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kmenzel

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Handle Bars
« on: April 06, 2005, 05:19:31 PM »
Anyone have any opinions on great looking cafe racer style handlebars for cb750k4. im going stock on my bike rebuild except for the handlebars..
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Offline jwalters

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Re: Handle Bars
« Reply #1 on: April 06, 2005, 07:24:24 PM »
I went with the clubman bars.  I really like the look.  http://omarsdtr.com/cafe5.html  That site has them, but I bet about 5 minutes worth of google searching will turn up a pair for ~$20 or so.  Cheap!
I drilled holes in the bars and ran the control wiring through the bars.  That was a pain in the butt!  If you can tell from the pictures, the bars make almost a 90 degree bend, that made it difficult to run. It was worth the 4 hours it took because it looks great now!
I also had to jb weld some larger pegs onto the handle bar stoppers so the new bars didnt' hit the tank when I tried to turn too sharp.  With these bars down low, there is less of a turning angle, but so what, it's a racer!

Here is the only picture I have of the current state of my cafe racer project CB 750K2.  It's awaiting painting!  I am excited!
Hope this helps.
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Offline CB750R

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Re: Handle Bars
« Reply #2 on: April 06, 2005, 07:36:09 PM »
Drag bars all the way!!! I got a set of clubmans in my parts bin if ya want a used set, but the no rise Drag bars look greeat!
I don't have a pic of my bike with them yet, I will soon though.
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Offline Terry in Australia

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Re: Handle Bars
« Reply #3 on: April 06, 2005, 11:07:45 PM »
Well I like Apehangers, that way my armpits get a nice tan while I'm out cruising! Cheers, Terry. ;D
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Offline Mark M

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Re: Handle Bars
« Reply #4 on: April 07, 2005, 02:25:53 AM »
Hey Terry, I didn't know you shaved there....... :o
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Re: Handle Bars
« Reply #5 on: April 08, 2005, 10:16:44 AM »
I put some clubman bars on my KO this winter, running the wires inside as well. To make pulling the wires through a little easier i snipped off some of the larger female bullet connectors, afterwords soldering on new connectors I ordered from Cycle Re-Cycle. Not having that stuff on made the over-90? turn in the bars easier to deal with, shortening the job to an hour rather than four hours... To keep the bars from denting the newly painted tank I pulled the steering colum and brought it in to work and drilled out the steering stops on a drill press. I then mounted stainless steel nuts and bolts through the new holes, with a nut on either side of the drilled out stop... this allowed me to adjust where the bars stop, and lock the hardware into place. So far it is working great. For a while last year I was running low rise sport bars upside down, sort of a half-assed clubman set up. The smooth curves allowed the wires to pull through like butter... It worked ok... they looked pretty good. They just didnt say Cafe the way I wanted them to. G
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kmenzel

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Re: Handle Bars
« Reply #6 on: April 08, 2005, 12:40:22 PM »
I do like those clubman bars alot.  The exact look i want.  Does drilling holes in the bars create any sort of an issue with regards to the integrety/rigidity of the bars.  (read: make them weaker).  When you threaded the wires through did you use the original horn/blinker switches.  The wires to my current switch were cut when i twisted the switch further onto the bars (they are not stock, didnt seem like it was on far enough).  Anyway, learned a lesson there and decided to do a bunch of work on the electrical.  Did you put in new wires at all when swapped in the new bars?  Where can a guy order new wiring from. 
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nwcafe

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Re: Handle Bars
« Reply #7 on: April 08, 2005, 01:02:44 PM »
I had read about holes weakening the bars as well, but i ran with those upside down sport bars for a while with no problem.... still alive. And I figured that the weakening problem would only be a problem if I ran head on into something solid like a car or tree, which I hope to avoid. The switches and wiring are brand new from service honda, from a lot newer model of honda... i don't remember the details... maybe late 70's that are still available..I copied the honda part number from a couple of ebay auctions for right and left assemblies then ordered the parts. The wire colors didnt match up of course. I just took my time and mapped out the new wires and what they were for with a continuity tester and a pen and paper. I ended up with some wires to nowhere that i just taped off and left in the headlight space... ( I'm not sure if that tool is actually called a 'continuity tester'... its a cheap little tool from the autoparts store with a AA battery inside, a small lightbulb, an alligator clip and metal pointer...) There was only one switch assembly on the bike when i got it, with a big hole chopped out of the housing so the wires could be zip tied to the bars...ugly....... so that's why I went for the new stuff... Good luck
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