Guest freeman Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 I have a 2002 Lemans. I am looking into putting on Convertibars on the bike. At $300 I am wondering if anyone has these bars and if they are happy with them or have heard anything? http://www.convertibars.com/FitYourBikeDetail.cfm Also, I just purchased the MRA Touring Winscreen for my Lemans. It lifts the windscreen about 2-3 inches and in the picture it looks great. Has anyone put one on their Lemans? Are you satified? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 I have a 2002 Lemans. I am looking into putting on Convertibars on the bike. At $300 I am wondering if anyone has these bars and if they are happy with them or have heard anything? http://www.convertibars.com/FitYourBikeDetail.cfm Also, I just purchased the MRA Touring Winscreen for my Lemans. It lifts the windscreen about 2-3 inches and in the picture it looks great. Has anyone put one on their Lemans? Are you satified? <_> 87300[/snapback] I have the Convertibars on my 2001 V11 Sport. Pros: Comfort, I have the bars back about 3" (~75 MM) and up about half that. The difference is amazing, my bad left wrist and hand are no longer painful for days after a few hours of riding. Cons: More vibration, I have the "heavy" Throttlemiesters and have filled as much of the bars as possible with lead, it doesn't have much high frequency vibration left but there is a noticeable throb. All in all I'm happy but the Convertibars are not perfect. They are just better, for me, then stock. If I had it to do over again I might go with the Convertibars or I might drill the top clamp for Tonti frame bar mounts and then use something like an R90S bar to get about the same position without the vibration. Lex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest trispeed Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 I have the convertibars set up and they work great. Huge range of adjustment, though if you want to get to the highest position, you'll need the longer hoses. Re: vibration. The mirrors shake more than with the clip ons, though there's no guarantee that any other bar set up would have any less vibration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wick Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 I like my MRA windscreen. Quality product. I have the MPH risers on my Lemans and they are very comfortable. Wick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guzzzi Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 I have a 2002 Lemans. I am looking into putting on Convertibars on the bike. At $300 I am wondering if anyone has these bars and if they are happy with them or have heard anything? http://www.convertibars.com/FitYourBikeDetail.cfm Also, I just purchased the MRA Touring Winscreen for my Lemans. It lifts the windscreen about 2-3 inches and in the picture it looks great. Has anyone put one on their Lemans? Are you satified? 87300[/snapback] I have the Convertibars installed on a V11 Sport that I simply could not ride without them. Up 75mm back 75mm with new brake and clutch hoses. So much weight off my wrists that I do notice a bit more low frequency vibration but not objectionable. Look at manicsalamander.com for a wide array of bar weights for the Convertibars (1/3 price of Throttlemeister). I would do it again (though I also bought some bar risers off of Ebay that could have been installed on the V11 for a lot less money). BTW the bars look better on the bike than in the advertisement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest freeman Posted April 27, 2006 Share Posted April 27, 2006 Thanks everyone for the replies, great information Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bruce Posted May 1, 2006 Share Posted May 1, 2006 After much debate and too much analysis I installed the convertibars last summer to get a more upright position and found: - They are very well made - Easier to ride around town - I can turn my head side to side w/o my helmet hitting a shoulder pad - The steering seems quicker - I can sit further back on the wide part of the seat. - but I still find the riding position uncomfortable If I had it to over again I'd do the same conversion as Jason has done as I think it looks better and works as well. I originally set out to do this but the allure of infinite adjustable over came my engineering brain ( or was it fear of commiment ? ) and I went with convertibars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest golden goose Posted May 2, 2006 Share Posted May 2, 2006 Anybody have a link with pics on the MRA windscreen? I have one on my K12S and love it. Is it higher? Also, I have measured the Verhoelen bars I fitted to the K12S and I think they will work on the Goose. Thinking about trying it. Here's a link for them: http://www.piratesk12site.net/SVriser.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plexiform Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 Anybody have a link with pics on the MRA windscreen? I have one on my K12S and love it. Is it higher? Also, I have measured the Verhoelen bars I fitted to the K12S and I think they will work on the Goose. Thinking about trying it. Here's a link for them: http://www.piratesk12site.net/SVriser.htm Just curious to know if you ever got the Verholen K1200S Bar Risers to fit ont he V11 Lemans? If so I am going to get them as well. They seem like a perfect solution. I hope they fit. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waspp Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 Anybody have a link with pics on the MRA windscreen? I have one on my K12S and love it. Is it higher? Also, I have measured the Verhoelen bars I fitted to the K12S and I think they will work on the Goose. Thinking about trying it. Here's a link for them: http://www.piratesk12site.net/SVriser.htm Here is a link to the place where I got my MRA screen http://www.twistedthrottle.com/trade/productview/1862/361/ The screen is very high quality, goes on easily and works great, I installed a set of risers made by someone on this board, they are multi adjustable and work perfectly. Maybe if there is enough interest he will do another run, waspp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mznyc Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 I have the Converti bars on my 919 and love them but they are ugly!I have the MPH risers on my Scura,they work and look great. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonV11 Posted November 5, 2006 Share Posted November 5, 2006 Here's a link to an article installing Convertibars Handlebar Risers on a Moto-Guzzi Sport 1100... http://www.webbikeworld.com/t2/motorcycle-handlebar-risers/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crooz Posted November 5, 2006 Share Posted November 5, 2006 Wow... you should have just went and traded for a GoldWing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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