R100RS Up and back Handlebar options?

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cadcap2
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Re: R100RS Up and back Handlebar options?

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cadcap2 wrote: Sun Oct 03, 2021 4:59 pm Bought my first RS after riding my 90S since '77...now that I'm 68 yrs young the RS bars are to low and far forward for my size 5'-9".

So I made these bar-backs which moved the stock bars just rear of the dampener knob and about 1-1/2" higher.
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Final fit and finish moved the bars 3-3/4" closer to my shoulders and turning the ends down at a more clip-on like angle felt natural to my wrists/arms...best control and comfort!

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To please the purists I retained all stock parts and did the mods so this 1-owner, otherwise original beauty (purchased as a non-running estate sale item) could be returned to its original state!

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'63 R69S '75 R90S '99 R1100GS '07 R1200S
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