ConvertiBARs for Street Trip or Daytona 675

[zaner30]

I am planning to purchase a Street Triple R at some point in the fairly near future, but I'm not a big fan of straight handle bars on sportbikes (for those of you who cry heresy, "factory streetfighter" is an oxymoron to begin with, and I'm more or a cafe racer kind of guy anyway) and I like the above the top triple clamp position of the clip-ons on my Speed 4.

The Daytona 675 clip-ons would be a fairly straight forward swap, but are too low for what I am looking for. The only aftermarket 675 clip-ons that have the kind of adjustably I'm looking for are ConvertiBARs, but they do not (maybe yet) have a specific kit for the 675 or Street Trip and offer up only a universal kit that they make no claims as to functionality, but with a 40% rebate if you figure it out yourself and pass on the info to them. My question is if anyone has tried to, or is thinking about doing this? I would think the main issue would be the length of the lines, which would have excess, if anything, given the stock height of the handlebar. I'll be inquiring over in the Daytona forum as well....

Thanks in advance for any words of wisdom!

Zane

[Ken M1]

If you don't like the upright bars of the Street, and the Daytona's are too low.... perhaps consider "straight bars". Also known as "drag bars". These are straight across (no rise, no drop) and come in choices of sweep. I'm not sure, but sounds like the position you are considering. That would be a simple, clean bar swap without all the "clip on" conversion stuff.
I believe Renthal , LSL (speigler), and numerous others offer these as many "streetfighter" riders like the feel you are after.
It would be much simpler and worth a look.

[TripleThreat]

You might take a look at Helibars. I know several guys have made that mod and I don't think they had to install longer cables, but you'd need to ask someone who's actually done it to be sure.

Jeff

[wozza.ie]

flip your stock bars upside-down

[Diego]

Originally Posted by zaner30

I am planning to purchase a Street Triple R at some point in the fairly near future,
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My question is if anyone has tried to, or is thinking about doing this?

I don't know about "thinking about," but no one has actually done it on the Street R. It isn't in any owners' hands yet. It'll be a different handle bar on the R anyway, so why not wait until you've seen one in person before deciding on the best approach?

(Edit: Since you have now created the second thread in the Daytona forum, and cross-posting is not permitted at this site, I'll be moving these posts over there and merge the threads.)

[shaunthesoundguy]

Helibars are a straight swap at least for my D675 - approx. 45 minute install, piece of cake
I highly suggest them, still have a sporty feel but are much more comfortable then the D675 stock bars. I believe they put you up about 2" because they are alot closer to being straight bars (less angled back) and are flatter as well.
Also they are a little bit wider, which I can really feel the extra leverage in low speed maneuvers.
They look good and sturdy too.
EDIT: They're called Helibars Tracstars

[zaner30]

Yeah, I looked at the Helibars first of the aftermarket items because I figured they would give the most rise, but it's still not exactly what I'm looking for, I'd really prefer them to end up at least even or slightly above the triple clamp, with a decent amount of rearward sweep as on the Speed 4 since it's going to live most of it's life as an everyday bike. I've got no problem with low clip-ons, my RC51 is about as extreme as it gets, but that bike is mostly for track/fun where that is ideal, as opposed to lane splitting on I-95 at 6:30pm after a day of work where it can just be painful.

Looks like I may end up being the pioneer in this department unless the Convertibar people sort something out between now and delivery! As I said in my first post, I don't think the length of the lines should be an issue and most of the other stuff could be handled without too much trouble, but I might be eating those words in a few months...

Thanks for the input!

Zane