you may be right but I got bored yesterday and re-routed the throttle and clutch cables to the rear of the bars so they don't go between the forks. Its given me enough slack for the bars. Doesn't seem to cause any problems lock to lock, throttle opens and closes just as freely and clutch seems just as good as before - which makes sense as the cables are not curved anymore than they were before. I'll keep an eye on it and report back here if any problems come from it.