which 12 bar?
VIRGINIAS BLOCK KILLA
Joined: Mar 2004
Posts: 271
From: LBC, Va
Re: which 12 bar?
Originally Posted by Mr. Farley
You have 2 options here... either (A) you want to keep your tail section intact and don't want to cut it up or (B) you don't really give a flying F U C K and will hack your tail section up to put whatever on there. Now, if you are like me and want to run a full tail section NO COMPANY OFFERS A BAR like this... so do what I did and build your own.
I have provided pictures to show you exactly what I did... and as you can see the plate is very close to my tail section and its a TRUE 12 O'clock, none of that bs 11:30 $HIT!!! You can see the two inner rails run inside the subframe and connect to the rear peg mounts, and then I welded a lateral bar for side-to-side support. It cost me $40 in materials and about 2 hours of my time and that thing scraped PERFECT. The trick to putting the plate on is actually put the bike on 12, tack weld the plate on there, then put the bike back down and weld away!!!
Hope this helps dude... it was super easy, and all you have to do is cut up your undertail a bit... no biggy. PM me if you have anymore questions.
I have provided pictures to show you exactly what I did... and as you can see the plate is very close to my tail section and its a TRUE 12 O'clock, none of that bs 11:30 $HIT!!! You can see the two inner rails run inside the subframe and connect to the rear peg mounts, and then I welded a lateral bar for side-to-side support. It cost me $40 in materials and about 2 hours of my time and that thing scraped PERFECT. The trick to putting the plate on is actually put the bike on 12, tack weld the plate on there, then put the bike back down and weld away!!!
Hope this helps dude... it was super easy, and all you have to do is cut up your undertail a bit... no biggy. PM me if you have anymore questions.
not knocking your bar at all, looks pretty decent, but if hes just begining, that would be the last bar i would recommend him building. it looks extreamly weak and flexes alot, i wouldnt trust taping that at 80 on the hwy, or for doing a watch tower. go 905
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Re: which 12 bar?
Trust me.. that bar has been through hell and back. I have scraped for about 50 yards just hammering the bar and it held up like a champ. If he is a beginner, he shouldn't be scraping 12 at 80 on the highway in the first place b/c he'd have no business doing that with just inexperience. And the bar that I built is the simple version b/c Im used to it, but an easy add on is a 3/8" strap metal that you get from Home Depot connects from your 1st rear passenger peg bolt (closest to the engine) down to the upper rear set mounting tab. My friend added that strap to his bar and he's 6'5 215 lbs and he has flat out SLAMMED that 12 bar with no problems.
Re: which 12 bar? VIRGINIAS BLOCK KILLA
Joined: Mar 2004
Posts: 271
From: LBC, Va
Re: which 12 bar?
Originally Posted by 2NutzCrew
Screw the bar, screw the soft tail....scrap pipe baby!!! Just like me! But if you sit on it too long it acts like a rutter...kinda scary! But just scrap stock pipe!!! hehehe
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Joined: May 2004
Posts: 509
From: Norfolk, VA
Re: which 12 bar?
Originally Posted by CBRskunk
cool buy theres 4 times or buy ours once..dont matta to me lol
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Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 765
From: minneapolis, mn
Re: which 12 bar?
Originally Posted by 12inar1
a f4 or f4i pipe doesnt let you sit anywere near 12 oclock when being scraped. dont beleive me, look at your avatar.
in my avatar im not even scraping. and when i do scrap it hits pipe then tail...but apparently scraping tail isnt 12 o clock. its also a weird angle on my avatar.
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Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 13
From: Fort Smith, AR
Re: which 12 bar?
Originally Posted by k5gixxer6
I heard the 905's are the way to go. I am looking for one for a 05 gixxer 600. What would you suggest.
I've got a 905 on my gixxer6... works good so far..... sanpped 2 subframes and the bar is still straight and working fine.
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