klr650 : torque

[Dennis Holm]

I changed out the factory handlebars for a set two inches shorter. Wanted to pull my arms in from catching so much wind. Went with an alloy bar from Chaparral Road with a 2.5" rise. Love them. Found them fine for the dirt also. Additionally, they stopped a lot of the vibration in the grips and mirrors. Cheers, Bigdroptwo Ed Chait wrote:

> I'm thinking of changing out my handle bars and i don't know which brand , > material, >width, height, to go with. > any suggestions would be appreciated

I'm going to piggyback another question on to this topic. I'm riding my bike mostly on-road and would like to narrow the handlebars by removing about 1" or so from each end. Has anyone done this mod and is there anything I should know before approaching this project? If I go ahead with the mod, I'm planning on using a tubing cutter in order to get a nice clean cut. thanks, ed A17 --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Jeff Saline]

On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 21:22:42 -0700 "Ed Chait" writes:

> I'm going to piggyback another question on to this topic. > > I'm riding my bike mostly on-road and would like to narrow the > handlebars by > removing about 1" or so from each end. > > Has anyone done this mod and is there anything I should know before > > approaching this project? > > If I go ahead with the mod, I'm planning on using a tubing cutter in > order > to get a nice clean cut. > > thanks, > > ed > A17

<><><><><><><> <><><><><><><> Ed, Make sure the grips and associated housings will still fit on the bars. I don't think there's much room to play with on the stock bars because of the cross bar and bends. Best, Jeff Saline ABC # 4412 South Dakota Airmarshal Airheads Beemer Club www.airheads.org The Beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota 75 R90/6, 03 KLR650, 79 R100RT

[stevedyer@cox.net]

Ed, Jeff is right. Just take your two inches out of the middle of the bars and everything will be OK. You don't even have to remove the grips. Steve ---------- I'm riding my bike mostly on-road and would like to narrow the handlebars by removing about 1" or so from each end. Has anyone done this mod and is there anything I should know before approaching this project? If I go ahead with the mod, I'm planning on using a tubing cutter in order to get a nice clean cut. thanks, ed A17 --- Ed, Make sure the grips and associated housings will still fit on the bars. I don't think there's much room to play with on the stock bars because of the cross bar and bends. Best, Jeff Saline

[Ed Chait]

> Make sure the grips and associated housings will still fit on the bars. > I don't think there's much room to play with on the stock bars because of > the cross bar and bends. > > Best, > > Jeff Saline

Looks like there is about 1" available to move things inboard before hitting the bends. Thanks for the heads-up, however. ed A17

[Ed Chait]

> > Ed, > > Jeff is right. Just take your two inches out of the middle of the bars > and everything will be OK. You don't even have to remove the grips. > > > Steve

You guys are lucky that I'm not half as dumb as I look. ed:) A17

[Jeff Saline]

On Mon, 24 Jul 2006 10:33:22 -0700 "Ed Chait" writes:

> Looks like there is about 1" available to move things inboard before > hitting > the bends. > > Thanks for the heads-up, however. > > ed > A17

<><><><><><> <><><><><><> Ed, I just remembered there is a small "tit" inside the left housing. It goes into a hole in the handle bar. I filed it off my housing when I switched bars. When we swapped parts from bike to bike for Steve on De Tour he filed the "tit" off his 2006 housing. Sounds like this might work for you. Best, Jeff Saline ABC # 4412 South Dakota Airmarshal Airheads Beemer Club www.airheads.org The Beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota 75 R90/6, 03 KLR650, 79 R100RT

[Steve Rankin]

On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 21:22:42 -0700 "Ed Chait" writes:

> I'm going to piggyback another question on to this topic. > > I'm riding my bike mostly on-road and would like to narrow the > handlebars by > removing about 1" or so from each end. > > Has anyone done this mod and is there anything I should know before > > approaching this project? > > If I go ahead with the mod, I'm planning on using a tubing cutter in > order > to get a nice clean cut. > > thanks, > > ed > A17

<><><><><><><> <><><><><><><> Ed, Make sure the grips and associated housings will still fit on the bars. I don't think there's much room to play with on the stock bars because of the cross bar and bends. Best, Jeff Saline ABC # 4412 South Dakota Airmarshal Airheads Beemer Club www.airheads.org The Beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota 75 R90/6, 03 KLR650, 79 R100RT Ed, I have stock bars on my '97. I hate to disagree with my leader, Jeff, but it looks like you could safely cut off 1 inch--maybe 1 1/4". Steve Rankin West (no, the town), TX

[John Black]

definately go with Renthals I really love mine I got some metal hand guards, forgot what kind ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[E Hines]

In my last get off I bent my handlebars.  I have 1 " risers already.  So now I want to start a handle bar thread.  What works and what does not.  I am thinking a little wider bars would be nice.  Please let me know what you like about your new handlebars and what you dont.  Thanks........

[jimbourg2000]

Picked up a '99 KLR650 and the handlebars seem low for standing when off road. Just getting back into the dirt side of motorcycles after a long absence so it could just be me. But have there been any popular handlebar swaps for a lttle more rise? Thanks, Jim