UPDATE - Custom Performance Anti-Sway Bar for the RT

[BajaRon]

I already asked to be invoiced but have a couple of questions. :yes:

I remember some talk of adjustability on the new bar. Did I imagine that or are there multiple ways to install it to affect stiffness? Also what color did you decide on, the suspense is killing me? :banghead:

My feeling is the 'Adjustablity' feature is more a marketing tool than a real world option so I did not include it.

First, no one is going to crawl under their RT every time the roadway changes and unbolt their bar for a different setting. It's just not what people are going to do. You can't even get most people to change the shock settings when needed.

Second, you're going to want the stiffer setting. Most people with the adjustable bars set it to the stiffer setting and never look at it again. The few who do try both settings end up on the stiffer setting and never look at it again. Either way you're going to end up at the same place.

Third, if it can be done it will be done. Someone will bolt their bar to the weak hole on one side and to the stiff hole on the other side. Count on it. Just one less thing to get wrong.

Adding length to the bar and drilling the additional holes doesn't add a lot to the total cost but in my opinion, it's just a waste of time and money. You just won't use it.

Someone will divulge the color... but it isn't going to be me. I wonder who will post the color first?

 

[kinggeek]

My feeling is the 'Adjustablity' feature is more a marketing tool than a real world option so I did not include it.

First, no one is going to crawl under their RT every time the roadway changes and unbolt their bar for a different setting. It's just not what people are going to do. You can't even get most people to change the shock settings when needed.

Second, you're going to want the stiffer setting. Most people with the adjustable bars set it to the stiffer setting and never look at it again. The few who do try both settings end up on the stiffer setting and never look at it again. Either way you're going to end up at the same place.

Third, if it can be done it will be done. Someone will bolt their bar to the weak hole on one side and to the stiff hole on the other side. Count on it. Just one less thing to get wrong.

Adding length to the bar and drilling the additional holes doesn't add a lot to the total cost but in my opinion, it's just a waste of time and money. You just won't use it.

Good points all and I agree, was just wondering.

Someone will divulge the color... but it isn't going to be me. I wonder who will post the color first?

Funny, I like that course of action! Its not REALLY killing me, I just had too much Mountain Dew tonight and can't go to bed becasue I am wired so I am up wasting time on here trying to get the color debate started again!

 

[BajaRon]

Good points all and I agree, was just wondering.

Not trying to beat you up on this. It was a good question on the adjustability which I had forgotten to address. The reasons given are just my opinion, but I still wanted to get the reason for leaving this feature off of my bars.



Funny, I like that course of action! Its not REALLY killing me, I just had too much Mountain Dew tonight and can't go to bed becasue I am wired so I am up wasting time on here trying to get the color debate started again!

Personally, I liked the barber pole idea. Forgot who posted that but certainly thinking outside the box!

One problem we're having with the concept is... it's hard to get a fixed bar to rotate like that. But I've got my crack engineers working on it around the clock!

Oh, by the way, you know what the barber pole signifies don't you?

 

[kinggeek]

Yeah, barber pole significance is kind of gross so I won't go into it in detail.

 

[Bob Denman]

Is it at all like a stripper pole?? :dontknow: :roflblack:

Waiting here too... for the package! :thumbup: :bbq::bbq::bbq:
Now all I need is to find some help stuffing it under the belly of the bike... :shocked:

 

[kinggeek]

Nah!

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[Bob Denman]

My curiosity is killing me! :gaah:

What's the color???

 

[Rando]

Oh, by the way, you know what the barber pole signifies don't you?

Red is for blood. White is for bandages. Back in the "bloodletting" days, you could go to a barber to have it done.

In Korea, it signifies a brothel! If you go in thinking you can get your haircut, you will be in for a surprise!

 

[Bob Denman]

:shocked: I never knew that... Now I have fresh tidbits of trivia with which to bedevil the Missus! :thumbup:

 

[BajaRon]

Red is for blood. White is for bandages. Back in the "bloodletting" days, you could go to a barber to have it done.

In Korea, it signifies a brothel! If you go in thinking you can get your haircut, you will be in for a surprise!

You, my good man, are correct! :thumbup:

 

[scooterexpress]

ok i'm going out on a limb to ask this what are the swaybars? and what advantage will i get from replacing the old to these new ones? and how much are these new ones going to cost?and is it a hard mod to do? thanks for info as you can tell i'm not any type of mech but i'am willing to learn just not the hard way..

 

[JRWW]

Ron, because your a retired firie, does red still do it for you??

 

[BajaRon]

ok i'm going out on a limb to ask this what are the swaybars? and what advantage will i get from replacing the old to these new ones? and how much are these new ones going to cost?and is it a hard mod to do? thanks for info as you can tell i'm not any type of mech but i'am willing to learn just not the hard way..

What Does A Sway Bar Do?

Ron, because your a retired firie, does red still do it for you??

I still like fire (lighting it is much more fun that fighting it) and the color red. But I've waxed so many miles of red paint I don't think I'll ever want to own a read vehicle.

 

[Bob Denman]

:gaah: Now he's just teasing us... :shocked:

 

[bikeguy]

Ron, have you sent all the Paypal invoices? I haven't gotten mine. Not trying to hurry you, I know you're doing it on a first come/first served basis and there's no big rush. Just afraid mine might get lost in the shuffle and I might wind up not getting one at all.

Cotton

 

[BajaRon]

Ron, have you sent all the Paypal invoices? I haven't gotten mine. Not trying to hurry you, I know you're doing it on a first come/first served basis and there's no big rush. Just afraid mine might get lost in the shuffle and I might wind up not getting one at all.

Cotton

Yes, I have sent all the Paypal invoices. PM me with your email address and I'll see what is up with yours.

 

[Cavman]

Do you smell that? That's my baited breath waiting for my bar to get here. It's been a few days but the wait isn't any easier.

 

[Bob Denman]

"Patience is the one virtue that NONE of us can wait to acquire" :shocked: :roflblack:

 

[NancysToy]

Do you smell that? That's my baited breath waiting for my bar to get here. It's been a few days but the wait isn't any easier.

I hate to say it, but the phrase is "bated breath", as in abated. No smell at all. BTW, if you use worms instead of minnows for bait, things will smell better. :roflblack:

 

[Bob Denman]

Bait??:shocked: Isn't that what M-80s are for??? :thumbup: