Almost finished getting the DBR13s on. Just getting the bar end slider machined down so I can fit the CRG mirror on. For my '03 M1000S the bars were a little bit too short on the throttle side to fit the mirror on the bar itself. Probably needed to be 5-10mm longer.
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They fit fine on the clutch side.
I mounted the clip ons above the tripple clamp, which brings them up to about the same height as the standard OEM bars. This is a little trickier than mounting them under the tripple, because you have to loosen the lower fork brace and slide the forks through about 20 - 25mm. But even for a knuclehead like me it wasn't too much of a problem. I just put a car jack under the engine to take the weight off the front end. The rear was up on a race stand.
They are nicely machined parts but did have a few small scratches on arrival though. And the gold anodised finish is very pale, hardly tell it is coloured actually and doesn't look as good as the picture on their web site.
You can see how the Brembo Goldlines stand out with their rich colour next to the Cyclecats.
The clipons themselves weighed in at 975gms (about 2lb) which is heavier than the 800gms that the EOM bar weighed. That surprised me. But the CRG mirrors are 400gms lighter than the OEM mirrors, so all up the total change is a weight reduction.
Would I do it again? Probably. The cyclecats are definately the best system available today, in terms of adjustability. But they are:
So I'd have to say I'm not completely happy with them. I'll probably take them off and have them re-anodised at a later stage. And sand the scratches out.
And of course now the top tripple looks a bit ugly. Not sure what is the best way to fix that. I don't really want to grind it down as I like to be able to reverse all my mods back to original. Maybe some kind of plate bolted on the top would cover them, like the older monsters have. My '03 model just has "C" shaped brackets.
They fit fine on the clutch side.
I mounted the clip ons above the tripple clamp, which brings them up to about the same height as the standard OEM bars. This is a little trickier than mounting them under the tripple, because you have to loosen the lower fork brace and slide the forks through about 20 - 25mm. But even for a knuclehead like me it wasn't too much of a problem. I just put a car jack under the engine to take the weight off the front end. The rear was up on a race stand.
They are nicely machined parts but did have a few small scratches on arrival though. And the gold anodised finish is very pale, hardly tell it is coloured actually and doesn't look as good as the picture on their web site.
You can see how the Brembo Goldlines stand out with their rich colour next to the Cyclecats.
The clipons themselves weighed in at 975gms (about 2lb) which is heavier than the 800gms that the EOM bar weighed. That surprised me. But the CRG mirrors are 400gms lighter than the OEM mirrors, so all up the total change is a weight reduction.
Would I do it again? Probably. The cyclecats are definately the best system available today, in terms of adjustability. But they are:
- Expensive,
the bars are a little too short,
the anodising was very pale,
they arrived with some scratches.
So I'd have to say I'm not completely happy with them. I'll probably take them off and have them re-anodised at a later stage. And sand the scratches out.
And of course now the top tripple looks a bit ugly. Not sure what is the best way to fix that. I don't really want to grind it down as I like to be able to reverse all my mods back to original. Maybe some kind of plate bolted on the top would cover them, like the older monsters have. My '03 model just has "C" shaped brackets.
