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General => In General... => Topic started by: Saner on December 15, 2005, 07:11:35 AM

Title: Renthal Bars
Post by: Saner on December 15, 2005, 07:11:35 AM

Anyone have the Renthal Fat Bars?  What are the benefits over the normal race bars?  Is it purely for comfort, or are they designed to perform better for a certain type of riding ie: Trails, FMX?

Title: Renthal Bars
Post by: hughes on December 15, 2005, 10:59:25 AM

Get the Pro Taper 1 1/8 bars. They are hands down the best bars on the market. The big bars take a beating when the bike is crashed. If you bend Pro Tapers big bars you are in bad shape.

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Post by: Timbowe on December 15, 2005, 11:07:01 AM

Agreed! Pro Tapers are choice bars. Heap of different bends available.

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Post by: alan on December 15, 2005, 11:41:42 AM

Yep, got pro tapers on mine!

Alan :D

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Post by: Spider on December 15, 2005, 01:34:28 PM

Me too

Dale

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Post by: Timbowe on December 15, 2005, 02:21:06 PM

I see a pattern developing here...

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Post by: Danger4u2 on December 15, 2005, 04:22:13 PM

Pro Taper w/ Scotts mount and damper.

Danger

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Post by: Saner on December 16, 2005, 12:22:49 AM

Hmm.. Never looked into Pro Taper bars.  Now that gives me something to do today at work. Thanks!

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Post by: 5dracing on December 16, 2005, 01:27:02 AM

Pro tapers on mine too. Also have 1" spacers uner the mounts to get them up a little to fit my 6'2" frame.

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Post by: Saner on December 16, 2005, 05:12:39 AM

Anyone know the purpose of the Renthal Fat Bar? Purely comfort?

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Post by: Johnniespeed on December 16, 2005, 08:31:35 AM

Pro Taper  seven eigths , cr high bend, GPR mount and dampener.

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Post by: FIVE-HUNGE on December 16, 2005, 09:03:33 AM

I agree Pro-Tapers are the Strongest bars out there, but beware if you run a solid mount triple clamp and take a good dive, the bars are so strong something else might bend or break. In my case it ended up being a twisted triple clamp and a broken steering stop. I've been running Fat bars with rubber mounted bar clamps now and haven't had any issues with crashes other than having to push the bars back straight after a crash.
The rubber cones get wasted after a few crashes but they are cheap and easy to replace.

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Post by: machine on December 17, 2005, 05:41:27 AM

I've got the P/T's too!!!!!!!!

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Post by: hughes on December 17, 2005, 06:50:08 AM

Quote from: 5dracing

Pro tapers on mine too. Also have 1" spacers uner the mounts to get them up a little to fit my 6'2" frame.

Did you make these spacers??

Title: Renthal Bars
Post by: Spider on December 17, 2005, 07:18:20 AM

I have 1 inchers on mine along with a scotts. The spacers came from the local hardware store. I forget what they were listed as but they had a set screw in them. Found them on top of the nut and bolt section where they keep stuff like J nuts, clevis pins, and the like.

Dale

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Post by: Brett on December 17, 2005, 02:05:20 PM

pro tapers as well and i think i might make up a spacer as well as i often feel hunched over when standing and therefore don't stand up enough

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Post by: 5dracing on December 19, 2005, 02:16:52 AM

I was real lazy in making this spacer. I stacked several washers under the stock mount and got a longer grade 8 bolt. I left the rubber in the stock triple clamp also. I did this as a temporary thing, but you know how that goes, it's still in place. I am looking at machining a peice to raise the bars even higher but I've not settled on a method or material.

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Post by: Johnniespeed on December 19, 2005, 01:43:21 PM

Since so many of you have raised the handle bars , have any of you tried the optional "high" seat from Kawasaki?  I have seen the low, stock and high seats listed on the parts list and it is mentioned in the owners manual.  Just wondering if it helps.

Title: Renthal Bars
Post by: Spider on December 19, 2005, 01:53:35 PM

Got a high seat, and it helps with a 36" inseam