Confusion - Bar heights 650s and Naked

[Triton]

Hi all, can someone clear up a bit of confusion for me :confused:

Handlebar heights on the S and Naked models, been looking thorough a few bikes for sale, some S models seem to have clip on style bars and other S models look like the bars are above the yokes, is this possible in standard trim - did it change by year?

Is the Naked version the best for 'upright' riding position?

Cheers

Mike

[Geoffrey]

the naked sv has higher bars, mounted above the top yoke like an off road bike, where as the faired sv has lower clip-ons which are mounter below the top yoke. there are a couple of threads on here about fitting naked bars to faired bikes.

i think you will have to ride both to see which suits you and offers the best riding position, i rode my sons curvy (early model) when he first bought it and i find the bars on that to be lower than the bars on my pointy (later model) and they are both faired bikes.

[Triton]

Cheers Geoffrey, so to sum up;

2004 on

The 'S' model is the fully faired and 1/2 faired model with lower bars

The 'N' model has no fairings and the bars are higher

Is that right?

Cheers

Mike

[yorkie_chris]

It is indeed.

If you see one with the fairing and proper bars rather than clip ons, then it is a DIY job.