What makes a handlebar on a motorcycle feel heavy, and what makes other handlebars on motorcycles feel light. For example, I test drove two bikes over the weekend. Both were in the sport bike category.One was the Kawasake FZ6R. The steering was light and easy. Then I test drove a similar, but different, bike, the FZ6. The handlebar felt heavy. As yet another example , I took a Suzuki Marauder for a drive.The steering felt so heavy it felt like it was going to pull me down onto the pavement if I didn‘t manhandle it and kept it straight. So why the differences in steering? Is it the handlebar design? Especially curious about the two similar bikes FZ6R and FZ6. I hate the heavy steering feeling.
