MX bars VS clip ons - Page 3 - Stunt Discussion

ranchosmog · 10-02-2004, 09:53 AM

i never rode with mx bars but id like to try and if i like it ill stick with that. and for those of you that think a set of mx bars turns your bike into a dirt bike your wacked its still a street bike. and if your stuntin a dirtbike is that cheating too? who cares what you ride and how you set it up if i see some tite shiat im giving props

MIKE_SR · 10-02-2004, 01:58 PM

personally mx bars are a little too tall for me, my clip-ons are turned out a little bit...it feels more comfortable

twinisin · 10-02-2004, 07:45 PM

Clip-ons rock. MX bars are for MX bikes. When you wreck, just replace the insert (most of the time) and you're good to go. I carry one in my trunk whenever I do a session.

Timmy P · 11-04-2007, 07:20 PM

Been riding dirtbikes my whole life. well 20 years of it. Still am. But I just flipped my clipons and straitend them out a bit and it feels identical.. All mx bars do is raise them up and make them look like funny bikes. And I know combos would be easier with all the room so its all prefrence and how good your game is. stunnin over looks ya know. BUT. the guys that mentioned that finding a set of MX bars would me much easier than finding a clip on.. but then again Ive droped my bike twice and turned in the clip ons.. Pulled out my handy dandy toolkit and was back at it. I may have bent my bars if they were MX. so.. I dont think im gonna vote.. to much to think about. haha

Outlawtorn50 · 11-04-2007, 07:36 PM

Preference. To each their own. I love my bars. I feel weird riding a bike with clip ons now, but I think a full fairing bike with clip ons is by far more sick nasty looking.

Timmy P · 11-04-2007, 08:44 PM

Any of you dirt bar riders wanna trade a new 12bar for a set of extended clip-ons?

A-Boy"RDLC" · 11-04-2007, 11:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Outlawtorn50

Preference. To each their own. I love my bars. I feel weird riding a bike with clip ons now, but I think a full fairing bike with clip ons is by far more sick nasty looking.

+1 I rocked dirt bike barz and loved them,but i just tooked them off,cuz i wanted 2 put my bike back 2 full fairing and it looks retarted with dirtbike barz.IAM used 2 it now.and it looks sick full fairing..Looks like a street bike now!

kipROCKet · 12-24-2007, 11:52 PM

tried stock, flipped and turned and mx and I can say that I personally like flipped clip ons the best. it was a night and day difference when I flipped them.

dragginazz · 12-25-2007, 10:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ranchosmog

i never rode with mx bars but id like to try and if i like it ill stick with that. and for those of you that think a set of mx bars turns your bike into a dirt bike your wacked its still a street bike. and if your stuntin a dirtbike is that cheating too? who cares what you ride and how you set it up if i see some tite shiat im giving props

i have a 900rr with mx bars and only rode it a handful of times so far! I did do a couple laps on my mini (unadilla) motocross track with the 900 , something I could not have done with clip-ons! I am pretty tall and it just feels right ! one thing the 900 still does not turn like a dirtbike with the mx bars!

peace

Towlieee · 12-25-2007, 12:19 PM

I prefer mx bars.. Makes it a lot more comfortable

Quote:

Originally Posted by KrazyWhiteCoren

I think MX bars are good dirt bikes. Thew doesn't have a problem rolling 750+ foot stoppies with regular clip ons.

an OMR doesn't have problems doing figure 8's with a completly stock bike

So what can YOU do with clip-ons?

lee majors · 12-25-2007, 02:15 PM

clip-ons! switched and flipped.

CT STUNT RIDERZ · 12-25-2007, 03:48 PM

Whatever floats your boat...its personal prefrence! i like the db bars, I raced motocross, soo im use to the bars.

KoleDSF · 12-25-2007, 05:53 PM

mx bars are for mx bikes blah blah blah blah. Who gives a mooses last shit. I switched to mx bars 3 months ago to try them out on my 04 636 and i love them. Whatever you floats your boat, mx bars are for STUNT BIKES too, get over it!!!

Ho_Hey · 12-25-2007, 05:59 PM

http://www.hoheydesigns.com/929_954_triple.html

Have the best of both worlds you choose which set-up you want to run.
Our Honda triple currently fits 929,954 and F4/F4i's with 929/954 frontends. Note if you choose to run a 1000rr frontend you will have to make sure you are using a 954 or 929 lower triple. Tag Metal bar mounts required. +5mm for sufficient bar/fork tube clearance. No need to lower your bike anymore to run clip-ons on top of your triple.

