Handlebar "sweep"

[benjamingvsu]

With new carbides I feel like I'm running corners at higher speed, even very tight corners. This has caused me to notice that the handlebars seem to sweep down towards my hips instead of pulling strait towards my shoulders. The geometry just feels different than it did on my Phazer.

I'm about as vertical as I can get with the stock bars and don't really want the bars to be closer to the windshield/farther from the seat. How do I go about adjusting these so that as I'm turning tight I am "pulling" more towards my shoulder and therefore maximizing my leverage on the bars?

I never noticed last year, but I never had good carbides either.

 

[SnoNinja]

With new carbides I feel like I'm running corners at higher speed, even very tight corners. This has caused me to notice that the handlebars seem to sweep down towards my hips instead of pulling strait towards my shoulders. The geometry just feels different than it did on my Phazer.

I'm about as vertical as I can get with the stock bars and don't really want the bars to be closer to the windshield/farther from the seat. How do I go about adjusting these so that as I'm turning tight I am "pulling" more towards my shoulder and therefore maximizing my leverage on the bars?

I never noticed last year, but I never had good carbides either.

About your only option would be the MTX vertical steering conversion. There is a thread on here about it. Yamahaguys did their 15 XTX SE, and I did my 15 LTX LE. I really like it better both on and off trail. Here is a picture from the front with the bars turned left to full lock so you can compare it to yours.

Bars stay much much flatter. Cost is outlined in the thread.

http://www.ty4stroke.com/threads/added-mtx-handle-bar-riser-to-the-xtx-se.131739/page-3#post-1239296

 

[yamahaguy]

Agreed. Find a MTX at a local dealer and sit on It.

 

[TD Max]

Agreed. Find a MTX at a local dealer and sit on It.

Or jump on a Skidoo XS and suddenly the stock Viper bar position will not seem so bad