Yea I had a heck of a time.  I turned out the insides to fit my bar-ends on a lathe and got the bars so hot that it bubbled the powdercoat on the outside edge, so I repainted the bars, which only added to my troubles.  I ended up grinding almost all of the powdercoating off the left hand bar and need to do some work on the right side yet to get the master cylinder on there right, oh well Id rather have it too tight then too loose, I love those bars though, pretty thick stuff.

Also Im glad you left them long, now after some shortening I have just the right amount I need for a bar-end mirror.

Man ... you told me to leave the ends undrilled ... and you were going to turn your bar ends to fit inside it ... You forget ?? I drill them all before I powdercoat ... Your's were specifically left un drilled cos you asked for it that way ... Yea powder goes on thick ... un predictably thick ... I prefer doing rusted metal ... cos he runs the rust out with his blaster and that takes a few thou off and the powder seems to just put that much back in and leaves it just right ... and the rust makes it just a shade rougher and helps the grips and fittings grab easier ...
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Srinath.

Yea I remember telling you that and to be honest it was probley one of the more stupider things Ive done in awhile, well stupid things on my bike, I messed things up pretty good with my women awhile back but thats a whole nother story.  I guess I learn the hard way.  :dunno:    

Oh well atleast the bike wont kick you in the shins and leave you on the street 20 miles from home on a rainy night ...  :lol:
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LOL, yes very good point.

Quote from: roguegeekI like my bars. Nice and low.

Yes, I had those and they were cool.  But when I dropped the bike in the parking lot (darn disc lock    :x ) they bent and the switch block dented the tank.  I now have a set of Ventura VH4 that are less than an inch higher that the flat ones but much more comfortable.

My tank on the 90 I had back in 98-99 also had drag bars that dinged up the tank ... They are for some reason made from thin wall metal ... much thinner ... maybe cos its easier to bend thick wall tubing with a tubing bender wihtout tearing ... the bars that have more complex bends like super bike bars ... they use thicker wall ... Drag bars have 2 little simple bends so they use Rolled and welded tubing in paper thin wall ...
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