Coming very soon Kawasaki triple 03-06 636's

A-Boy"RDLC" · 12-25-2007, 07:06 PM

Nice!!

gsxr"d · 12-25-2007, 09:28 PM

Could you get away with flippin the stock clip ons or you gotta get some extended clip ons? Obviously u can't just push em up cos of the front fairing on the 07 600rr. Proudly learning and hurting.

CT STUNT RIDERZ · 12-25-2007, 10:55 PM

HO HEY makes some sick products!!

ill have to test that tripple out this spring

KoleDSF · 12-25-2007, 10:57 PM

will you guys have a tripple made up for the 636 by spring??

lee majors · 12-26-2007, 10:18 AM

http://www.hoheydesigns.com/929_954_triple.html will hohey be mak'in one for the 600rr forks (48mm) by spring?

S.O.R Josh · 12-26-2007, 11:23 AM

i used to run FI 0° clip ons on a full fairing gsxr. I never thought of running DB, but when ho-hey dropped his new tripple I had to give them a shot. I will never switch back to clip-ons, at least not on my lot bike. DB bars give me the leverage i want while stunting. But i will say that i can do every trick in my bag on either! like bill said, if you have the skills with one you will have it with the other. What i dont agree with is jason britton bagging on them on national television, now every squid thinks they are ghey because mr britton clowns them.

and if you are running vortex or any other clipon flipped and turned out you are getting the same advantage as db bars just not quite as high/pulled back. Bottom line is building a stunt bike is all about changing things. like john said, the list of changes the average stunter makes on a bike means its no where near its stock form. Just ride it like you stole it no matter what you rock.

View Poll Results: what do you prefer
MX style bars	91	45.50%
clip ons	109	54.50%
Voters: 200. You may not vote on this poll

10-02-2004, 09:53 AM	#41
ranchosmog Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: sacramento ca Age: 36 Bike: katana Gender: Male Posts: 253	Re: MX bars VS clip ons i never rode with mx bars but id like to try and if i like it ill stick with that. and for those of you that think a set of mx bars turns your bike into a dirt bike your wacked its still a street bike. and if your stuntin a dirtbike is that cheating too? who cares what you ride and how you set it up if i see some tite shiat im giving props

10-02-2004, 01:58 PM	#42
MIKE_SR Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Location: Deltona, FL Age: 26 Bike: 02 gsxr 600 Gender: Male Posts: 932	Re: MX bars VS clip ons personally mx bars are a little too tall for me, my clip-ons are turned out a little bit...it feels more comfortable

10-02-2004, 07:45 PM	#43
twinisin Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Eustis, Florida Age: 36 Bike: SV1000SS Gender: Male Posts: 781	Re: MX bars VS clip ons Clip-ons rock. MX bars are for MX bikes. When you wreck, just replace the insert (most of the time) and you're good to go. I carry one in my trunk whenever I do a session.

11-04-2007, 07:20 PM	#44
Timmy P Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Columbus ,OH Age: 25 Bike: 03 F4i (Stockgears) , Xr 50 (125cc) Gender: Male Posts: 957	Re: MX bars VS clip ons Been riding dirtbikes my whole life. well 20 years of it. Still am. But I just flipped my clipons and straitend them out a bit and it feels identical.. All mx bars do is raise them up and make them look like funny bikes. And I know combos would be easier with all the room so its all prefrence and how good your game is. stunnin over looks ya know. BUT. the guys that mentioned that finding a set of MX bars would me much easier than finding a clip on.. but then again Ive droped my bike twice and turned in the clip ons.. Pulled out my handy dandy toolkit and was back at it. I may have bent my bars if they were MX. so.. I dont think im gonna vote.. to much to think about. haha

11-04-2007, 07:36 PM	#45
Outlawtorn50 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: VA Age: 26 Bike: '01 F4i, '01 XR50, '04 CRF70 Gender: Male Posts: 267	Re: MX bars VS clip ons Preference. To each their own. I love my bars. I feel weird riding a bike with clip ons now, but I think a full fairing bike with clip ons is by far more sick nasty looking. __________________ Rest assured that what doesn't kill you... is probably going to hurt very badly.

11-04-2007, 08:44 PM	#46
Timmy P Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Columbus ,OH Age: 25 Bike: 03 F4i (Stockgears) , Xr 50 (125cc) Gender: Male Posts: 957	Re: MX bars VS clip ons Any of you dirt bar riders wanna trade a new 12bar for a set of extended clip-ons?

