i finally installed my helibars (got 'em w/group purchase recently) a couple days ago. didn't post until now because i've been too busy riding! the first thing i did was review ottrod's awesome post of his install -- it was exceptionally helpful. between that and my factory service manual, the install went very smooth, and took only about two hours. man what a difference. i'm 5'6" and don't have very long arms, so stock bars were a bit of a reach for me. the helibars are just about perfect. the day after the install i rode about 100 miles, had breakfast, and rode back. instead of being stiff and achy in my arms and shoulders, i felt like i'd ridden around the block. in summary, if you don't yet have helibars on your vfr, buy them! you will not regret it.
my bike come with racing clip ons and i just put the stock ones on the other day, and it felt like i was on a beemer or something. i had to lower them a bit more. but i guess its just my gorilla like arms.
This is not a knock on anybody or helibars, but as a rider I like to say - that is driffting toward old fart status, I occasionally find it amusing about the raving of taller bars or the like. Hell I found my stockers too tall! And helis feel like ape hangers to me. It just seems I feel like I lose a level of control in the twists. I cant get down enuff off the side of the bike. Maybe its because I have been riding continuously since I was a kid. Like I said, I'm not digging on anybody, just throwing out my experience. Ok, yeah, yeah, I'm a wackjob... Keep the rubber down! MD
I haven't had a chance to insall mine yet, but I'm excited. The weather is warm and sunny and it'd be a perfect day to ride, but I haven't seen my family in 7 months, so the heli install is on the back burner for a bit. Glad we were all.. well a lot of us... were able to take advantage of the group buy.
see post above :thumbsup: i feel like im riding the bike with lower bars, taller bars make me feel like in riding ON the bike.
I put mine on a couple of weeks ago and don't notice any huge difference. It is a bit more upright, and gives me a bit more room to look about but I just don't think they are that much different. I do like them, and am glad I got them.
definitely no offense taken mello dude. personally, i like to hear all riders' opionions. and we're all wackos or we wouldn't spend so much time riding motorcycles! the only difference i see in our bunch of nut cases is that we're smart enough to own vfrs.
