the title says 'club style' not 'random and different'...

can someone tell me how to subscribe to Cat Fancy? I've been looking all over for it...

 

Thanks man, the plate frame is from street fx, and the bracket i made out of some flat stock.

 

Picked up a no name off ebay, got a pack of 2 light bars for 23 bucks, bright as hell.

 

This dude again.... Loser....

Hd4evr2008, lets see your sorry bike. Here's a picture of mine when I brought it home. I bet yours still looks pretty damn close with a little more chrome



Why don't you focus your bullsh!t on something helpful instead of flowing diarrhea from your mouth tough guy.... You wouldn't say a word to one of these guys in person about their tbars so go somewhere else with your opinions

Edit: Oh man that's funny... Here's his bike... I nailed it

 

lolol

 

Thanks to this thread, I also picked some up. This brand:
I think they're all basically the same though, sold under different brand names.
Mounted one on my wife's bike to test it out. Verging on painfully bright, even in direct sunlight. The photo doesn't come close to showing how bright it really is. What I like best about it though is that it is still very bright from off to the side a ways, where the light from the headlamp almost disappears. Makes the bike much more visible to other drivers during the day, without the bulk of passing lamps.

 

Just trying to see what and what doesn't qualify to fall into this category....take my bike for instance, yes, no?

 

I think you already know the answer, but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt.

With apes, lowered suspension, short shots, etc. it's not set up for high speed, lane splitting, or canyon carving. It's a bobber/blvd cruiser that's more about looks and loud pipes. Nothing wrong with any of that, if that's what you want. I quit sport bikes and bought a bobber to slow my *** down after too many wrecks/close calls, but when applied to my real-life 60 mile SOCAL freeway close quarters commute, it came up way short. High speed instability, wobbles, shitty braking and handling on the white line between tour buses and SUVs made the congested commute miserable, risky, and way too long.

I have the benefit of living in SOCAL where this style is prevalent, and unlike the trolls that pop in here from time to time (not saying you're one of them, just making a point), the guys that ride this style are incredibly helpful and unprejudiced of others' bikes. None of them ever gave me any crap about my bobber, but the first time I complained about the crap handling, I got some friendly advice on how to fix it. I also found this thread and got lots of help without any assholism. Sure, a lot of the this is also about looks, but the utility is what's really important. I resisted t-bars for a long time because I just didn't like the look, but once I switched I immediately regretted not doing it sooner.

I can't speak for the other regular posters here, but I suspect they share my opinion that if you, or anyone else reading this, are genuinely interested in the style and how to make your bike handle and perform better, just ask without being a dick, and you will get lots of support and advice.

 

thank you kindly for the information. I really enjoy looking at the bikes in this thread, and I genuinely like most of them.
I am more of a take off, than put on guy, so the fairing I can live with out...also I lean toward 2 separate exhaust pipes, but definitely like the look of the 2into1 ( I previously had a 2into1 super trap, didn't dig the sound )
I have always been curious about the T-bars, would they give it a different vibe, in the steering department?...I have always had clip ons, or drag bars, thought I would give the mini-apes a chance, and they seem to make the bike handle pretty proficient, am curious about the T-bars though, like I mentioned. As far as lowering, I pretty much cant do without the look, and since I am pretty light ( 140 ) it doesn't seem to adversely effect the handling. Thanks again for the nice reply, and any other info you give is much appreciated.