CB turn signals in the way of clubman bars. Any ideas?

[skimeister]

Today I decided to give my CB550 a shake and said "wakey wakey little buddy!"
I have a box of new parts for this riding season and one of them is new clubman handle bars.
These new bars have a much shallower angle than my old ones and when I tried to install them I quickly realised that my turn signals are in the way of the clutch and brake levers. See pic below..
The turn signals are from a 350 or 450 so they are already smaller than stock and come on shorter stems but I still have no room for the levers :-\

I can't go back to my old bars because they're bent and I don't want to ride without signals so I need to replace them with something smaller that will mount closer to the headlight.
I want to keep the classic round, orange/chrome look.
Any suggestions ?

I found a set of these on Ebay and the seller confirmed that they will only stick out 1 1/2'', that should give me enough clearance....

 

[andrew embassy]

seems like you should also be able to just chop the current signals' posts so they're shorter?

 

[skimeister]

Yah, I'll check when I get home, but I think the original stem tapers off at the end so chopping it might not work...

 

[JRK5892]

take the stock ones apart and cut down the stalks

 

[cheezer]

Easy-just use the signals for the headight mount bolts.

 

[CurbTiger]

Uh....turn signals......onna cafe? military intelligence.....airline food.......educational television......business ethics

Nate in PDX

 

[johnson_steve]

take the stock ones apart and cut down the stalks

That's what mine are. I cut 2&1/2" off each stem. it looks great. mine have the LEDs in them but they still look stock.

 

[skimeister]

Trimming the stems is not going to works...the diameter tapers quite a bit where the light mounts, so I can't cut from either end.

@Cheezer, can you explain what you mean? Mounting the signals directly on the headlight?

Might have to ride without signals for a couple of weeks and see how safe it feels...

 

[Tim]

With some aftermarket signals, you can use them as the bolts that hold your headlight bucket to the ears. Its a good solution as that's where the wiring connections are anyhow, so the wires go directly into the bucket and it keeps the signals up and out of the way.

 

[moto fugazzi]

You could just leave the directionals off.
It's not like anybody else needs to know where you're going!