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| barks | | Set |  |  | | Reg. Date | : | 10/03/2015 | | Posts | : | 243 | | Location | : | Adelaide , SA, Australia |
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| | Posted : 13 Jun 2015 - 14:39 Post title : Shorter Handlebars | | | Has anyone trimmed their Storm handlebars?
I would like them a bit more narrow to help with the lane splitting.
| You live more in 5 minutes on a bike like this going flat out than some people live in their lifetime. Burt MUNRO.
2013 Black Storm / Slcharger Tune V2 / Dave Platt Exhaust / Decat / Hagon Nitros 20mm lowered / Yamaha raider handlebars / Exhaust wrap / Sunpie single conversion led headlight / Kellermann Atto handlebars Indicators / Crash bar with highway pegs and 90w led spotlights / slip on handlebar grips / Honda sissybar & saddlebag supports
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| jack1 | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 27/11/2012 | | Posts | : | 73 | | Location | : | Australia |
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| | Posted : 14 Jun 2015 - 01:57 Post title : Re: Shorter Handlebars (Re: barks) | | | You should try and buy a set of originals off of here or fleabay and modify.
I made my own bars 1" chrome molly tubing, same style as original with a 3" bend and approxiametly 200mm shorter. I had them powder coated they look good (in my opinion).
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| barks | | Set | | | | Reg. Date | : | 10/03/2015 | | Posts | : | 243 | | Location | : | Adelaide , SA, Australia |
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| | Posted : 14 Jun 2015 - 03:14 Post title : Re: Shorter Handlebars (Re: jack1) | | | Yeah ok I thought I'd save money and just maybe take an inch off or maybe more... To save money.
I have thought about blacking the bars but at the moment I like the combination of chrome and black..
| You live more in 5 minutes on a bike like this going flat out than some people live in their lifetime. Burt MUNRO.
2013 Black Storm / Slcharger Tune V2 / Dave Platt Exhaust / Decat / Hagon Nitros 20mm lowered / Yamaha raider handlebars / Exhaust wrap / Sunpie single conversion led headlight / Kellermann Atto handlebars Indicators / Crash bar with highway pegs and 90w led spotlights / slip on handlebar grips / Honda sissybar & saddlebag supports
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| edmontonstorm | | Jupiter | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 12/09/2014 | | Posts | : | 1,054 | | Location | : | Alberta, Canada |
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| | Posted : 14 Jun 2015 - 05:48 Post title : Re: Shorter Handlebars (Re: barks) | | | you can just cut them, i have done it several times on other bars, the only issue will be the weights at the end but usually it has little affect.
| Gloss Black 2013 Storm ABS - K&N (seal removed) - Mustang Seat - Hogslayer pipes - PCV-AT300
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| barks | | Set | | | | Reg. Date | : | 10/03/2015 | | Posts | : | 243 | | Location | : | Adelaide , SA, Australia |
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| | Posted : 15 Jun 2015 - 13:35 Post title : Re: Shorter Handlebars (Re: edmontonstorm) | | | 
| You live more in 5 minutes on a bike like this going flat out than some people live in their lifetime. Burt MUNRO.
2013 Black Storm / Slcharger Tune V2 / Dave Platt Exhaust / Decat / Hagon Nitros 20mm lowered / Yamaha raider handlebars / Exhaust wrap / Sunpie single conversion led headlight / Kellermann Atto handlebars Indicators / Crash bar with highway pegs and 90w led spotlights / slip on handlebar grips / Honda sissybar & saddlebag supports
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| bnz433 | | Jupiter | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 10/06/2011 | | Posts | : | 1,843 | | Location | : | Clifton Park (Upstate), NY, United States |
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| | Posted : 16 Jun 2015 - 01:36 Post title : Re: Shorter Handlebars (Re: edmontonstorm) | | |
edmontonstorm wrote:
you can just cut them, i have done it several times on other bars, the only issue will be the weights at the end but usually it has little affect. |
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If you have stock grips, then you'll need to reweld the threaded inserts that receive the bolt for the bar end weights.
Jamie
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| essbjay | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 01/02/2012 | | Posts | : | 328 | | Location | : | Melbourne (ex Lowestoft, UK), VIC, Australia |
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| | Posted : 17 Jun 2015 - 03:55 Post title : Re: Shorter Handlebars (Re: barks) | | | I don't have stock bars and it's an older model .... but I'm sure the clutch and brake lever fittings had mounting holes to go into on the bars.... these would have to be re-drilled into the bars at new locations... 
| Colin Chapman once said: "If you add horsepower you'll be quick on the straight,...but if you remove weight you'll be quicker everywhere.." ....so why in hell did I buy a Thunderbird...!!!
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| bazyam | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 17/10/2013 | | Posts | : | 29 | | Location | : | west bromwich, west midlands, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 01 Oct 2015 - 07:42 Post title : Re: Shorter Handlebars (Re: barks) | | | 
|  I refuse to tip toe through life only to arrive safely at death!!!
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| barks | | Set | | | | Reg. Date | : | 10/03/2015 | | Posts | : | 243 | | Location | : | Adelaide , SA, Australia |
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| | Posted : 11 Oct 2015 - 22:46 Post title : Re: Shorter Handlebars (Re: bazyam) | | | Nice work... That will be my next project
| You live more in 5 minutes on a bike like this going flat out than some people live in their lifetime. Burt MUNRO.
2013 Black Storm / Slcharger Tune V2 / Dave Platt Exhaust / Decat / Hagon Nitros 20mm lowered / Yamaha raider handlebars / Exhaust wrap / Sunpie single conversion led headlight / Kellermann Atto handlebars Indicators / Crash bar with highway pegs and 90w led spotlights / slip on handlebar grips / Honda sissybar & saddlebag supports
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