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Silverado140
Posted on Monday, January 08, 2007 - 11:48 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Does anyone know how to install these? I have removed mine from my CityX after I took off the hand guards. I'm now trying to install the standard bar ends that come on the firebolts & non-cityx lightnings. I can't even get these things started, let alone all the way in. If anyone has an idea on how this is done (do I need to heat the plastic so that it forms to the dimension of the bars?), I'd be extremely happy.

Thanks, Joe
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Buellman39
Posted on Monday, January 08, 2007 - 11:52 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
soapy water might help
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Xl1200r
Posted on Monday, January 08, 2007 - 11:54 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
I can't help you get them in, but can anyone help me on getting them out? Do they just pull out?
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Aldaytona
Posted on Monday, January 08, 2007 - 12:11 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Tap in with rubber mallet, yes they pull out.
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Bombero
Posted on Monday, January 08, 2007 - 02:22 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
I just did this today - I think mine were for the CityX, although, I didn't know that they had different ones. I could not get mine on, even with the mallet, without potentially bending/smashing the end where the handguard snaps in. I took it over to my grinding wheel, and ground it down along the taper a bit, and it went in a bit easier with a little tap of the mallet.
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Silverado140
Posted on Monday, January 08, 2007 - 04:13 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Bombero -

I have also tried the rubber mallet method, I even stepped it up to the hard plastic version with no luck. I'm thinking that I'm going to try a little heat next, since I don't have a grinding wheel handy.

Thanks
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Midknyte
Posted on Monday, January 08, 2007 - 04:21 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
just spend a few dollars for real ones?



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Pokinatcha
Posted on Monday, January 08, 2007 - 07:11 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
i trimmed a little plastic off of the end and they went in just fine with a hammer with tape on the end. but true they were impossible to get in otherwise.
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Pokinatcha
Posted on Monday, January 08, 2007 - 07:13 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
ps i just used a razor knife not a grinder
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Mainstreamer
Posted on Monday, January 08, 2007 - 10:19 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Try a little KY jelly, always makes it go in easier. Seriously!
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Jkhawaii
Posted on Tuesday, January 09, 2007 - 02:00 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
melt the end slightly. looked at the one that came out and it looked to me that the plugs were installed hot
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Mesafirebolt
Posted on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 - 09:05 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
I have used two different bar ends so far, I have the ones like midknyte installed now. They cost me a whopping 7 dollars. They install with an allen head (Included with them) and look and function flawlessly. Ditch the plastic...
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