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I'm fairly sure that "Dirty" had a carbon torque rod on his 600. I think it came from America. I will try and do a search when I get a minute, unless someone beats me to it.
I don't know if he ever fitted it, he might still have it?
While the length is not hyper-critical, you definitely need a rose joint each end, besides it's the easiest way to create a tight swivelling joint. Those joints need to be kept in good nick too otherwise trouble follows. Use the Chrome-moly ones from McGills.
Having seen the way that carbon fails in model aeroplanes I don't think I would trust it myself for a critical structural part on a motorbike. The original is in fact an alloy tube so there is not very much weight to be saved. All the weight is in the rose joints anyway which are an essential part of the equation. lighter ones will almost certainly wear quicker?
A Titanium rod/tube would probably be better?
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