Yes this happens on all my new bikes (not that that happens all that often), seems I am never comfortable with the stock bars. Part of it is short arms, part of it is a hitch in my elbow that does not straighten out entirely. For me the stock bars are too wide, too high, too far away and too long. Not bad mind you, just not all day comfortable. I added the Rox Riser to get them back an inch so I wanted a lower bar as a replacement. I did a lot of measuring and searching and came up with Pro Taper Contour "Woods Low" bar. Looked perfect. Cut them down an inch each end and put them on and went for a ride. ::001:: Better but not good enough. Not enough pull back and was rotating my elbow up and I could also feel it in my shoulder
I was at the San Mateo Progressive Motorcycle show a few weeks ago and saw the bars on the new Triumph XC and Explorer and they looked perfect. Went to the local BMW/Ducati/Triumph dealer to try them again and see if they could be had. Then......now don't shoot the messenger...I looked at the 1200GS bars and they looked the same or better than the Triumph bars and felt great sitting on the bike. Only problem was that they were like $250
I found a used pair on ADV at a great price and rode with them a few days ago. Got to say for me they were perfect. The GS bars and the Triumph bars are meant to be rotated way back towards the rider. It looks odd to me but it gets the controls closer to the rider and the pull back/rise angle gets just perfect for riding. ::008:: So my Yamaha now has a bit of european influence.
I was at the San Mateo Progressive Motorcycle show a few weeks ago and saw the bars on the new Triumph XC and Explorer and they looked perfect. Went to the local BMW/Ducati/Triumph dealer to try them again and see if they could be had. Then......now don't shoot the messenger...I looked at the 1200GS bars and they looked the same or better than the Triumph bars and felt great sitting on the bike. Only problem was that they were like $250
I found a used pair on ADV at a great price and rode with them a few days ago. Got to say for me they were perfect. The GS bars and the Triumph bars are meant to be rotated way back towards the rider. It looks odd to me but it gets the controls closer to the rider and the pull back/rise angle gets just perfect for riding. ::008:: So my Yamaha now has a bit of european influence.