Took the plunge

[Drew Blanchard]

I'm curious about the bend/angle of the ZRX bars.  Right now, the
sweep/angle of the stock bars fits the relative lack of range of motion in
my throttle hand and arm; I've had a titanium radius and ulna since I was
18 (to be old and wise, one must first be young and stupid).  Bars which
are flat or horizontal (like on my first mountain bike) become extremely
uncomfortable in a short amount of time.  I fear the ZRX bars are a bit too
much like old-school supersport bars; the stock clipons have a nice angle
(for me) between the bar and the triple clamp.

Still, though, the idea of sitting a bit more upright and relaxed has a lot
of appeal.  Means getting new steel braided lines though, since the current
steel lines are pretty tight.  But the angle's gotta be *just right*.

Drew in VT
(doing a strange Goldilocks impression)

On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Charles Scappaticci <scapco at ecentral.com>wrote:

> John,
>
> Depending on your age and how much you can bend over the GenMars might be
> great or not enough.  The ZRX bars come up about 2 inches and back about 2
> 1/2 inches.  Being Kawasaki bars, they already have the nuts in the ends
> for the bar weights and the proper holes for the switch assemblies to fit
> into.  The LSL's are a bit too wide for my tastes and don't have the nuts
> in the ends or the correct holes for the controls.  The ZRX bars are also a
> little different bend, and for me more comfortable.   It's a really sweet
> setup for long distances. YMMV.
>
> Charles S.
>
> On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 7:57 AM, John Soliday <johnsoliday at msn.com> wrote:
>
> > Haven't seen any pics, but why is the ZRX bar so much better?  I've got
> > GenMar bar risers on mine and it's the best comfort bike in my stable.  I
> > thought the LSL bars were the cat's meow back awhile.
> >
> > John
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: gpzlist-bounces at micapeak.com [mailto:gpzlist-bounces at micapeak.com]
> > On Behalf Of dominatr37
> > Sent: Monday, October 08, 2012 9:34 PM
> > To: John Soliday
> > Subject: Took the plunge
> >
> > Charles, I ordered the ZRX1200 bar the other day from Chaparral. They had
> > the best price ($72.70) and I ordered a disk lock so I got the free
> > shipping because it all came to over a hundred. So I’m thinking I should
> > have it by next week. Shouldn’t be a big deal at all to swap out the LSL
> > bar for this one. It’ll give me something to do at least.
> >
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