who use stock triple with dirt bike bars on it?
should i do it with my f4?

 

I didi it like that on my f4i just drilled to holes it worked but set me to far off the bike a couple of wrecks and a broke wrist later and now i am back to clip ons hahaha

 

i just did it like that.. used tag risers and renthal bars. drilled two holes put some washers under the risers for some surface area and good to go

 

i used a stock triple. bolted and tig welded it.. it should last forever
but i went back to clipons to make it more streetable

 

+1

 

Stock and drilled,never has failed

 

Be sure to get your hold exactly straight.. or your stoppies wont be fun anymore..

 

another question
did you have to lower the forks with the f4/f4i?
because they come so far out on top

 

I do on the gix, and did on my f2, no problems ever

 

yes

 

I know a few guys here who have drilled the stock triples. One guy on a 900rr with renthal fatbars just crashed hard last week, bike flipping end over end, and the bars are still 100% straight and the triple is intact. The cage didn't make it though. I thought the bars would have ripped right out, but they held up, so looks like it's ok to do it

Another guy here runs some euro aftermarket triples, and man do they look the business. They weren't cheap though so I dunno if it's worth it after seeing how well the stock ones held up

 

I didnt wanna trust 2 holes in my tripple, so I splurged. All billet LSL upper tripple and TAG X5 bars. I love it

 

Where's the best place to get a good deal on the new triple/bar combo? I appreciate all you guys saying drilling the stock triple was strong enough..but I'm kinda skeptical...so I'll just spend a few bucks and do it right.

 

This is from back in 2004 when I put MX Bars on my 900RR



More pics from the conversion here

http://www.pbase.com/rotaute/fightertime

 

www.fullthrottleinc.net

 

+1 on that, thats where I got my LSL kit from. Bill's man, there was a couple problems I ran into with the order but it had nothing to do with him. My kit ran me $421 but it came with all the **** I needed..

Upper tripple with risers
Bars
2 Speigler steel braided lines (longer for the bigger bars)
crush washers
zip ties

 

Thanks Boxer! Your pictures were exactly what I was looking for. I think I might give those risers a try after all.

*Dan

 

Is there that huge of a difference in swith from clips? I mean the only thing i could see is turning the bike on slow **** and o's... But then again i see just as many folks with clips doing o variations as DB bar folk.

 

its just a feel, people can do the same with clipons as they can with db bars