Ingah Posted September 21, 2011 Posted September 21, 2011 Got a quick question as i'm sure someone's done this before.Having bought Renthal road bars (medium), i am wanting to shorten them by cutting off about 2cm off the ends as they are quite abit larger than OEM bars. However, i have noticed there is this 'red thing' (technical term ) inside the bars (i can see it if i look in), that i assume is there for the bar ends to brace up against/be held in place by.Can i move this 'red thing' further into the bars, otherwise by cutting the 2cm off the ends i imagine the bar ends will no longer fit in properly / will stick out by 2cm? Quote
megawatt Posted September 21, 2011 Posted September 21, 2011 Can try that if it will move mate, if not , I have some spare gold ones? Quote
Ingah Posted September 21, 2011 Author Posted September 21, 2011 Thanks for the offer, gold might even go with the gold wheels and brake calipers, but i'd prefer to use the original OEM bars that came on this new bike if it came to not being able to use my Renthals (the OEMs have some sort of lever protectors that i think are pretty funky and useful). Only reason i'm not using the OEMs as a first choice is that they vibrate noticeably more (don't seem to have any weights inside them) and feel quite short now that i've become (semi-)used to holding full-length Renthals. The only reason i even want to cut the Renthals down is because i was stretching all of the cables on the old CB500 using them (so want to move it all "inwards" a little).Maybe i'm being abit daft here, maybe i should just poke the 'red things' to see if they'll push in that way... Quote
megawatt Posted September 22, 2011 Posted September 22, 2011 If the red things haven't got a hole in em, they may just be internal weights Quote
mealexme Posted September 22, 2011 Posted September 22, 2011 also, i know I'm pointing out the obvious but take 1cm off each side not 2cm off one side Quote
Stu Posted September 22, 2011 Posted September 22, 2011 Screw bar ends in a little then give then a shove That way you don't loose the red things Also you can buy bar ends that don't actually screw in to anything some have rubbers that expand Quote
Ingah Posted September 29, 2011 Author Posted September 29, 2011 Cheers guys, i had them shortened by a garage in the end as i would've had to buy tools/spend a disproportionate amount of time on the job with the tools i have. And i wouldnt've done such a clean job.Am also having bar ends made to fit the thinner Renthal ends that allow me to use lever protectors (some cool looking ones came on the bike with it's standard bars). Quote
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