Bar end weights

[ThunderGuts]

Just wondering how much of an impact these have (or rather, how much of an impact removing them will have)? I have them on my ER5 and they have a tapered tip that extend into the handlebar by a cm or so . . . I have some hand guards to fit which while I could *probably* make fit with the weights (or mount the weights on the outside of them), it's going to be a bit faffy. Everything I've read suggests that when fitting hand guards the weights go, but then the articles I read about seem to be aimed squarely at off-road bikes so maybe there are other variables at work there.

So, before I exert large amounts of effort to try and make the weights work with the handguards, I'm just wondering what they're really doing? I'd assume something because they're there (they appear to have some sort of rubber mounting between the bolt and the weight itself so I'm guessing from this some sort of vibration damping).

Cheers
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[weasley]

[evilzed]

Yeah they stop vibrations, I can tell you from experience installing bark buster hand guards on my GW250 and from swapping the stock bar end weights with R&G ones on my FZ1 I ended up putting the stock ones back on both due to the annoying vibes you get, my hands were going numb on the FZ1 at motorway speeds.

The stock weights are much heavier than most of the aftermarket crap out there.

[ThunderGuts]

Cheers. Looks like I'll try and find a way to keep them in place then! Yeah they are quite weighty things.
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[Polarbear]

Wifie somehow lost one off her ER6. I was amazed the difference it made not having it (in a bad way).

I had to end up buying a proper OEM replacement as the pair I bought off ebay were much lighter and did eff all to reduce the numbness you got through the bars without the OEM bar ends.

On our Fazer hack it didn't seem to make much difference with or without but I presume that's more to do with it being an IL4 rather than a twin.
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[M.C]

My cheapo eBay ones were actually good and although lighter were better than the originals, but with all eBay stuff it's hit-and-miss.

[MCN]

I fitted end-weights to an er6f. From the same people who make crash bungs (their name escapes me).
Almost made it un-ride-able.

Rule of thum/p if the end weights are hefty then dont fcku with them.

And don't ride a bike with nothing in the ends.
You must have seen what an apple corer does. 😂
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Disclaimer: The comments above may be predicted text and not necessarily the opinion of MCN.

[Bhud]

[Sister Sledge]

[Bhud]

[ocatoro]

lost one from my blackbird on the last day of trip to germany last year.

literally couldn't feel my one hand during the whole ride home to wales due to the constant vibration.

don't ditch them.
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[Sister Sledge]

[Bhud]

[MCN]

[Ste]

If you were thrown forward so your hand and wrist were caught in them then it's probably going to hurt.

But on the plus side, your levers won't be broken.

[ThunderGuts]

As it turns out, I couldn't realistically fabricate a means of keeping the hand guards on the bike - they're just not a good fit, so I've abandoned it now. Bar weights back in place.
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