Wot, no bar ends?

[Pbassred]

Dumb question but I'm only 5 years and 3 bikes in. My wife bought a new Honda Rebel 500 and on my job list is heated grips. But the grips on it are just completely enclosed rubber. So the normal Oxford kit would just leave a hole. I haven't seen that before. What do I do?

[Mississippi Bullfrog]

Can you fit the grips then add bar ends?

[Pbassred]

Possibly but I also have another problem  (that no one accepts is real): We have limited width access. I may need to cut the bars as it is. I want to avoid adding length if I can. Unless there are super slim bar ends out there.

[keith1200rs]

I am not sure if the diameter would be the same, but you can get bar end plugs for mountain bikes. Might be too small a diameter though.

[Mississippi Bullfrog]

What do I do?

 

Lateral thinking....buy heated gloves? I was very glad of mine this morning. 

[Mr Fro]

Buy some tube plugs.

[Tiggie]

These any good?

 

 

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/303716595266?_trkparms=ispr%3D1&hash=item46b6eb7642:g:jv8AAOSwfgpffG7B&amdata=enc%3AAQAGAAAA4IubPg106WEZ%2B9Fd7hFylYO%2BxyYoS61xDVJHBCKf4M4O41A9zfTWW0npIp1vrFcXD05Y6lTZpj%2F2zIBEBlbvhtBUEoYriD7iT0MfdEjo7fXOnfslB%2Fq%2FX1VieCdGZL8yAvx7eGG9z5GlREX2Gv2sjivxGK8FslClmMG3R0E3Som1coz4ZYK%2BddE3xc7UVEJxUhm2FLzMXzd%2BV77HRg7yO3Qeklt0vA9W54dktP0b2c5jmmbbZXv2oX2UuwaVMgF7LBIiaKMUzYSOuXSAZ601XrZjZfpg7J%2FJ%2BsClAT9DGfyP|tkp%3ABFBM-NT17fxf

[Pbassred]

Moving on ....

Thanks Tiggie.  You would think so and in fact I ordered some on Amazon yesterday.  They arrived literally 10 minutes ago.  Unfortunately, as I started work on this thing, well ..."no plan survives contact with the enemy".  The bars have sealed ends AND they are 1" AND the grips that I had intended to fit are for 22mm.  I have sent my wife off to sports bike shop for a cruiser set.  now I have a new set of problems:-

 

I still need to cut the bars but when the grips arrive I think they are sealed at the end, so the thread goes away.  The new issue is that the mirrors are as wide as the bars.  As a sports bike rider I am used to FOLDING mirrors.  These buggers are fixed so I need some kind of folding mirrors. ..... New thread?

 

 

 

 

[onesea]

Folding mirrors I can help there.... Rounds ones.

Hinged just above handle bar, took some finding my nephew has similar width issue...

 

I got them from here:

Rugged Roads
01590 675657
https://maps.app.goo.gl/DwFwkTa6jZHiYcor6

 

I think they where £18 a pair.