hi bars

tony.wilde1 · Post by **tony.wilde1** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 4:27 pm

http://www.abercon.co.uk/vtr1000/gallery/704.jpg
http://www.abercon.co.uk/vtr1000/gallery/vtr2.jpg

couple of pics of me vtr with renthals on..had to trim a bit off fairing but not that much!!sorted!!

Post by **kevg** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 4:47 pm

looks pretty smart mate.
how much did it end up costing you in total?

tony.wilde1 · Post by **tony.wilde1** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 11:20 pm

it cost 84 quid for everything mate...but thats with cadmium brake lines.9.99 each.got th ewhole lot from busters!!ok mate?cheers

Leepy · Post by **Leepy** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 11:40 pm

Can you still adjust the front suspension easily or do the bars get in the way?

Looks smart..

tony.wilde1 · Post by **tony.wilde1** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 6:43 am

yes mate!!nothing is in the way of the adjusters because i bought "angled"risersthye angle back away from the forks.ok?

cheers.

a pic here mate.bit blurry but you can see the forks.

http://www.abercon.co.uk/vtr1000/gallery/bar%20view.jpg

Max · Post by **Max** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 7:53 am

That looks a tidy job tony, how much higher do you reckon the bars are than std ??

Max

tony.wilde1 · Post by **tony.wilde1** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 11:15 am

im guessing here but i think about 4"..also that amount further back.but th eway th ewires are situated the only one i had to add 2"to was the horn wires.all the others reach even the clutch hose!!just had to get 2"longer brake hoses.ive got the bits i trimmed off the fairing too..ill try and get a pic of them so you can see how much to cut off if you or anyone go ahead and do what ive done.cheers!

mercury · Post by **mercury** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 11:03 pm

That looks a nice job tony have you had a test ride

hope you pleased as i am

tony.wilde1 · Post by **tony.wilde1** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 7:11 am

yes mate i ridden it a bit this week.its a night and day difference.no wrist ache and two up is much better too.best move i made doing the conversion .it was either make it comfortable or out it.cheers mate.

iggy1966 · Post by **iggy1966** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 8:00 am

Looks like the next job I'll be doing on my storm, can't stick the lack of comfort much longer.

tony.wilde1 · Post by **tony.wilde1** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 11:03 am

just do it mate..i did have reservations about it at first but its worth doing.

cheers mate.

Fireman on a Storm · Post by **Fireman on a Storm** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 5:05 pm

Today I road to Tony's house, played on his storm with the Rethnals fitted for about 10 mins. What a great riding position.
I had better start counting my penies.

People often like a second oppinion before they do somthing. Well mine is 'all the fun of a storm, but with comfort'

Thanks Tony for letting me have a play>

vtrsteve · Post by **vtrsteve** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 9:19 pm

Looks like choice of bars has a big bearing on how much you need to chop the fairing. I had to cut mine right up to the mirror mounting holes to clear my mx renthals.

Picked up a bellypan today so stage two starts this week where we add some colour to the beast! A healthy dose of bright yellow should do the trick.

Fireman on a Storm · Post by **Fireman on a Storm** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 9:40 pm

I think Tony's bike had the Ultra Low Rethnals

tony.wilde1 · Post by **tony.wilde1** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 11:15 pm

no probs paul.glad to help out.cheers mate for the positive feedback

makes it all worthwhile!

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