Which Bar? – OLD Bull Trailriders

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July 6, 2009 at 4:32 am #96759

scott bocking
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Hey Bulls

When I stand up on my 05WR250F the bars feel like they are rolled back too far but looking at them on the bike they are not. The culprit I suspect is too much sweep. It is the stock bar and they have a rise kit installed under them. Standing up puts my wrists at an awkward bend and they feel too close to me.

Does sweep sound like my issue and if so does anyone know of a set of bars that are more neutral but have a decent rise.

Cheers

July 6, 2009 at 5:42 am #142345

Greg
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My advice STM, is to take your bike in your ute to you local shop, that provides good service and remove your bars in the car park, and loosely fit different bars and stand on your pegz trying them out until you find a set that are right, Mr Blue said something here on the site regarding bars and individual tastes, the car park thing may seem strange, and you dont need to fit grips etc but you will get a better idea than standing in a shop holding bars. If your shop wont help get a better shop

TB

July 6, 2009 at 5:52 am #142352

scott bocking
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Sound advice TB

There are four shops in Coffs not counting the one that sells bikes with V-Twins and slick rubber so I will give it a go.

July 18, 2009 at 4:35 am #142346

jamie
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STM,
Have a look at the Renthal Jimmy Button bars they are higher but have a cross bar,(good for tall blokes) not sure if your running fat bars.

On the Renthal site you can put in your bike model and search the options and will list the different sweeps available.

cheers

July 18, 2009 at 5:57 am #144269

Stuart
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twobanger wrote:

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STM,
Have a look at the Renthal Jimmy Button bars they are higher but have a cross bar,(good for tall blokes) not sure if your running fat bars.

+1 Ran Jimmy Button Renthals on My 05 WR450, Pure coincidence they were chep at the time & the extra height allowed me to run a Scotts Damper under the cross bar.

Felt Perfect for me @ 185cm, I know someone shorter that ran the same on an 04 & was happy with them

July 18, 2009 at 6:48 am #144272

scott bocking
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Cheers Boys

I am 185cm so these sound good but my setup is fat bars.

Do they have an OS option?

August 1, 2009 at 12:22 am #144278

scott bocking
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After studying rises and sweeps I have my new setup. The Button bar as suggseted looked right but my bike has fat bar adapters on it so I took that into account and the Windham bar was a good match.

Compared to what I took off the bike I think it should be perfect. Sitting and standing on the bike stand it feels so right.

While I was at it I thought I should do the job properly and put some new pillow tops on and matching bar plugs.

TB and Menace have impressed me with their detailing so I got some matching gold bling just to top her off.

Breather hose

And valve caps and rim locks

You can see the stance it has now

Now if I can just find a babysitter for a couple of hours I am going to go and muddier her up:woohoo:

STM

August 1, 2009 at 2:30 am #146411

glenn
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very,very nice stm,, seems a shame to go ang get it muddy..

Nahh get out in the mud bloke then take a photo and show us before and after shots..:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

August 1, 2009 at 2:34 am #146412

Greg
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They are the same bars as I run and am very happy with the sweep and bend, didn’t say anything before because bars are such a personal thing, nice work STM oh and nice bling :laugh:

Any word on the jumping outa gear, get onto that before it costs you big time

TB

August 1, 2009 at 3:53 am #146420

Chris
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I have the stock wr protaper bars with a 25mm riser kit, I love it.

Cheers
Chris.

August 1, 2009 at 4:03 am #146421

scott bocking
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Trailboss wrote:

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They are the same bars as I run and am very happy with the sweep and bend, didn’t say anything before because bars are such a personal thing, nice work STM oh and nice bling :laugh:

Any word on the jumping outa gear, get onto that before it costs you big time

TB

I spoke to a few dealers and they said it sounds like a dodgy dog. I am going to put it in the local Yami shop so that they can check it out.

August 1, 2009 at 5:18 am #146425

Scott Southwell
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singletrackmind wrote:

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dodgy dog.

Think I picked her up one night on the cans. Certainly knocked me outa gear.

I also got the Renthal button bend on the DRZ. The extra height ment I did not need to get bar risers.

August 1, 2009 at 5:23 am #146426

scott bocking
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Scotty wrote:

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singletrackmind wrote:

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dodgy dog.

Think I picked her up one night on the cans. Certainly knocked me outa gear.

I also got the Renthal button bend on the DRZ. The extra height ment I did not need to get bar risers.

Sounds like after last night you will only need one half of that Button bar Scotty. Which arm did you have to chew off this morning?:laugh:

August 1, 2009 at 9:12 am #146419

scott bocking
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Boony wrote:

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very,very nice stm,, seems a shame to go ang get it muddy..

Nahh get out in the mud bloke then take a photo and show us before and after shots..:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Too true Boondog

I have the babysitter organised for tomorrow afternoon. Guess what it is costing me, three bottles of homebrew.

That kinda links two of todays threads into one. The only other part of the deal was that the beers were consumed after i get the babay back!

I will post the before and after shots tomorrow. Fear not, she will be filthy:woohoo: the bike that is, not the babysitter:huh:

August 1, 2009 at 9:18 am #146463

glenn
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singletrackmind wrote:

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Boony wrote:

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very,very nice stm,, seems a shame to go ang get it muddy..

Nahh get out in the mud bloke then take a photo and show us before and after shots..:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Too true Boondog

I have the babysitter organised for tomorrow afternoon. Guess what it is costing me, three bottles of homebrew.

That kinda links two of todays threads into one. The only other part of the deal was that the beers were consumed after i get the babay back!

I will post the before and after shots tomorrow.strange breed arent we, spend heaps of time getting the our toys clean then we cant wait to get them dirty,,???go figure?? Fear not, she will be filthy:woohoo: the bike that is, not the babysitter:huh:
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