The gap between the cast portion if the left bar and the switch pod suggests either the grip and the pod are not fully slid onto the round bar or these are police bars (unlikely) which are about 1/2" longer than the civilian bars. I say unlikely because that gap, once the clutch clamp is banked against the casting looks greater than 1". Plus, how would police bars get on that bike? Maybe the previous owner replaced them for their greater length or that's what he found when sourcing bars to replace damaged ones?
If they are police bars, they would also have been paired with simple spacers that raise the bars from the triple clamp unlike HeliBar or MCL which move them both up and back (referencing the plane of the top triple clamp). The photo of the throttle side doesn't appear to have a spacer between the bar and the triple clamp.
The throttle switchpod looks to have a switch between the engine cut-off switch and the start button suggesting it's not stock either.
I'd start by trying to slide everything farther onto each bar to see if the clearance improves - levers, switchpods and grips. If the switchpods are OEM ST1300 parts there will be a hole in the bar and a locator pin on the inside of the switchpod to ensure it's positioned properly and prevent the pod from rotating on the bar.
I'd start by checking the positions of those parts and repositioning if possible, and then checking if those parts are not OEM.
Edit: From an earlier discussion about the difference between the police and civilian bar tube length
Handlebar tube length
Civilian Police
Right (throttle/brake) 8.25" / 210mm 8.75" / 223mm
Left (clutch) 7.9375" / 201mm 8.50" / 216mm
