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After riding a Kawasaki Vulcan Classic for around 10 years, I recently made the move to my first Triumph, a 2012 Speedmaster 900.
Immediately after sitting on it, I felt just as comfy as I was on my previous bike, and with its EFI the ride was much nicer.
It didn't take too long before I got the itch to upgrade to the 2022 Speedmaster - the look, the engine, ABS, traction control and more all made it really desirable.. but gosh darn - those beach bars were horrible.
I assumed it would be an easy swap to find another set that I liked better; that was naïve of me.
This was the beginning of a several month obsession of trying to love my new bike and fortunately it all paid off.
I know many people feel the same wat about the bars of this bike, so I am going to get into a rather lengthy post here regarding my process and what I found in the hopes I save many people all of the frustration that I had and help y'all love your new Speedmaster even more.
I am in no way affiliated with ZombiePerformance.com, who made the custom bars but I am super appreciative of all the time they spent with me throughout this process for a relatively insignificant purchase of 1 set of custom handlebars. I highly recommend them and encourage anyone looking for a custom handlebar solution to reach out to them.
So, here is my new (to me w/ 300 miles on it) 2022 Speedmaster with the stock beach bars.
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When looking for compatible replacements, I came across the bars from the Triumph Bobber, which didn't have enough rise or pullback for me or the Triumph High bar kit which had too much rise, not enough pullback and frankly looked out of place IMHO.
Appearently, you need at least 9" of grip space to put the Triumph controls whereas most bars out there had around 8".
Looking for 3rd party bars, I came across the British Customs Tracker Bars. They had the right grip angle for me, but not enough rise or pullback to get me where I wanted.
I really liked the angle of my 2012 Speedmaster/BC Bars so I took a pic and overlaid it (purple) on top of the Speedmaster to get an idea on how they differed:
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I had some photos taken of my on both bikes to try and compare arm bend angle and other things and had my web designer mock it up for me (yes, I know I'm crazy)
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I tried several different combinations of risers to get into the right position and felt that either the Accutronix 6" Pullback riders or the 4" Pivoting Rox risers got me where I needed to be, but sure looked ugly
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After quite a bit of back & forth with Stefan @ ZombiePerformance & sending him a pair of the BC Tracker Bars to make sure he got the angles right; he sent over some CAD drawings, then a photo of the rough bend and how it would look matching the 30 degree fork angle.
I had him make them a bit longer than needed to ensure that we had the min required 9" for controls; so when I had them installed I had 1" chopped off each side for a total width of 33".
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I ultimately tipped them back a little bit more with prob 35-40 degree angle when installed.
End Result:
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I hope this helps any of you in someway to find the light at the end of the tunnel when it comes to the handlebars on this awesome bike.
After riding a Kawasaki Vulcan Classic for around 10 years, I recently made the move to my first Triumph, a 2012 Speedmaster 900.
Immediately after sitting on it, I felt just as comfy as I was on my previous bike, and with its EFI the ride was much nicer.
It didn't take too long before I got the itch to upgrade to the 2022 Speedmaster - the look, the engine, ABS, traction control and more all made it really desirable.. but gosh darn - those beach bars were horrible.
I assumed it would be an easy swap to find another set that I liked better; that was naïve of me.
This was the beginning of a several month obsession of trying to love my new bike and fortunately it all paid off.
I know many people feel the same wat about the bars of this bike, so I am going to get into a rather lengthy post here regarding my process and what I found in the hopes I save many people all of the frustration that I had and help y'all love your new Speedmaster even more.
I am in no way affiliated with ZombiePerformance.com, who made the custom bars but I am super appreciative of all the time they spent with me throughout this process for a relatively insignificant purchase of 1 set of custom handlebars. I highly recommend them and encourage anyone looking for a custom handlebar solution to reach out to them.
So, here is my new (to me w/ 300 miles on it) 2022 Speedmaster with the stock beach bars.
When looking for compatible replacements, I came across the bars from the Triumph Bobber, which didn't have enough rise or pullback for me or the Triumph High bar kit which had too much rise, not enough pullback and frankly looked out of place IMHO.
Appearently, you need at least 9" of grip space to put the Triumph controls whereas most bars out there had around 8".
Looking for 3rd party bars, I came across the British Customs Tracker Bars. They had the right grip angle for me, but not enough rise or pullback to get me where I wanted.
I really liked the angle of my 2012 Speedmaster/BC Bars so I took a pic and overlaid it (purple) on top of the Speedmaster to get an idea on how they differed:
I had some photos taken of my on both bikes to try and compare arm bend angle and other things and had my web designer mock it up for me (yes, I know I'm crazy)
I tried several different combinations of risers to get into the right position and felt that either the Accutronix 6" Pullback riders or the 4" Pivoting Rox risers got me where I needed to be, but sure looked ugly
After quite a bit of back & forth with Stefan @ ZombiePerformance & sending him a pair of the BC Tracker Bars to make sure he got the angles right; he sent over some CAD drawings, then a photo of the rough bend and how it would look matching the 30 degree fork angle.
I had him make them a bit longer than needed to ensure that we had the min required 9" for controls; so when I had them installed I had 1" chopped off each side for a total width of 33".
I ultimately tipped them back a little bit more with prob 35-40 degree angle when installed.
End Result:
I hope this helps any of you in someway to find the light at the end of the tunnel when it comes to the handlebars on this awesome bike.
