set of bars

[g15usmc]

Hi Nate,
my bike came with them too but they were far too Harleyesque for my liking.
Luckily the chrome encrustment comes off real easy with a pair of sidecutters to expose the quite elegant diamond pattern all rubber grips underneath.
And NDY,
no, you need 7/8" to 1" setbacks to use 1" bars.
Even if you cherry out the 7/8" clamps to fit the 1" bar the clamping bolts are too close together to let the 1" bar fit between them.

Fred, So you cut the crome part off?...thats awesome...but why didn't you just pull them off?...I have to agree with you on the Harleyesque part...I forgot to say i dont have them on my XS...They are on my Marauder 1600...which i've customized a bit, with things like a mustang saddle, those grips, and straight pipes... I dont want my bike to look or sound like a Harley...but i get more compliments on it than all my friends with harley's...they get pissed...I think its great!...

[g15usmc]

Don't forget, if you switch to 1" bars, now none of your hand controls fit either...

You can get hand controls that have a 1" where it mounts and ends up being 7/8" in order to mount the controls...

[fredintoon]

Fred, So you cut the chrome part off?...thats awesome...but why didn't you just pull them off?... - - -

Hi Nate,
the rubber cores were 100% usable, indeed, they worked better than before once the chrome was removed.
Also, removing them would have forced me to buy a new set.
What part of cheap don't you understand?

[g15usmc]

Hi Nate,
the rubber cores were 100% usable, indeed, they worked better than before once the chrome was removed.
Also, removing them would have forced me to buy a new set.
What part of cheap don't you understand?

Did you say cheap?...cheap i understand...I have a carb that i JB welded in order to fix the float...:P...LOL...I def understand, i was just meaning maybe you chould have pulled the crome piece off without having to cut it...but hey, whatever works right?...

[fredintoon]

Did you say cheap?...cheap i understand...I have a carb that i JB welded in order to fix the float...:P...LOL...I def understand, i was just meaning maybe you chould have pulled the crome piece off without having to cut it...but hey, whatever works right?...

Hi Nate,
well, everybody does that; carb bodies are expensive and hard to find, after all.
But no, the chrome trim won't pull off in one piece because the rubber diamond-shapes stick up through the chrome matrix.
So you gotta use side-cutters (and yes, I know that dykes is their proper name but I can't bring myself to use it).

[crazy steve]

...So you gotta use side-cutters (and yes, I know that dykes is their proper name but I can't bring myself to use it).

Actually, that's a brand name that's come to identify that tool (diagonal cutting pliers), much like channellock (adjustable pump pliers), kleins (9" linemen pliers), crescent wrench (adjustable wrench), or hickey (rigid conduit bender)...

[g15usmc]

Actually, that's a brand name that's come to identify that tool (diagonal cutting pliers), much like channellock (adjustable pump pliers), kleins (9" linemen pliers), crescent wrench (adjustable wrench), or hickey (rigid conduit bender)...

Well when i had put them on I actually put the rubber on first, then i put the chrome piece over the top...but then again, isn't that how everything works, you put it on one way and take it off another...

[thefreeauction]

Here's a pic of mine....

Here's mine. I got them cheap on ePay for about 25 bucks shipped.... I really like the looks of them. Gets kinda tiring riding for longer periods of time though.... The left side controls barely hits my tank, now I have a small ding on my tank . I think I'm gonna get some handlebar risers/spacers to bump them up an inch so they won't hit the tank.

[g15usmc]

Here's mine. I got them cheap on ePay for about 25 bucks shipped.... I really like the looks of them. Gets kinda tiring riding for longer periods of time though.... The left side controls barely hits my tank, now I have a small ding on my tank . I think I'm gonna get some handlebar risers/spacers to bump them up an inch so they won't hit the tank.

very nice bike...U confirmed my thoughts on getting some atv/dirtbike type bars...

[yamahansolo]

Renthal 60 bucks very nice!

[lee_dutcher]

vintage renthals..free!