12-24-2007, 11:52 PM	#48
kipROCKet Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Mankato Minnesota Age: 21 Bike: THROTTLES BOTTLES AND MODELS Gender: Male Posts: 816	Re: MX bars VS clip ons tried stock, flipped and turned and mx and I can say that I personally like flipped clip ons the best. it was a night and day difference when I flipped them.

12-25-2007, 02:15 PM	#51
lee majors Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: syracuse, ny, Age: Bike: f4i Gender: Male Posts: 799	Re: MX bars VS clip ons clip-ons! switched and flipped.

12-25-2007, 03:48 PM	#52
CT STUNT RIDERZ Group Moderator Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Amston, Connecticut, USA Age: 22 Bike: 01 f4waytooeasy...03 f4i Gender: Male Posts: 269	Re: MX bars VS clip ons Whatever floats your boat...its personal prefrence! i like the db bars, I raced motocross, soo im use to the bars.

12-25-2007, 05:53 PM	#53
KoleDSF Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Denver Age: Bike: 636 Gender: Male Posts: 211	Re: MX bars VS clip ons mx bars are for mx bikes blah blah blah blah. Who gives a mooses last shit. I switched to mx bars 3 months ago to try them out on my 04 636 and i love them. Whatever you floats your boat, mx bars are for STUNT BIKES too, get over it!!!

12-25-2007, 05:59 PM	#54
Ho_Hey I Enjoy Posting At StuntLife! Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Valdosta, GA www.HoHeydesigns.com Age: 34 Bike: F4i Gender: Male Posts: 1,562	Re: MX bars VS clip ons http://www.hoheydesigns.com/929_954_triple.html Have the best of both worlds you choose which set-up you want to run. Our Honda triple currently fits 929,954 and F4/F4i's with 929/954 frontends. Note if you choose to run a 1000rr frontend you will have to make sure you are using a 954 or 929 lower triple. Tag Metal bar mounts required. +5mm for sufficient bar/fork tube clearance. No need to lower your bike anymore to run clip-ons on top of your triple. Coming very soon Kawasaki triple 03-06 636's __________________ For all your handbrake dual caliper bracket needs. www.HoHeyDesigns.com

12-25-2007, 07:06 PM	#55
A-Boy"RDLC" Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Long Island,NEW YORK Age: 22 Bike: 05 r1,05 1000rr,05 01 f4i Gender: Male Posts: 75	Re: MX bars VS clip ons Nice!!

12-25-2007, 09:28 PM	#56
gsxr"d Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: deep south Age: Bike: waitn on a litre Gender: Male Posts: 96	Re: MX bars VS clip ons Could you get away with flippin the stock clip ons or you gotta get some extended clip ons? Obviously u can't just push em up cos of the front fairing on the 07 600rr. Proudly learning and hurting.

12-25-2007, 10:55 PM	#57
CT STUNT RIDERZ Group Moderator Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Amston, Connecticut, USA Age: 22 Bike: 01 f4waytooeasy...03 f4i Gender: Male Posts: 269	Re: MX bars VS clip ons HO HEY makes some sick products!! ill have to test that tripple out this spring

12-25-2007, 10:57 PM	#58
KoleDSF Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Denver Age: Bike: 636 Gender: Male Posts: 211	Re: MX bars VS clip ons will you guys have a tripple made up for the 636 by spring??

12-26-2007, 10:18 AM	#59
lee majors Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: syracuse, ny, Age: Bike: f4i Gender: Male Posts: 799	Re: MX bars VS clip ons http://www.hoheydesigns.com/929_954_triple.html will hohey be mak'in one for the 600rr forks (48mm) by spring?

12-26-2007, 11:23 AM	#60
S.O.R Josh Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: NW Florida Age: Bike: Ruckus edition f4i Gender: Male Posts: 323	Re: MX bars VS clip ons i used to run FI 0° clip ons on a full fairing gsxr. I never thought of running DB, but when ho-hey dropped his new tripple I had to give them a shot. I will never switch back to clip-ons, at least not on my lot bike. DB bars give me the leverage i want while stunting. But i will say that i can do every trick in my bag on either! like bill said, if you have the skills with one you will have it with the other. What i dont agree with is jason britton bagging on them on national television, now every squid thinks they are ghey because mr britton clowns them. and if you are running vortex or any other clipon flipped and turned out you are getting the same advantage as db bars just not quite as high/pulled back. Bottom line is building a stunt bike is all about changing things. like john said, the list of changes the average stunter makes on a bike means its no where near its stock form. Just ride it like you stole it no matter what you rock.