on my 97 500 xtc i went out and bought a 16 buck pair of moose atv bars and kept the cross bar right on didnt have a problem other then the pad was a little tight but it gave me another 2 inches up and 3 wider felt like i was riding a choper but i had amazing control and i needed the extra leverage cause i bolted hyfax on the bottome of my skies( aka realy cheep C&As cob) but the thing turned on a dime in fresh snow but on icey trails it was killer arm pump but u could go full out into corners and not be sacred cause it would trun as long as u could trun the bars lol