Color doesn’t matter. Pretty cool your using 35mm clamp diameter vs the standard 31.8mm. I was considering changing handlebars and stem but now I’ll stick with what comes on the bike. I noticed on all the pics I‘ve seen of the bike you use a lot of spacers. I’d prefer mine slammed, ie no spacers. Is this something you can do?
I'm sure they can cut off the stem for you. Pushkar has stated somewhere they leave them long and let the end user decide. Pipe cutter will trim that excess off pretty cleanly. Personally I think I might like the taller stem. Gettin old. Nuther few years and I'll be thinking about swept back elevated bars.
Cool, although I’ll have them use one 5mm spacer so I can use my Garmin GPS MountI'm sure they can cut off the stem for you. Pushkar has stated somewhere they leave them long and let the end user decide. Pipe cutter will trim that excess off pretty cleanly. Personally I think I might like the taller stem. Gettin old. Nuther few years and I'll be thinking about swept back elevated bars.
Bruce, I hear what you are saying. As a counterpoint, I live in Minnesota, land of 14K+ lakes and serious winters. We continuously use our bikes in the winter to hunt, fish and travel over frozen lakes and snow. The 4.8 tires are a godsend for that. I've seen the 27.5x3 tires constantly sink and get bogged down. Here we need them for their ability to float over snow and deep mud.
That’s why on my one RSD Mayor I have two sets of wheel. A Fat set and a Plus (27.5). Kinda regret I didn’t do that with the Hydra but I’m not changing my order at this point in the game.
Similar age and problem. I ended up installing a Bafang (Higo plugged), 1/4 twist throttle.
They are not very common and one problem is the crappy plastic grips you cannot change out.Why would the thumb throttle on the right be a problem?
Also, you could change to a half twist on the right, Familiar motorcycle type
