Handlebar Simplification

raulduke · June 24, 2008, 02:39:34 PM

I am rebuilding my bike after a crash and would love to simply the handlebar area...

Actually I would love to get rid of everything except a big red starter button. Obviously this will require aftermarket levers, masters and reservoirs. I would be ditching turn signals and relocating my high/low beam to a toggle switch on top of the dual headlights. Also, getting rid of the kill switch and the horn button would have to move.

Anybody done this? Sounds kinda crazy but really clean looking. Just a starter and a speedo.

Any help would be great.

A.duc.H.duc. · June 24, 2008, 03:41:08 PM

Why not move the start button? That's one of the easiest things to move.

stopintime · June 24, 2008, 04:05:36 PM

This will be a very cool topic

I'm expecting it to be going on for a long time.
Can't wait to see what you'll be able to do. Good luck!

I'm very sorry I'm nowhere near able to contribute, but I support the idea.

raulduke · June 24, 2008, 10:29:25 PM

I'm nervous about the no turn signals thing...(safety). But throttle and starter only is appealing. I would be ditching the tach and idiot lights in favor of an old school speedo. Old bikes don't have turn signals though and there is no getting around that.

remy · June 24, 2008, 10:47:22 PM

Check this out. Inspiration for cleanliness.

raulduke · June 24, 2008, 11:13:26 PM

Oh....I love that. I want that only older looking. No clip-ons or LCD ...but that is what I have in mind...nothin' on the bars.

stopintime · June 24, 2008, 11:17:04 PM

Turn signals operated by two touch sensitive pad switches on the tank?

raulduke · June 24, 2008, 11:30:10 PM

doesn't look like there are turn signals on that bike.

I haven't talked to my shop guy yet...but it seems to me the major issue here is the cost of aftermarket master-cylinders, which will allow you to get rid of the ugly factory controls. They are expensive...everything else is pretty much easy and cheap. Reservoirs and levers aren't too expensive, the wiring is really only shop time so it really comes down to what will aftermarket masters cost.

Grappa · June 25, 2008, 02:03:02 AM

Check out this guys bike for inspiration...

http://m900.blogspot.com/

You may have already seen this from TOB, but his photos of the simplified speedo might interest you.

NAKID · June 25, 2008, 02:34:35 AM

Quote from: Grappa on June 25, 2008, 02:03:02 AM
Check out this guys bike for inspiration...

http://m900.blogspot.com/

You may have already seen this from TOB, but his photos of the simplified speedo might interest you.

Nice, but I can't believe I didn't get a shoutout for his headlight bracket. That's exactly how I posted instructions that I did a year before that... $:-\$

raulduke · June 25, 2008, 06:27:41 AM

Oh man...I love that bike. Nice effort on the blog too, wow.

toaster · June 25, 2008, 08:45:37 AM

i only have a start button on the right side of my bars, and a small "off road switch" on the left side. the left switch handles the lights (off-low-high) horn, and blinkers, but i dont have the blinkers wired up. i have a home drawn wiring diagram that i did if you want that. im not sure what year bike you have, but mine is a 04 m800. i can give you a pic of the switches i took off so you can compare to what you have right now. if you want, im sure it wouldnt be too hard to set it up with just a button on the left for start, and two buttons on the left, one for the horn and a click button for the high-low.

i have not used blinkers for the last 3 years, and so far ive had no close calls. *knocking on wood* but i would really hate to loose the horn. it has saved me several times. give me a few minutes and ill get those pics up.

toaster · June 25, 2008, 09:08:22 AM

all of the drawings are looking at the plug, where they plug into each other, not where the wires come out. im not sure how most wiring diagrams work, but i did this on my own and i understand it.

left side.

right side.

i did all my wiring between the plug and the switch. i did not want to cut into the regular frame side of the wiring harness.

i didnt mention my reason for doing this in the last post. i have the coffin style reservoirs and the stock switches were too wide to fit on the clipons, and it was cheaper to replace the switches instead of the reservoirs.

raulduke · June 25, 2008, 12:24:26 PM

Wow thank you so much.

What master cylinders did you use? I assume you dumped the ones attached to your controls.

Thanks again.

toaster · June 25, 2008, 02:42:33 PM

i still have the stock master cylinders and reservoirs. the problem is that the stock "coffin" reservoirs (at least thats what i believe they are called) are too big to fit on the vortex clipons with the stock switches. and i know i could change the switches for less than the cost of changing the reservoirs.

i have found (through the power of ebay) some pics of what my stuff is. the only pic that is actually mine is the left switch.

my original left switch.

my original right switch.

coffin reservoirs.

while reading the description for some of the other euro switches on ebay they say "The switch will fit all Ducati Monster 620/800/900/1000 motorcycles 2003 and later." so i assume the wiring i posted earlier will work for all monsters '03 and later, but i take no responsibility resulting in damages and/or problems from the use of my diagram.

edit: i will post some pics of my bars once i get home. if its not raining.

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