Setting up your bike properly to fit you is a lost art among motorcycle dealers, and the manufacturers have tried to standardize fitment by dimpling bars, and pinning switches (which comes close for most people), but to operate a motorcycle safely and comfortably you must set up the bike to suit you, the owner. Since we are not all built the same, we have different length arms, and legs, and we sit on the seats in different places, which means the handlebars may need to be rotated forward for long armed guys, or back for short armed guys to be comfortable. When you move the bars, it affects the levers, and the mirrors, and the switches. All need to be adjusted to the individual. In 17 years in the motorcycle industry this is something I did for every customer that bought a bike from me.
Lets start with the bars. There are 4 bolts that clamp the handlebars which when loosened allow the bars to be moved. These are bolts that take a 6 mm allen wrench and are capped with little plastic chrome caps. to adjust first we must remove the chrome caps. Take a small strdy bladed knife and place the tip under the edge of one of the caps. The object is not to scratch anything. The thin stury knife blade is the best tool I have found for this job. Screw drivers are usually too thick, and fingernails too thin.
Once you have the edge popped up, use the blade of the knife under the lip of the cap to pry it out.
now remove the other 3 in the same way.
Once all 4 caps are removed grab either a ratchet, small extension, and a 6mm allen socket or a 6 mm allen wrench and loosen all 4 bolts, not sloppy loose, but just lightly loose. (remember lefty loosy, or check your ratchet before beginning work)
Now sit on the bike, either on the centerstand, or put a board under the side stand to proximate riding position and grab the bars. Pull back if they are too far away, push forward if they are too close. The goal is to get the grips to fall right under your hands when in your natural riding position. (notice I spared no expense hiring a good looking model)
Once you have bars where they are comfortable for you, go ahead and snug up the 4 6MM allen bolts, that clamp the bars. I rotate bolts as I tighten them. Note * The torque spec for these bolts is 15 Ft Lbs, and Honda says to tighten the front 2 first and then the rear two.
Once you are happy with the position of the bars we have to roate the levers so that they fit properly. When sitting on a bike your shoulders elbows and wrists will form a straight line. Even if your elbows are slightly bent, from the side the line is straight. If you stretch your fingers straight out, the levers should come up and touch the bottom of your fingers.
There are 2 hex head bolts that hold the levers and master cylinders in position on each side. These take an 8 mm wrench or socket. To adjust a lever loosen the two bolt lightly until the unit will turn with light pressure. Sit on the bike and lower or raise the lever until it lightly touches the bottom of your fingers and snug it up. It should look like this.
If you have to bend your wrist either up, or down in order to squeeze the lever that will cause tension in your wrist and fatigue on a long ride
wrist bent up
wrist bent down
Go ahead and snug up your lever holders on each side.
Like I said the switches on todays bikes are pinned so there isn't much you can do about their positioning, but if you moved the bars at all the mirror may need to be rotated up or down a bit to put the object of reflection in the center of the lens. Just grab the mirror face and rotate up or down as needed.
Once your bike is properly set up, it will feel better, be more comfortable and less fatiguing to ride. With the levers set up correctly there will be no tension in your wrist, you will be able to extend 2 fingers on each hand to cover the clutch or brakes (I almost always ride with those covered by 2 fingers) and ride that way without fatigue to your fingers, and you will be able to squeeze the clutch and brake levers more quickly and easily.
Check all your bolts for tightness and don't forget to snap the 4 chrome plastic caps back into the handlebar holders.
That's it you are done.