Handlebars- adapting ZG/GTR bars

[Art Johnson]

Good excuse to go SS brake hoses, and ditch the splitter.

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> On May 7, 2018, at 7:26 PM, Charles Scappaticci <scapco at ecentral.com> wrote:
> 
> Bill,
> 
> I have had a LSL bar conversion on mine for many years, topped off with a
> set of ZRX1200 handlebars.  I also couldn't take the bent over position and
> weight on my wrists.  This setup has been heaven for me for a long time and
> brings the bars up over 2 inches and back about 2 1/2.  I remember talk
> about the Connie bars, but it has been a very long time.  I think you have
> to replace the front brake hose down to the splitter with the Connie hose
> for it to work.  Maybe others on the list remember more than I do about
> that conversion.
> 
> Charles S.
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, May 7, 2018 at 6:48 PM, William P. Zeller <
> cherryriver at cherryriver.com> wrote:
> 
>> While it seems odd to the point of silly at this very late remove, I am
>> wanting to snatch the complete handlebar setup I've had on my GPZ since
>> very nearly day one: a Storz adapter taken from my previous ZG1000 (GTR)
>> along with the superlative Heli Multi Tour Sport handlebars.
>> 
>> The comfort level possible with this outfit is astonishing, not to mention
>> the many happy hours of geekily tinkering with the infinite adjustments
>> possible.  I really needed this, too:  The stock bars were cruel to my poor
>> neck, damaged in '85 when I fell through a roof structure I was building
>> while neglecting to tuck in my chin as I passed through my beautiful new
>> rafters at a shockingly high speed.  Disc damage has been with me ever
>> since, and leaning forward in the sportbike manner is rewarded with days of
>> neck pain from having to hold the noggin up and bending the neck to do so.
>> 
>> (My days as a carpenter were also compromised by this- looking upwards for
>> a day to, say, nail up ceiling crown moldings or constructing a kitchen
>> soffit was agony not always mollified by the paycheck to come.)
>> 
>> However, things change and I've given thought to plopping on a set of
>> Concours bars for a cheap, fast replacement.  I just can't recall the
>> conventional wisdom of this kind of transplant. Remains there anyone here
>> who either tried it or can remember someone else's results?  Connie bars
>> are cheap on Ebay nowadays but even so I hate to waste even that if it's
>> going to result in windshield contact to any extreme.
>> 
>> Thank you in advance.
>> 
>> Bill Zeller
>> 
>> Lemont, IL,
>> And my Pearl-Greenish Black '96 sporting 101K on the clock.
>> 
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