Handle Bars (Again)

Have installed the Gilles bar risers recently. They are a great bit of kit with loads of flexibility and that's why they take longer than normal to fit because you can't stop trying different set ups!


I started by taking some typical dims for the standard setup to compare against. I put the bike level up against a wall and had the following reference numbers:

1130mm above the floor and 755mm off the wall to the centre of the bar end. This is with the bike on a rear paddock stand and a bit of timber at the front to make it level.

The new Gilles with all the spacers and horizontal adjustment set to 0 is about the same as standard. I had two sets of bars to try, Rizoma MA009B, which had left over from my MT09 and a new set of Gilles KBA 91440. These bars are very similar so I went with the Rizoma.