I currently ride a Suzuki BKing. I sat on the ZX14R and the bars are MUCH lower like a sport bike. Does anyone know who sells a set up to bring the bars up about 6 inches and rearward about 2 or 3 inches? I know I'd have to buy new extended cables for throttle, brake and clutch. Any advise?

* Last updated by: BKing on 5/1/2012 @ 12:16 PM *

I don't know if LSL has a conversion for the ZX14R yet.

I put theirs on my 2008 ZX14, and after I went to Superbike High bars and added riser blocks, it was almost as comfortable as a C14. Almost, but not quite.

I put on a set of Apex bars and that did the trick..extended the brake cables 4 inches..are fully adjustable and left the triple tree alone....adjust for height, angle, depth, radius, they rotate on the front forks and are nicely finished.

Ninja

* Last updated by: ninjawarrior1244 on 5/1/2012 @ 5:30 PM *

Hey ninja, got a pic?

* Last updated by: ninjawarrior1244 on 5/2/2012 @ 6:58 AM *

Audie Murphy didn't win the Medal of Honor by following orders.......!

No, he won it by being heroic in accomplishing the mission assigned his unit.

Oh wait, so he did win it by following orders. And by giving orders.

Hey those custom handlebars are fantastic, where did you get them ?

Anyway, the truth about Audie Murphy is pretty heroic....

"The next day, January 26 (the temperature was 14 °F (?10 °C) with 24 inches (61 cm) of snow on the ground), his unit participated in the battle at Holtzwihr, France.[1][5]

48°7?21.99?N 7°15.27?40?E After fighting for some time, Murphy's unit was reduced to an effective strength of 19 out of 128. Murphy sent all of the remaining men to the rear[5] while he shot at the Germans with his M1 carbine until he ran out of ammunition. He then climbed aboard an abandoned, burning M10 tank destroyer and used its .50 caliber machine gun[1] to cut down the German infantry,[5] including one full squad of German infantry who crawled in a ditch to within 100 feet (30 m) of his position. He was able to call in artillery fire using a land-line telephone and, under heavy fire, was wounded in the leg.[1][5] He nonetheless continued his nearly single-handed battle for almost an hour.[1][5] He only stopped fighting when his telephone line to the artillery fire direction center was cut by enemy artillery. As his remaining men moved forward, he quickly organized them into a counter-attack[1][5] which ultimately drove the enemy from Holtzwihr. For these actions, Murphy was awarded the Medal of Honor.[1][5]

When asked after the war why he had seized the machine gun and taken on an entire company of German infantry, he replied simply, "They were killing my friends."

When I was at West Point we studied this day in the war, and many others like it.

* Last updated by: privateer on 5/1/2012 @ 6:12 PM *

Bars look great. All you needed was a brake line? Do the bars clear the tank and fairing / windshield at full lock?

Thanks for posting that.

The bars are fully adjustable, that is what makes them so useful, and simple to install.....lock to lock fully up and back no contact with fairing, it is close, but you can adjust for closeness and get maximum outward or inward hand position location so you are comfortable. CNC machined so they fit flawlessly, one product I am happy to stand behind, have talked to the machinist at APEX when he was here during Bikeweek too....so you have customer support if you need it.

What I like is you can adjust the angle of the bar any 360 degree location that is comfortable for you. The bar near the vertical clamp is solid aluminum.....the last 3 inches is hollow. I cut my bars about a half inch off, when fitting my ISO grips for comfort.

Infinate adjustment, flawless machine work, anodized black finish, allen bolts stainless steel. Rock solid mount and less money than the Spiegler unit. No need to remove the triple clamp. You can use your gps in the center pivot area too...with the Spiegler bars you have to clamp a gps to the bar itself.......not good on a sport bike.

Ninja

I had my GPS on the "bar itself" and it was fine there. No handling problems whatsoever. And no, you ARE able to put it in the stem if you want it. I had a ram mount in mine for something else. The LSL top clamp only varies from the stock clamp in that it has bar mounts included.

Can you give a link to where you purchased those, in case someone here wants to look ?

EDIT: Here is the link if anyone wants it: APEX 4" riser clipons

* Last updated by: privateer on 5/1/2012 @ 8:07 PM *

BKing I can't quite picture a ZX-14 with 6 inch riser bars, but I can understand your initial feelings on the seating position on the 14 after getting off of your BKing. I know if I climbed on your bike I would notice a big difference also. The only change I made on my 08/14 was to lower the foot pegs some. I used Buel pegs on my 2012 and also went to a 1 inch riser. Just these small changes can make a big difference. Prior to my 08 I was on a Honda CBR 929RR. I would like to hear what you would have to say after climbing on to one of those! That was the most uncomfortable bike I have ever owned. I took, the now stock, 08 out the other day and was surprised at the difference between my two 14's seating position with just the two small changes to the 12. I bought the 08 because of the seating position over the Busa. I am not a skinny kid. I am 68 years old and my 5'10" frame is carrying 215 pounds. These bikes are comfortable enough for me and I ride often. The 08 is just short of 50K and the 2012 just turned 5700. If I didn't think either of these bikes were comfy enough I dare say I would have bought something else. I will ride later today! Good luck on your choice.

Thanks for the info guys! Those Apex units look awesome! Exactly what I had in mind. Thanks again!

Awesome set-up! What kind of grips are those?

Kuryaykn ISO grips the same that all Goldwing riders use exclusively....very comfortable, have them on my ZX and the C-14...now in black, used to be only in Chrome, so waited for black to become available and removed my heated grips last week on the C-14 and are a much more comfortable grip.

Ninja

As a testimonial to the product, I have the Apex bars on my CBR1000RR and they are GREAT. Almost infinitely adjustable. I could never understand why so many riders go for Heli's when they are not adjustable. If the angle, height, setback, etc. isn't quite right, you're out of luck. That won't be an issue with the Apex's. They are THAT adjustable.

* Last updated by: zx9rmal on 5/3/2012 @ 2:26 PM *

ninjawarrior1244

I like those Apex bars and I have a couple of questions. Are those the 3 or 4 inch. Also did you just re route the electrical and throttle cables? Thanks!

Auron,
In reference to your Avatar pic, "Nice set up!" (;

How can anyone read the postings with an avatar like Auron has?

I gotta leave for a minute.

I'm new to the forum, and to my '12. I'm thinking hard about ordering some of these apex risers and am also very curious about rerouting the elec. and clutch cables and how much longer you had to go on your brake line if any? I would assume it had to be lengthened some. Do these pull back as much or more than the LSLs? Thanks for your help. Glad to finally get to the bottom of this thread after pausing so long at each of Aurons posts. I wonder what he said. Might have answered my questions but I couldn't pay attention if he did.

Wolfman said "Auron,
In reference to your Avatar pic, "Nice set up!" (;

Yea Auron, nice "grips" on that unit, also ....

Nice set up.

I do like my Heli bars though. Simple install, & major improvement over stock ergos.

I love the Genmar risers on mine!

I have an owner-fabbed 7/8" bar clamp similar in effect to an LSL kit, but if I had bought it with stock bars, I think I would have gone with the APEX kit rather than the LSL. Nearly the same price and no changing the top triple as with the LSL.

I know this is an older post. I just found out about these. Not sure how I missed this when it was posted. I do like the idea of these over the LSL stuff.

ninjawarrior1244, am I correct in reading that you only bought longer brake lines? The throttle cable and clutch was long enough? What length brake lines did you go with?

Thanks, Rod.