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Wolfridgerider
Posted on Wednesday, April 28, 2010 - 01:32 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
I hate it when that kind of crap happens....

wanna by set of knobbies... they have only been mounted once and never seen the dirt... LOL
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Mikef5000
Posted on Wednesday, April 28, 2010 - 01:34 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Probably won't fit on my low uly.
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Ourdee
Posted on Wednesday, April 28, 2010 - 06:01 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
I would have stayed with the thin bars. When you go down and something has to give, I would rather it be a bent bar than a bent fork or broken tree, etc. I've been there.
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Ourdee
Posted on Wednesday, April 28, 2010 - 06:02 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Let me know how the thick bars help or hurt with the vibrations though?
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Mikef5000
Posted on Wednesday, April 28, 2010 - 10:26 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
I was in gravel. Gravel should 'give' before my handlebars.

Pavement is one thing, but soft ground is entirely different, these bars bent WAY to easy.

There is no noticeable difference in vibration.
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Ourdee
Posted on Thursday, April 29, 2010 - 07:04 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
I bought a 79 XL250S brand new and dropped it the first day backing down a sand dune and tweeked the bars. Sand is soft.
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Mikef5000
Posted on Sunday, May 02, 2010 - 05:51 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
New bars are on! This time I didn't mess with them, just cut the 'nub' off the control housing, added a layer of electrical tape beneath both housings to keep them from rotating, and everything is solid as a rock.

Yay!
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