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Another age old debate...

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stidds:
Always had mine vertical or slightly back from vertical, to me it was only Burner owners that had bars forward, sorry Burner owners but that is always what I thought.

Rombloke:
vertical.....


deffo not burner boy style.

Dave

OrgasmDonor:
i like mine slightly forward. BITD i used to line the grips up with the front wheel bolts to get a better feel for the front end, but slightly forward now for no other reason than it looks better :)

BrianP:
Back then I rode with them vertical, now (on new school rides) I have them parallel to the fork leg. Feels about spot on.

Brian.

theRuler:
here's the scoop on bar position

if you rode your bike as a get-to-school machine, you would set them a bit forward. and run a lay back seatpost so the bike was some sort of easy rider. it was the fashion back then.

if you were a freestyler, you would set the bars pretty much upright, for control

as frames got longer in the 90's bars started coming back

with the dirt jumping craze, the bars were mounted a bit back, so you didnt go over the front when you were nose diving the 8 pack.

having the bars forwards made the bike easier to endo, bitd. when you were doing the trick without any skill, just hairing along and hitting the brake and hoping for the best

burner bars:  they are always forwards, because of the rake on the bars. their awful 70's design means that you have to have them tipped over so that the grips are above the headtube. if you have them upright it would be like riding a wheelbarrow.

ronnie remo always rode with his bars tipped a bit forwards, flying in the face of fashion during the 90's. he like them like that! personal preference

that's the 411

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