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Title: Extending Handlebars
Post by: nic968 on May 13, 2010, 04:19 PM

 I'm looking at getting some bars extended before I get them refinished (they've been cut down a couple of inches each side)...
 Has anyone done this, or recommend somewhere/someone to do it?  ;)

Title: Re: Extending Handlebars
Post by: Weeksy on May 13, 2010, 04:28 PM

SAWZALL

Title: Re: Extending Handlebars
Post by: dordymush on May 13, 2010, 04:38 PM

or animal

or you could even follow harris's trend for wide bars lol.

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v229/dordymush/bigbars.jpg)

Title: Re: Extending Handlebars
Post by: nic968 on May 13, 2010, 05:32 PM

 Cheers fellas.. :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Extending Handlebars
Post by: spesh on May 13, 2010, 07:42 PM

the simple way to do and ive done it is to buy some renthal motorcycle bar ends which bolt into the ends of the bars and have an external diameter of 22.2 mm which is the same size as the bars and then slide you grips over the top
ive ridden with these and they never move and the bars are now 2-3" wider :daumenhoch:

http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/images/product/summary/ren_bar-plug-ti.jpg

Title: Re: Extending Handlebars
Post by: pickle on May 14, 2010, 07:25 PM

are they riders or just for show?

Title: Re: Extending Handlebars
Post by: nic968 on May 15, 2010, 08:45 PM

 They will be ridden, but probably not raced/thrashed....

Title: Re: Extending Handlebars
Post by: sawzall on May 15, 2010, 09:06 PM

here's how i do them for a show pony  but would be fine on a rider:daumenhoch:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/y77/sawzall717/IMG_1207.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/y77/sawzall717/IMG_1209.jpg)

Title: Re: Extending Handlebars
Post by: poolysheriff on May 15, 2010, 09:20 PM

Yes but your clever Phil  :4_17_5:

Title: Re: Extending Handlebars
Post by: scott250 on May 16, 2010, 12:44 PM

(http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/98/l_04d9a51e66eb47faaec949634e59abfa.jpg)

I ride with some bars that have been extended, not as nicely welded as the pair in the reply above, but I've been riding these for a year - been fine so far.

I trimed them down to about 1" wider than they were originally (s&m slam bars, by the way) got them second hand from a friend - he had cut em about 1" ither side.

I cannot see them snapping off easily, if ever.