KX Riders
Maintenance & Technical => KX500 Original => Topic started by: KXcam22 on November 23, 2003, 05:21:39 PM
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Hi All,
I started this tread to find out what everyone is running for bars. What is best and what is toughest. I'm back in the dark ages with my chromoly bars (but easy to straighten). I'ts time to move up to something aluminum. What does everyone think is the best and why!!
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I'm 5'9" and was "raised' on the lay-out that the K5 is based on (Mid-late '80s KX), so I'm partial to the low and flat set-up. I run RM, CR or KX low, depending on the type pf riding. I've also had good luck with the J-Mac and Henry bends.
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I run the KX Hi Pro Tapers with solid aluminum spacers - the stock rubbers one suck - and 10mm offset forward risers. I've had the beast get away from me on a couple jumps, one in particular landed the bike on the bars (looped). That one broke the top triple clamp but i'm still running the Pro Tapers, they aren't even tweaked alittle :lol:
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I've been checking out them Flex Bars.....they are getting a lot of good reviews.
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Pro-Tapers,low KX bend.I think I'm going to try Renthal Fat-Bars,Carmichael bend on my 250(just waiting for my wife to let me do some spending).
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6'1" tall, ProTaper CR Honda Hi Bend, been on my bike since new, If you bend em, you probably won't feel like riding anyway
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Hey Mike...when did you get a 250?
Manny
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I got a '04KX250 at Lee's the other week,Cory gave me a good deal.Still have to tear it all down and regrease and prep it.
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Oh Yeah! The $4700 deal?
Time to get some Tapers and bark-busters, eh?
Congrats,
Manny
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Fly tapers Hi CR Bend with adapters inside the stock mounts. The high bend and adapters gives me 1.5"-2" raise, nice for stand-up riding @ 6'4".
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Renthal 7/8 J-Button high bend.
This is only my second set of Renthal bars, I crashed the last set really hard but did not bend them. I traded them off for a higher bend. They just seem like a good quality bar for the money.
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Renthal Kx Low Bend. I noticed a lot more vibration with cheap steel bars.
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azonic double walled. their stronger than my bones.lol ive gone through all others with bends and breaks but the azonic are the toughest
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5' - 11" Pro Taper CR-High, Oversize bar perch mounts, Oversize top clamp w/ dampner mounts, new spacer cones. All from Scott's Performance. The spacer cones that replaced the stock rubber ones are not aluminum, but they are a much harder material than the stock.
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i'm 6' and i just but some renthal fat bar cr high bend with fly aero tapper clamp adapters and i love them. they put me in a much more comfortable riding position. much better feeling of control, effortless handling now. also i put on some kenda southwick tires front and rear and i must say that i have never had this much confidance flying into a soft sandy or muddy corner. well manered on hard an intermediate terain as well.
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Thanks to Paul, I've gotten addicted to the Pro Tapers KX-High and them littl' solid aluminum thingys. Reduced alot of vibes and I'm happy as hell. Only crashed once so far (big bust), moved the bars on the tripple clamps, but did not even hurt them. Yeah, I like them. :-)
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I've got bars with one of them things that's bolted across them...
What do you call it?
Oh, that's right...it's a "Cross-Bar"!
Renthal RM/RN low. It's a "Short-Guy" thing!
Big pegs, Low-Straight bars, Low-seat...just call me a "Wardy Replica". :roll:
Manny
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Yup, that crossbar provides a great fulcrum for a really good bar bend. The Renthals are good bars, I just got tired of constantly replacing bars, to say nothing of the fact that bending the bars during a race takes a lot of the fight out of you.
One of these days, I'm just going to have to break down and purhase a set of those aluminum pieces just to see if I like them. Hmmm, maybe I can just make them. Now where did I put those old aluminum sprokets? I'll bet I can melt them down on the kitchen stove, make a few blocks, drill a center hole, install a bolt, clamp the bolt in a drill, and whittle a set. Hmmm, might work....
Rick