I am getting to the age now where riding my Honda CBX is causing pain on my wrists. I don't want to get rid of it because its a good old bird and goes like S--T.
Is there a adaption for me to change the bars or ever the top yoke to raise the bars out of the sports style to a more townie sit upright bike.
Cheers
Tony

Hiya Tony.

This one confuses me; the only CBX750 I know of has a pretty upright position anyway.

Could you post a pic & we might(?) be able to come up with an idea or two.

Yep, this is what comes to mind......

how do i add a picture?? but yes that silver cbx looks like mine only the color of mine is red

That looks fairly 'sit up' to me as it is. It all depends on the style of your top yoke (can't find any fiches for this model to check)

I had a similar problem with my RF 900 but that has a 'dummy' top yoke holding the bars. I just removed that and fitted some risers through it's mounting holes and cheapo pattern bars .....




The wiring and throttle cables reached ok, it just needed a longer top brake hose (which I got round by fitting twin HEL hoses one to each caliper)

that the sort of thing I want to do but the top of the forks the yoke is set about 4 inches down and the bars are attached to each fork independently like a sports bike. So I am thinking of whipping them off the forks leaving the standard yoke where it is and some how fitting a yoke like the one in the picture above,, I don't know though hahahaha
Tony

I dunno, you blokes, never satisfied! Here y'go then...



Are you saying your bars are lower than those? In which case it seems it may have been modified at some point.

I love those old school bikes..bring back the 80's..

Sounds like a previous owner has made it a bit more sporty. But I think that includes 'clip-ons'.

Sometimes, they can be reversed. Might be worth a butchers hook.

lets see if it works hahaha








There was ment to be a picture there hahahaha

try again

Yaaahhhhhoooo I did it hahahaha

Difficult to see with a close-up but that doesn't look terribly low to me.

Have you tried just adjusting the position of the brake and clutch levers? That can make a huge difference to your wrists.

I mean moving them round the bars so that when you sit in your usual position with your fingers on the levers (without pulling them in) your wrists and hands are pretty much in a straight line.

So is that the clip-ons flipped?

What BG says - sit on the bike and put your arms and fingers straight with the heel of your hand on the grips - your fingers should be resting on the top of the brake/clutch lever. There's usually a 10 or 8mm bolt you can slacken to move them round the bar.

Hard to see from that pic but are the bars 'one piece'? i.e. is the hadnlebar bit part of the casting that goes round the fork leg? If it's a seperate piece of bar clamped into the casting you may be able to cut some 'ordinary' handlebars in half and feed them into the casting to give a bit more rise.

Usual caveats about cables and hoses needing to fit without stretching on full lock either way

They are like clamped onto the fork legs, I can take them off I believe but what to replace it with, I went to V&J Honda and they say the bike is too old to be able to get replacements for, Though I suspect the gut was more interested in selling me a new bike.
Is there the same sort of bars but with a longer neck so it brings the grip part of the bars up wards, Thanks for the suggestions about the positioning of the brake and clutch,
Tony

Is this a better picture?

Looking at some CBX750 pics on Ebay it appears yours is the standard setup. What you need is something like this - the top one, clipons with risers. You'dprobably need new cables/hoses as well though, could be an expensive exercise.



Can't see any for your bike in a very brief internet search but there must be other bikes that take the same size, you'd just have to find out which. Have a hunt for a CBX forum and they might know. Or buy a copy of Motorcycle Mechanics magazine and write to their techincal questions people.

You are a superstar Gran, That looks exactly what I need (or to lose 3 stone hahaha) Where did you find that too ???

Just found a web-site incase any one else has the same problem but just my luck they have all other bikes except mine hahahaha
http://www.mandp.co.uk/products/list/Bars-...oke-Conversions

From the look of it. all you 'll probably need is the fork diameter & just get for that size

I didn't take note of where I found it because, as I said, they didn't list a part for your particular bike. But if you can find out which bikes have the same size fittings then you may be able to find something.