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pjcomp
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PostPosted: 16:52 - 04 Apr 2015    Post subject: Honda handlebars Reply with quote
I need to get some new handlebars for my CBF600 (2008), the current ones being slightly misaligned after toughing it out with the tarmac. Two questions:

1 - is it as simple as unbolt all the bits hanging of the current bars, swap bars and rebolt the bits?

2 - I read somewhere that Hondas have a guide hole drilled in the underside of the bars so not just any old bars can be used. Is this right and I have to get Honda-official bars, or not?

Grateful for any help and guidance out there.

pj
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PostPosted: 17:04 - 04 Apr 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
How bent are they? Loads of people change bent bars when all that's needed is to bend them straight. 'Slightly misaligned' would seem to suggest that's all that's needed.
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PostPosted: 17:27 - 04 Apr 2015    Post subject: Re: Honda handlebars Reply with quote
pjcomp wrote:
I need to get some new handlebars for my CBF600 (2008), the current ones being slightly misaligned after toughing it out with the tarmac. Two questions:

1 - is it as simple as unbolt all the bits hanging of the current bars, swap bars and rebolt the bits?

2 - I read somewhere that Hondas have a guide hole drilled in the underside of the bars so not just any old bars can be used. Is this right and I have to get Honda-official bars, or not?

Grateful for any help and guidance out there.

pj
I've changed lots of bars on lots of Hondas, usually with Renthal bars. The holes you mention are for plastic lugs on the switch halves to lock into. I usually just file or snip them off.
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PostPosted: 20:00 - 04 Apr 2015    Post subject: Re: Honda handlebars Reply with quote
pjcomp wrote:
1 - is it as simple as unbolt all the bits hanging of the current bars, swap bars and rebolt the bits?

Yes, it's just a metal tube.

pjcomp wrote:
2 - I read somewhere that Hondas have a guide hole drilled in the underside of the bars so not just any old bars can be used.

Drill equivalent. It's not a special Honda hole. Wink
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PostPosted: 05:44 - 05 Apr 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks for the feedback, changing them sounds within my comfort zone and probably less bother than trying to bend them back. Cheers all!
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PostPosted: 06:54 - 05 Apr 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Why not try bending them first, before you buy new? I've been known to bend them in situ, just get a chum to hold the bike while you swing on them.
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PostPosted: 07:48 - 05 Apr 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
1198 wrote:
Why not try bending them first, before you buy new? I've been known to bend them in situ, just get a chum to hold the bike while you swing on them.

If you can't shift them, get more leverage with a bit of scaffold pole or similar, removing grips as necessary.

Or I've done custom bars by clamping just one end into the clamps on the yoke to give more to swing on.
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PostPosted: 07:52 - 05 Apr 2015    Post subject: Re: Honda handlebars Reply with quote
yen_powell wrote:
I've changed lots of bars on lots of Hondas, usually with Renthal bars. The holes you mention are for plastic lugs on the switch halves to lock into. I usually just file or snip them off.


Isn't the hole to stop the controls from turning when you turn the throttle?
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PostPosted: 07:56 - 05 Apr 2015    Post subject: Re: Honda handlebars Reply with quote
monkeybiker wrote:
yen_powell wrote:
I've changed lots of bars on lots of Hondas, usually with Renthal bars. The holes you mention are for plastic lugs on the switch halves to lock into. I usually just file or snip them off.


Isn't the hole to stop the controls from turning when you turn the throttle?
Can't say I've ever had a problem with that. In addition I like to have my controls/levers and switches where I want them, the pegs make this hard to achieve as you can't swivel the switches around before tightening the screws.
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PostPosted: 08:02 - 05 Apr 2015    Post subject: Re: Honda handlebars Reply with quote
monkeybiker wrote:
Isn't the hole to stop the controls from turning when you turn the throttle?


That's what I thought!

It's easy enough to mark the position and drill a hole!

Also - some Honda's have non-standard bar-end weights which won't fit after-market bars, so you will probably need a new pair.
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PostPosted: 08:11 - 05 Apr 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
I don't have any bar end weights on my ZED. Never had a problem.
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PostPosted: 09:06 - 05 Apr 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
When I fitted Renthals to my Africa Twins I found that the extra alloy wall thickness meant I didn't need the bar end weights any more as the vibes were damped by the bars alone.
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