SI round bar too short
Registered User
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 5,868
From: Anywhere wheelies happen
Re: SI round bar too short
Just my personal experience I guess. I'm talking about scraping with speed not bar tricks (not saying you are)
Also if you think about it, the bar kinda acts like the rudder on a plane, the farther away from the tire, the more it wants to pull the bike straight. I always jack my rear shock up on my bikes anyway for other reasons so that may have some affect to my experiences.
To sheldon:
As long as it ain't too short for you to use comfortably I'd say its a plus. Less chance of hitting it in circles plus the farther back past 12 the cooler it looks anyways
Also if you think about it, the bar kinda acts like the rudder on a plane, the farther away from the tire, the more it wants to pull the bike straight. I always jack my rear shock up on my bikes anyway for other reasons so that may have some affect to my experiences.
To sheldon:
As long as it ain't too short for you to use comfortably I'd say its a plus. Less chance of hitting it in circles plus the farther back past 12 the cooler it looks anyways
I just notice the further back, the less input it needs to steer the bike
which is why, I THINK, when I scrape my bar past 12, I fall the side easier.. compared to say hitting 11:30 on my friends 12 bar
but idk, im just guessing here lol
edit: btw definitely no bar tricks haha
Slowst i've hit my bar is maybe 15mph, usually I 'tap and go' at 30+
I need a round bar though.... I rode my frineds round bar only a few times, and within 30 minutes of practice I was scraping it at 40mph for a block++
My flat bar I've scraped MAYBE 20 foot max
Last edited by Towlieee; Apr 27, 2009 at 12:31 AM.
Registered User
Joined: May 2006
Posts: 1,820
From: Muskegon, MI,/ Curent: Orlando, Fl
WWW.Sickinnovations.com
Joined: May 2004
Posts: 18,216
From: Usa
Re: SI round bar too short
+1 Ive been riding with Inolen the past couple of weeks since he moved to NY. He went to France and rode with the dude who does the 130 scrapes. He said it was nuts watching that coz when he'd come back - and he came in HOTTTTT lol - that it'd look very unstable and very scary lol. But when he did land em them ***** was 
Anthony is in NY now? He better be ready for the streets in July
NealFoReal
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 36,000
From: QUEENS, NY BITCHES
Squid Standers. Get Owned
Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 1,406
From: Scottsdale, AZ
Re: SI round bar too short
+1 Inolen kills footbrake circles.
Anyways back to the subject. I wont run a round bar cuz i think they're too long....my SI flat bar is about an inch off the subframe. I don't like hitting my bar cuz most of the time when i do, i wreck, so i wanted to keep it short.
Anyways back to the subject. I wont run a round bar cuz i think they're too long....my SI flat bar is about an inch off the subframe. I don't like hitting my bar cuz most of the time when i do, i wreck, so i wanted to keep it short.
SEAT SPREADER COMBOS
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 3,001
From: perth w.a australia
Re: SI round bar too short
round bars are long on the f4is because the tail is massive and ugly but on the 636 its perfect
round bars are designed to keep the stock look so thats why they tend to be the length of the tail
round bars are designed to keep the stock look so thats why they tend to be the length of the tail
Squid Standers. Get Owned
Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 1,406
From: Scottsdale, AZ
Re: SI round bar too short
good point they don't seem to be as long on 63's
Oh and 63's are uglier than f4i's....FF or SF.
SEAT SPREADER COMBOS
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 3,001
From: perth w.a australia
Thread Starter
Custom User Title
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 378
From: Rochester Hills, MI
Re: SI round bar too short
for sure. i wass just curious tho if they actually made round bars shorter for a reason. a couple guys said that ALL round bars were made shorter than flat bars. i just wanted to know if that was the case or if i just got some defected part. when i put it on i didnt think to check if it was lined up or anything and it threw me off the first time i used it. its tight tho im not hatin on SI i kinda like the change and still like the products
SEAT SPREADER COMBOS
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 3,001
From: perth w.a australia
Re: SI round bar too short
for sure. i wass just curious tho if they actually made round bars shorter for a reason. a couple guys said that ALL round bars were made shorter than flat bars. i just wanted to know if that was the case or if i just got some defected part. when i put it on i didnt think to check if it was lined up or anything and it threw me off the first time i used it. its tight tho im not hatin on SI i kinda like the change and still like the products
all depends on the length of the stock tail. they are designed to be just a smidge longer that the standard tail
Registered User
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 859
From: Maryland
Re: SI round bar too short
So a lefty made this configuration? because a right handed person would think riding straight is going left to right so thats 3oclock. then you go countercl0ckiwise when you wheelie to 12 or farther back so 1030. But i see what your saying if the guy is riding right to left then its 130 haha which is what a left would say
NealFoReal
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 36,000
From: QUEENS, NY BITCHES
Re: SI round bar too short
So a lefty made this configuration? because a right handed person would think riding straight is going left to right so thats 3oclock. then you go countercl0ckiwise when you wheelie to 12 or farther back so 1030. But i see what your saying if the guy is riding right to left then its 130 haha which is what a left would say
Before 12 is 11 - past 12 is 1. Makes sense to me. 
†★ King of brake lines ★†
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 15,978
From: ™ ♥ ♥ ♣ ♠
scrape it son!
Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 2,873
From: on the seat...
Re: SI round bar too short
+1 Ive been riding with Inolen the past couple of weeks since he moved to NY. He went to France and rode with the dude who does the 130 scrapes. He said it was nuts watching that coz when he'd come back - and he came in HOTTTTT lol - that it'd look very unstable and very scary lol. But when he did land em them ***** was
isn't that even past 130?
even tho i can witness em everyweekend, **** is still splittin my wig
†★ King of brake lines ★†
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 15,978
From: ™ ♥ ♥ ♣ ♠
NealFoReal
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 36,000
From: QUEENS, NY BITCHES
Re: SI round bar too short
Id love to see that **** in person Has he ever wiped out doing those Last edited by OnEWhEeLNEAL; Apr 27, 2009 at 10:22 AM.
