Since I was repairing some minor crash damage, I decided to take care of some much needed updates.
The handlebars have been mildly tweaked since I got the bike, although not enough to bother me unless I paid attention. My OFF last Sunday tweaked them a bit further. So new bars were in order, and while I was at that I thought some risers might be nice, and I finally got some bark busters as well. Those of you who rode single track with me last June will remember me sniveling like a little girl because branches kept locking my front wheel.
The bars are Renthal "Jimmy Button" bend, with 2" Rox risers. The bars have a bit more rise and pull back than the stockers. The bark buster/hand guards are cheapo (Chinese I'm sure) no namers from ebay. I also put on some new Spider grips.
What a difference! I can finally stand up comfortably! The bark busters, while cheap no-namers fit the bars perfectly and are really pretty nice quality. Not bad for 32 bucks.
I had to reroute the throttle cables inside the triple, which I hate doing, but that was my only option for now. When the cables need replacing I'll get some longer ones. I had no issues with anything else, other than it seems Suzuki glues their grips on their throttle tubes with something that will last longer than the pyramids. It took me an hour to peel then wire wheel it all off.


