[ninjaryda]

Originally Posted by iplante

So, why did you buy those instead of the Woodcraft lowered risers? Did you want an even more forward riding position, or were you trying to get something cheaper?

I was originally gonna just make them myself (my brother has a hobbyist machine shop in his backyard with a bridgeport mill), when I saw these for $50 shipped, I figured it was worth it. I didn't want the low risers from woodcraft as they sat too high and cost too much. The 'regular' clip ons from woodcraft aren't any different than these, other than they are two-piece which means I wouldn't have to take off the triple tree. So yeah, price was pretty much why I went with these knock offs. But it's the style that I wanted as well.

Personally, I really don't like what happened to your gauges.. If that's the trade-off, I would pay $100 more to get the Woodcraft ones.

That's a temp solution until I get around to buying a trail tech aftermarket module. There's just not enough room in there for the stock ones. The front of the fairing and light are too close to the neck, compared to other sport bikes, which puts the gauge cluster closer as well.

I Loooooove this feel though. I won't go back. It's even more fun to ride now and it's easier to lean more aggressive in turns now as well (feels more natural on the leaning). I have a friend that rides an R6 and he took my bike out for a spin after this mod, and said he loved it. He had a couple of 250's in the past and loved how agile they were, but never had them this aggressive on the forward lean.

Originally Posted by Jono

Nice work!!

Thanks It's not finished yet. I need to cut a little more on the front, clean up other cut areas, and abs weld some sheets of plastic back in so it has a lid like the original stock setup did. But I'm taking a break mean time and just having fun with it.

But just be aware that those chinese clip-on's are kinda crappy. The woodcraft design is much better.

My friend has those chinese clip-on's on his 250. He pushed hard in a turn and the clip-on moved forward. Could have ended badly. I don't know if the bolts loosened over time or if the design just sucks. With the woodcraft clip-on's you have four bolts clamping onto the forks. You can just tell that the WC clip-ons are better quality when you see both side by side.

I've pushed on them pretty hard and smacked them, and they haven't moved. But yeah, gonna keep an eye on the bolts (I should probably put some lock thread on them).