srinath's SM Knock off bars on an 04

[The Buddha]

http://www.gstwins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=2&pos=184

The last surviving test bar from the batch of 4 welds ... These incluse Tdan and the 3 I have going to people right now. I had 2 more test bars bent and twisted into some serious pretzels ... but threw it away after the SV guys took it.
Cool.
Srinath.

[The Buddha]

Oh I forgot - the front to back test not always broke at the weld on 3/16th, but back to front ... always at the weld. BTW back to front is the direction for braking and riders weight on the bar ... always breaks at the weld.
Cool.
Srinath.

[The Buddha]

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Sounds like this guy is running for office or something  :dunno:

Dont say that ... that's what makes him really mad.
He forgets that there are significant numbers of people here that own welders and weld as a hobby or semi professionally ... some of who have bought bars  or other stuff from me and haven't thought they were bad.
Cool.
Srinath.

[mattford11]

Excuse me for being stupid... but what relevance does that link to a picture have? are those ur bars in action? Just curious.

[The Buddha]

That pic is a test bar, we put it in a vice and put a 10 foot pole over the free end and bend till it fails ... then we bend it the other way ... then we clamp it  at the other end and repeat ... till we're bored or the bar breaks/twists ito a pretzel ... Its supposed to bend near the welds and bend quite a bit ... which this bar did ... we can bend it more till it starts to tear and I did that with a few others ... just this I didn't ... I'll be doing more and putting up pics ... and that will never be allowed to happen on a bike ... you'd start hitting stuff ... tank, frame, headlights etc long before you get anywhere near this.
Cool.
Srinath.

[The Buddha]

OK Orders that were made couple days ago are getting sent in the next 1/2 hour ...
Cool.
Srinath.

[tdan553527]

So, some bars broke a couple of years ago. How many have you done since then, and have any of those broke. The ones I have look great and are very strong, I have no regrets. Ok, so your bars bent when you put a big pole on it, grab some stock bars and try the same thing, will they bend too, I guarantee they will. You've stated enough srinath, let's cut all this tard farm BS.

[mattford11]

That pic is a test bar, we put it in a vice and put a 10 foot pole over the free end and bend till it fails ... then we bend it the other way ... then we clamp it  at the other end and repeat ... till we're bored or the bar breaks/twists ito a pretzel ... Its supposed to bend near the welds and bend quite a bit ... which this bar did ... we can bend it more till it starts to tear and I did that with a few others ... just this I didn't ... I'll be doing more and putting up pics ... and that will never be allowed to happen on a bike ... you'd start hitting stuff ... tank, frame, headlights etc long before you get anywhere near this.
Cool.
Srinath.

Cool. I just saw a dude doing a wheelie :/ and had no idea what was going on...  :dunno:

[Jake D]

<snip>
Sounds like this guy is running for office or something  :dunno:

Dont say that ... that's what makes him really mad.
He forgets that there are significant numbers of people here that own welders and weld as a hobby or semi professionally ... some of who have bought bars  or other stuff from me and haven't thought they were bad.
Cool.
Srinath.

Is Aplitz the guy that always gives you crap about saying you don't always need to use "metric" bolts?

[chinox22x]

this is getting kinda ridiculous

1.  april - sri is not a full fledge business, therefore accountability is in limbo.  at least he gives good customer service to the people he deals with.  granted he had some bars fail in the earlier stages, i think people willing to give him a second chance are perfectly in their right to do so.

2. sri - you do need to put some sort of disclaimer when selling products, specially ones that are hand made/welded, etc, to CYA.  much like in a pool where there's no lifeguard, present, people swim at their own risk.

i've bought things from sri before and never had problems;however, i did so knowing that if it breaks, i don't have a "company" to Buddha Loves You at etc and that i bought it at my own accord.

I believe people here are mature enough to know that when they buy things from an individual,  they know what they're getting into.  

IMO, when buying things over the web, you do your own research.  Last time i checked all references to sri's bars are still on this site as far as failure, success, etc.  Let people make their own decisions, there's no need to persuade them to buy or not to buy a product.  This whole argument is being handled like a 10 yr old fight.  its ridiculous.

[chinox22x]

2x post.  :nana:

[pnaberhaus]

Back in the '60s, when I started riding, bars like that were refered to as  "clubman's". (For club racer, I suppose). The racer types mounted them inverted  to enable the "crouch position" without the hassle of dismanteling the forks to fit "clip-ons". Some of the chopper guys fitted them in the "up" position, sometimes with "dogbones" and called them "z" bars. Here we are, 40 years later, and everything "old" is "new" again.

[The Buddha]

Well mine are clubmans's wihtout the drop/rise ... they have like a 4-5 inch drop usually ... mine are flat. Also clubmans are over 12 inches wide at the welds ... mine are closer to 9, club man's also have 4-5 inches of forward offset before the bars swing back ... mine are close to 2.5 inches ... so Its clubmans made to fit a GS ... and clubmans's made to fit an SV ... whihc by some weird ass coincidence will fit a 04 ... whoo hooo ... BTW I actually liked the fit on my bars on an SV over the SM's ... SM's were too close to the tank and not far enough forward ... but hey I am 5 ft 10, anyone who's shorter may be more comfy, most of my guys also liked mine, but they were all fairly average to bigger  ... so no real surprise there ...
Also I should have these bars on a FZ1 ... looks like they'd fit that like a glove too ...
For comfort and sportiness (Oxymoron ??) nothing like the 2 welds ... but they will hit everyhitng on an 04.
Cool.
Srinath.

[rclz]

Just placed my order  

[DaveO]

Got mine today and installed. First mod.
Please ignore the pollen. Fact of life in NC.

New ones.

Side

New ones.


No chance to ride yet, other than aroung the yard. So far so good  

[The Buddha]

Have any Trouble dave ... especially with the dia of the bar and controls going on and feeling a bit loose ... I used smaller OD tubing in those hoping that the few 100th's the powdercoat adds will leave it at the right dia ... cos the 7/8th was too thick and made the bars faaar too thick after coating ... Nothing I fit it on gave any trouble, but my old bike did ... its controls were prolly worn out from the years it sat on the bike and the many remove/refit's ...
Cool.
Srinath.

[DaveO]

Everything fit tight. Only thing I had to do was drill holes for the controls and Dremel out the ends for the bar ends. Damn I hate trying to put bar ends on.
Thanks, Dave

[The Buddha]

I didn't drill it for bar ends I dont remember ... Maybe the SV people didn't want them ... Dont remember ... prolly will forget my name one of these daze ...
Cool.
Srinath.

[DaveO]

They were drilled out, but, just not quite far enough. A little dremel and everything went in.

[The Buddha]

OK I remember ... you are supposed to hand sand the bushing end of the weight, not turn the bar out bigger ... bar thickness = strength ...  Besides easier to mangle aluminium than steel ...  :lol:
Cool.
Srinath.