club man or clip on 85 xj700

any body have any pics or a 1985 xj 700 x or nonx with club man bars or clip ons or drag bars i am looking to upgrade my stock bars and really dont know the look im goin for or the size i need i want to keep all the factory controls turn signals,high low beam,start,killswitch,ect i just want to make a lil more racy looking i have already lowered the front and was thinking of putting clip ons on the fork tub that is sticking up past the triple tree's any opinions on this?

 

http://www.maxim-x.com/pix-tylerkope.html

Not much left of the stock controls but it gives you an idea...

 

that is a nice xj700 any tips i could get from ya to make my back fender look like that maybe just a wee bit longer? i just got my harley shocks put on and lowered the front of mine about 2inches and do you think my full body (stock fender stock tankeverything is stock ecept its been lowered ) would look good with drag bars or club mans?

 

Sorry. Not my bike, just passing the pic along. I think there's contact info for the owner on there though.

 

i own a 700, i wouldnt reccoment putting clubmans on it.... not without a cafe look, and brother, this is no cafe, drag bars are as low as you should go, would look good too i think

 

i am thinking of doin the bars that are on the yellow bike in the link above i like thos but they dont need to be as high as thos are maybe shorter rise in the bars?

 

Low is nice, but you have to be wary of clearance issues. Get on your bike and turn the front wheel lock-to-lock. See how much clearance there is between the tank and the hand controls? Not much. If you put dragbars on without adding risers you're gonna end up dinging your tank. Of course you could always alter the steering-lock-tab-thing (<--Technical term) but then you'd increase your turning radius.

 

well what i was thinking of doing is the grad bar that alot of people do on a harley wide glide they look like the letter t with two middle bars and making them high enough to clear the tank but low enough to look good i just have to look at my options i was wanting to do the cafe look that alot of guys do with the 82 models xj650-750 i really like the older crotch rocket look but i dont want to lose my handling i have already lowered the bike front and back and it looks goo i just want it to look a lil sportier where im from no one rides an older bike i am the only one and i want to make mine look really cool and unique without going overboard and makin it look cheesy

 

and anybody got the specs on the bars like what diamiter they are i weant to look them up on ebay

 

you mean drag bars? all motorcycles are pretty much 7/8"
just look up 7/8 drag bars, thats what i did and i got a steal on these:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... 0319237997

 

do you think the drag bars would look good on a fasctory body maxim its not chopped up its just lowered in the front and back

 

hell ya!

 

i would like to see them before i purchase cause im not sure my other question regular drag bars or the drag bars that are mounted on risers that bolt up to the factory location but they are on two risers anybody know what im talkin about?