAD
clip-ons for 1" handle bars and 38mm forks are impossible to find, except thru RYCA.
Would like to find an alternative source for these.
ANYONE?
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10/03/15 at 03:16:03
It is not hard to find 38mm clip ons and 1" bars - but you do have to buy quality stuff and won't find it in the cheap section in eBay.
You buy the clip ons in 38mm, and pay $ 20 extra to get them with 1" bars......easy-peasy.
https://www.woodcraft-cfm.com/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?preadd=action&key=12-01
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10/03/15 at 09:06:32
Hi Dave,
Thanks for the link. 1/8" more metal = $20 extra ??? Most clip-ons aren't that expensive. I can't justify the "extra" cost for 1" bars.
Vendors and manufacturers are basically forcing us to convert to 7/8" so we have to change out all the other stuff as well, generates more revenue for them. How convenient that they "also" offer all the stuff for a "complete" conversion to 7/8".
Although I wasn't referencing ebay, I did check there after trying other sources first. The ONLY place I could find was RYCA.
I'm probably going the clubman route to save the $$$ for GASOLINE.
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Reply #19 -
10/03/15 at 18:08:48
(They don't hate you just because you have a bike that uses 1" handlebars).
It is a supply and demand thing.....most bikes that use clip-ons use 7/8" bars and have been for 50 years. They make a lot of them in the 7/8" size and can spread the cost of setting up their tooling over a large quantity.
The 1" bars are Harley and Cruiser style....they really don't sell a bunch of them, and the folks that want 1" clip-ons is pretty limited. The sellers have to spread their tooling costs over a low production run, and it adds cost of each piece.
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10/03/15 at 20:47:33
the problem I have Dave, is 38mm CNC 7/8" bars run $30-50. Even 39mm CNC 1" bars for HD run the same price. But RYCA, the ONLY supplier I have found besides the Woodcraft you linked, want $150-175 a set for 38mm, 1" bars.
*just an observation - possibly a simple swap if we look at these bars and their components parts, how they couple/mate to each other. Just take the 1" bar clamps and mount them to the 38mm tube clamps. The pieces mate up using the same bolt patterns.
I may go that route, 38mm 7/8" set and a 39mm 1" set from the same vendor and save
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Reply #21 -
10/05/15 at 07:46:54
I ran clubmans for about 3 weeks. Didn't like the hand placement and went ahead and got clip ons. For what you pay for clubman ($20 off ebay) it's worth the purchase to see if you like the riding position which was what it did for me. You just get better adjustability with clip ons. I ended up about an inch lower with alot more pull back angle once I put the clip ons on the bike. Before I ordered the clip ons I was gonna fab up a drag bar style setup with the risers flipped under the triple tree and see if I liked that. Ended up getting a set of clip ons for a good price from Casey so I scrubbed that idea
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Reply #22 -
10/05/15 at 07:54:28
@DesertRat
I thought about going the same route. Picking up a set of 7/8 clip ons for 38mm forks and just sleeving the bars up to 1" wouldn't be all that difficult. And it would save you a boatload of money!
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Reply #23 -
10/05/15 at 07:56:04
You bring up a good point......you have very little adjustment with the Clubman bars.
Even with clip ons...sometimes they just aren't comfortable. After having the clip-ons for 2 years, I just felt the angle wasn't right and I had too much pressure on my palm hand between my thumb and index finger...if I wanted that pressure to go away I had to lean way forward and shove my elbows out.
I got some 7/8" steel tubing and welded in a 4 degree angle...so I could lift the outside of the bars up a bit - it helped a bunch and the bike now fits me a lot better and my hands don't get as tired.
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10/05/15 at 17:39:13
Hey Dave,
Do you have a picture of that setup (7/8" steel tubing and welded in a 4 degree angle). I can weld, and that may be another possibility.
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10/05/15 at 18:13:21
Not sure what the picture would show.....a 4 degree angle doesn't look like much. It looked just like a clip-on handle with one end slightly bent.
Take an 18" long piece of 7/8" tubing, cut a 2 degree angle slice....then rotate one side 180 degrees and weld the tubing back together to make a 4 degree bend, and grind smooth. The weld was just far enough from the end to allow the short end to fit in the clip-on bracket.
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10/05/15 at 20:52:43
you swapped all your controls out for 7/8" right?
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Reply #27 -
10/06/15 at 02:52:50
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on 10/05/15 at 20:52:43:
you swapped all your controls out for 7/8" right?
Yes. The 7/8" controls are much smaller and less "cruiser" looking, and look more proper on a Cafe' bike.
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