I put my top drawer on the wall

[Sage Oz]

If I get a situation where the needlebar is too long I use my handy needlenose pliers to make a triangle kink in the bar just down from the eyelet above the rubberband. Effectively shortens it up like so:
__----------------o
__-------------/\o

Might even add a tiny bit of dampening
I had a bunch of spare XL needlebars so I tried all kinds of things with them, had some that had a tiny wave instead of straight that worked fine had a nice soft hit helped soften my B&G when I didn't yet have the understanding to tune my machines proper lol
Looked like this:
__~~~~~~~~~o

Sorry guys for the stick figure pictographs but I can't find how to post pics from my IPhone yet(its a friggin new 4GS)even with tapatalk, I can't even figure out how to start a new thread @$&#%!!!
I need a new computer...
Anyways what do you guys think is the ideal tube and needlebar length and nipple-to-tubevise distance?