Got on it

Yes the lower shaped part of the casting cleared ok but it interfered as it became more bulbous up the side of the pot . Could well indeed be a thicker casting !
 
talking of tuning the rocket,im thinking of changing the gearing going 1 plus on the rear sprocket,i know i am a day late but what do you think ?

Going up 1 tooth on the rear sprocket won't make much difference Tails.
One tooth up on the out put shaft gear will do it tho'
 
All that was done in a few hours but it took you three fortnights and fourteen days to install a wee exhaust
Well that's a case of pot , kettle , black if ever I heard one .
That man from Glenrothes , he laughed and he scoffed , then used his carpenter pipes , six months in the kitchen to hang his haggis aloft !
I forgot to mention , I greased and adjusted the head bearings also whilst the bars were off .
I have never used T bars before , or even sat on a bike that had them fitted . I wanted them as vainly , I thought they looked manly and cool . When I finished the bike it was late sat night and I hadn't even fitted my new seat as I had left it at home . Early Sunday morning I wheeled the bike out of the garage popped the seat on , started her up , got dressed and jumped aboard . In the first hundred yards I was grinning from ear to ear . A total transformation . The bars feel higher and slightly narrower , but at the same time , far more connected to the front end . There was no playing around with rotation etc , as the new position of the instruments kind of dictate where the bars sit in the clamps without touching the chrome of the clocks . I'm 6foot 2 and the riding position had changed from not sure before , to absolutely spot on . Quite frankly the difference in handling was outstanding . Gone was the horrible feeling with the old bars , that they wanted to snatch out of your hands when you hit bumps and undulations in the road . The front end felt firm , planted and solid with no flex or creaks. In a nutshell Dave , they are def the most worthwhile mod in sense of ride enjoyment that I have put on the bike . Pull back feels perfect with no fatigue to hands and wrists as before and after 150 miles I wanted to ride on and on . And they look manly and cool !
 
Great to hear your back on board Captain Nate!
I have NZ Thunderbike T-bars similar to yours on my '10 R3R and found they tended to push the instruments too close to the tank - so I flipped the instrument to mount topside and found it really easy using most of the original bracket components and they fit neatly inside my OEM flyscreen.

Remove plastic chrome cap (#32 in 2nd image) and make a long flat bracket about 4" long 0.75" wide and just drill 2 holes to match the two under the cap. Using slightly longer bolts with a couple of flat and a spring washer to space out so the bracket clears the indent and faces forward. Drill matching holes to mount the instrument bracket and voila transformed, much easier to read and my David Gill ( toyota6510 on UK eBay ) centrally ball mounted Garmin Zumo that fits the same area no longer obstructs the instrument when riding!
In his eBay item photos below the instruments are in stock position but brackets are visible. My instruments now nestle just under and within the flyscreen itself and sit above the T-bars.

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14 T2500659 T3 COVER INSTRUMENT MO x1 $32.20 443295 >; MPH Instruments ?KPH Instruments
15 T3010702 T3 FLANGED SLEEVE 6.4 x2 $6.90 443295 >; MPH Instruments ?KPH Instruments
16 T3020050 T3 GROMMET x2 $6.00 443295 >; MPH Instruments ?KPH Instruments

 
Chris, it's currently 7.50 AM Tuesday morning, I start at 7.00 AM
Well that's just silly!. If you can spend time on a M/C forum that early in the working day - you should be in bed dreaming of sheep (like any upstanding Kiwi).

I usually start at about 07:30 - - But I accept I need to get a life ( and/or retire).