Handlebars, Replacing??:?:

[JBurrows88]

Yes the clever boy falls off his bike a puts a small crack in his handlebars and gets all worried!

I am planing to replace my stock handlebars which have a rise of 100mm

The ones i want to replace the handlebars with have a rise of 42mm

What kind of problems could i face if i do this???


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Dave
XJR400 Kenney Roberts Paint Job

[hmmmnz]

all you cables will be 2 inches too long, no drama,
mabee sore wrists when riding for long distances
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[JBurrows88]

Thats ok i can deal with that!!!


Now, prices

Looking on egay i found THIS
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Dave
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[hmmmnz]

thats what i have on my gs500, very comfy to ride with, although wider than the standard clip ons,
have your got risers already on your bike??
i would search around a bit more you can find some cheaper than that on ebay for either buy now or really cheap auction, i paid £6 for mine
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[JBurrows88]

£6 is impressive...

ermm risers.... What sizes am i going to be looking at here?

Was thinking of riding with the handlebars being bit lower down on my YBR, is that bad
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Dave
XJR400 Kenney Roberts Paint Job

[hmmmnz]

lol, ok its for a ybr125 (yamaha) for some reason i had er in my head,
the risers are the bits that the bars are mounted to,
most sports bikes have clip ons (eg they bolt to the forks or are 2 single bars mounted to the yoke)

you don't need any thing except for the bars, 7/8" is standard size
and is whats on your bike,
here are a couple of bars i found on ebay that are cheaper than the ones you were looking at with buy nows, you can get them cheaper if you just want to bid on bars
https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/New-Alloy-Black-Handlebars-Handle-Bars-Renthal-Style_W0QQitemZ320072403460QQihZ011QQcategoryZ9946QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-RENTHAL-STYLE-HANDLEBARS-4-TYPES-7-COLOURS_W0QQitemZ150081482195QQihZ005QQcategoryZ25626QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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[JBurrows88]

I am got the bars a bit cheaper (£30) If i'd waited another day i could have got em at even less!


Anyone got any idea's on how to remove the grips easily?? As i seem to be struggling trying to even move them, lol

I notice today when riding the bike that the small crack has got a bit bigger (looks bigger), haha i noticed another very thin crack near the larger one, so definatly need replacing!
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Dave
XJR400 Kenney Roberts Paint Job

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the one on the right will slide off with the controlls,
the one on the left will require a bit of pulling. (its easier if you remove the switches and what not, then push with a screw driver jammed under them.
hopefully some mug hasnt glued it in place

£30 gee, you have to work on your ebay stratigies,.... or this bike will ruin you
good stuff, i expect pics
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are you really going to pay £1600 for an er5???
you could get a bandit 6 for less than that
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