hanguards that will actually fit? or change the levers?

[dank]

my bars have been shortened and this is causing me a problem. i bought it with short bars, and at the time put no thought as to how the handguards were positioned. my girlfriend noticed that they were positioned level, and i had thought nothing of it, but she said that i should angle them down, so that if i ever end up going over the handlebars (and i probably will), i wouldnt get my fingers caught in them. problem is that when i tried to do so, i found that my levers hit the guards and wouldnt let them fall back as far as they were supposed to. so i guess what im looking for is a model of handguards that offer lots of space width wise, or your opinion as to wether or not i should get shorty levers.
Thanks!