Who on here is using a SI round bar? And is it too short? By this I mean, are your 12 o'clocks 1:30's? My round bar is definetly not the right size. Let me know if I'm the only one with this problem or if this is common. They're not supposed to be like that are they? I can't imagine why they'd make them shorter than a flat bar. I dunno. Give me some feedback.

 

all depends on the bike i guess

heres mine at 12 with a si round bar

 

they're supposed to be flush with the rear of the tail i think, not out there like a flat bar.

 

when im at 12 im at 12.....and 1:30 would mean the bar is too long 10:30 would be to short right?

 

Flush with tail is perfect, I would actually like mine a little shorter and it's pretty much flush with the tail.

 

I do know he has made diffrent sizes. I like mine a little past the tail section.. My boy Josh has his outside of his bar is flush with the tip of his tail section..

 

On my 07zx it is on the shorter side. Back the tire up against a wall and the round bar has room between it and the wall.

 

either way lol however you wanna look at it
numberwise yea 1030 is shorter/smaller than 1200
technically if the bike goes passed 12 than think about it
130 is after/passed 12

 

Shorter bars make your scrape more stable

 

scape subframe

 

This is about 12 aint it? thats with a sick round bar

 

thats it!

 

You got it twisted. 1030 would mean the bar is too long and 130 would mean the bar is really short. When youre riding on 2 wheels your at 9. 12 is straight up and down. Past 12 would be 1+.

 

Thats not even 12. 12 would be straight up and down - 1 wheel over the other.

 

11:30 imo

+1 that picture is just as much 12, as a clock at 12:15 or 11:45 is 12..


IMO AT 12 is the most stable, past 12 gets even harder..

But before 12 is wack IMO

I just know my bar, about 12:30, the bike wants to 'turn' easy compared to somthing scraping 11:30 or 12

 

here is 12o'clock, my bar about 1.5" off my passenger seat

 

or if you get down with tearing **** up

scrape exhaust on your friends $6,000 bike

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBChD...e=channel_page

imo, f4i stock tails ARENT at 12... whereas 600rr's tail is at 12

 

Just my personal experience I guess. I'm talking about scraping with speed not bar tricks (not saying you are)

Also if you think about it, the bar kinda acts like the rudder on a plane, the farther away from the tire, the more it wants to pull the bike straight. I always jack my rear shock up on my bikes anyway for other reasons so that may have some affect to my experiences.

To sheldon:

As long as it ain't too short for you to use comfortably I'd say its a plus. Less chance of hitting it in circles plus the farther back past 12 the cooler it looks anyways

 

depends on which way you're facing

 

+1 Ive been riding with Inolen the past couple of weeks since he moved to NY. He went to France and rode with the dude who does the 130 scrapes. He said it was nuts watching that coz when he'd come back - and he came in HOTTTTT lol - that it'd look very unstable and very scary lol. But when he did land em them ***** was