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yet another handlebar question...
« on: January 08, 2010, 11:05:28 AM »
so, i already have em, i like em, but what are they? they dont have drop like clubmans, heck i laid them on the work bench and they are almost flat... any ideas, sorry for the crappy iphone pics...

sorry pics were too big...
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Re: yet another handlebar question...
« Reply #1 on: January 08, 2010, 12:06:37 PM »
I can't help much, but I can be off topic:

Can you give me some more info on your tank? ;D
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Re: yet another handlebar question...
« Reply #2 on: January 08, 2010, 12:11:44 PM »
mid 70's honda hawk (automatic 400 i believe)crap bike from what i understand, but the tank looks nice on my 500. just doesnt line up with the seat... soon to be resolved with a with a bumpstop. ill post some better pics of it when i get back to work...

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Re: yet another handlebar question...
« Reply #3 on: January 08, 2010, 12:39:27 PM »
Upside down ?
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Re: yet another handlebar question...
« Reply #4 on: January 08, 2010, 02:11:03 PM »
Looks to me like upside down and flipped around clubmans.

But eh.... what do I know? :D ;D

Maybe they are a chopped up set of clubmans.
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Re: yet another handlebar question...
« Reply #5 on: January 08, 2010, 02:15:10 PM »
tried them on every way possible, but again they are flat. so the drop i acheive by rotating, yet they dont drop, they stay in the same position just angle the bars.

oh and the tank, here is few more pics on and off...

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Re: yet another handlebar question...
« Reply #6 on: January 08, 2010, 03:00:33 PM »
Nope, what Havoc said is correct as far as what you've pictured on here. If you take them off, flip them left to right and then rotate them under, it should be just fine. You have them on backwards and upside down, I think.   ???
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Re: yet another handlebar question...
« Reply #7 on: January 08, 2010, 03:07:58 PM »
+1 backwards and upside down. I tried it once just to see how it would look, looked a lot like that.

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« Reply #8 on: January 08, 2010, 03:10:45 PM »
Some people like 'em upside down.
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Re: yet another handlebar question...
« Reply #9 on: January 08, 2010, 03:18:18 PM »
Some people like 'em upside down.


I'm one of them. I'm too small to fit most bikes with them down but I do like the angles of them. I think they look tough upright and I wouldn't have to form tank dents so they fit when turned.  :)
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Re: yet another handlebar question...
« Reply #10 on: January 08, 2010, 03:43:06 PM »
this is where im confused...they are flat. i flip them over and they are exactly the same. i can roll them down so they have more of a clubman look but it doesnt seem right to me. i apologize if you do understand what im getting at, but just in case they are just flat, if i put them on level they look like pullbacks of some sort, my only option is to tilt or roll them so the bar ends point at the ground. ill take some better pics when i get home... i cant find anything like em...

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« Reply #11 on: January 08, 2010, 06:39:04 PM »
I think what people mean is you have to completely flip the handlebars out of the clamps- flip them to where the left grip now becomes the right grip and right becomes left- that is the usual way most people install their clubmans.
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Re: yet another handlebar question...
« Reply #12 on: January 08, 2010, 07:05:15 PM »
i understand the flipping of it, but the point im trying to make is it doesnt make a difference. let me try it this way, when i put the bars on the floor... the whole bar is flat on the ground both grips and the whole "u" connecting them. ? since i still feel as if im not explaining this right here are some more pics...

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Re: yet another handlebar question...
« Reply #13 on: January 08, 2010, 07:50:51 PM »
You can always buy a non-flat set of clubmans if you think it would help.
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Re: yet another handlebar question...
« Reply #14 on: January 08, 2010, 08:08:56 PM »
i dont know how this got here... just wanted to know what they were. not worried about them as they are decent bars. especially for $15... ;D just stating that they dont drop like clubmans...

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