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Title: need help! replacing handlebars
Post by: i3randon12 on June 18, 2004, 11:24:27 AM
alright here the dealio...  haha dealio!       i just recived my handlebars and handle bar risers

there r 3 mian thing im going to be confused about while tkasing it off?

to start    how hard is it?

my main concern is throttle cable!     how hard is it to disconnect?  how do i do it?

next on the list is clutch?
what did i do and how hard?

brake(sort of)   can i just unscrwew it from the handlebars... hold it there then recrew it to my new ones??? leaving all the tbes connected          it looks possible        

choke i can just slide off       right


haha these bars look sick         they look like sintrha( sorry dont knwo how to spell it)            

help a brother out!

thnkx in v
Title: need help! replacing handlebars
Post by: Frost on June 18, 2004, 11:27:07 AM
on your handlebar...do you have that little hole in it which the stub from the controls goes into??

if there isn't a hole in the bars...should i just shave the little stub from the control?
Title: need help! replacing handlebars
Post by: i3randon12 on June 18, 2004, 11:29:14 AM
umm   haha r u asking me      or are u asking me to ask myself?


umm if there is no hole      wherever i need a hole      im going to drill
Title: need help! replacing handlebars
Post by: i3randon12 on June 18, 2004, 11:56:35 AM
ooo        one more major question       this is probobly the biggest!!!!

there is nothing on the end of these handlebars tht will allow the new bar ends to be scred into          what do i do??
Title: need help! replacing handlebars
Post by: cozy on June 18, 2004, 12:28:58 PM
here....
http://www.motorcyclistonline.com/howto/barswap

It's pretty ez :
http://pantablo500.tripod.com/pablosgs500page/id29.html

Don't be afraid to drill.  Don't shave the nubs.
Title: need help! replacing handlebars
Post by: i3randon12 on June 18, 2004, 05:52:39 PM
f%$k!!!

why did i take the handlebars off
Title: need help! replacing handlebars
Post by: hehehemann on June 18, 2004, 08:51:06 PM
I've just replaced my stock handlebars on my 1996 GS with cheap $15 drag bars. I found the installation very easy.
Unscrew the 4 screws that clamp the bars in place.
Loosen the screws keeping the brakes, clutch and mirrors on the bar, didn't unscrew them entirely, just enough to twist them off the bar.
Slide them onto the new bar and tighten up all screws.

The bar ends I bought had the soft plastic part on them which expands when you tighten the screw keeping them inplace in the bar. All I had to do was remove the black plastic caps that were on the end of my new drag bars.

What are you stuck on?
Title: need help! replacing handlebars
Post by: i3randon12 on June 19, 2004, 04:57:31 AM
haha now im stuck on getting new ones... i put my old one back on.. mine didnt come with ne bar ends... not even like the ones u said

so i think im going to ask sinrath if he can make me his beautiful 40 dollars ones... sinrath       if u read this       will u tell me if u will be able to make me some??