Bar end weights?

[FireFly]

I just swapped out my stock bar ends for a set of slider bar ends. I noticed that the stock ones, which I thought were cheap plastic, were actually metal. About a pound each. QUestion... Does the weight of the bar ends have any impact on the vibration you feel in the grips when riding??The after market ones I put on are extremely light in comparison. Just curious>

[OreoGaborio]

u might feel a little difference, but it's nothin that you (yes, even you) will loose sleep over.

[FireFly]

Thats what I figured.

[OreoGaborio]

btw, if you look at my bike you'll notice i don't even have any on there... i took em off a while back cuz one got pretty scraped up... i took a dremel to em, smoothed em up & kinda polished em... just haven't put em back on. That was over a year ago now.

[bump909]

yeah, i don't have any either. i have to cut my grips down or something, cant get the screw to reach the thread as it is right now for some reason.

[Awesome]

handgrips are for pussies.

[beet]

swinging

[benVFR]

Handlebars are for pussies... countersteering is a hoax created by the government to keep our hands busy while riding.

[Degsy]

Originally posted by FireFly
I just swapped out my stock bar ends for a set of slider bar ends. I noticed that the stock ones, which I thought were cheap plastic, were actually metal. About a pound each. QUestion... Does the weight of the bar ends have any impact on the vibration you feel in the grips when riding??The after market ones I put on are extremely light in comparison. Just curious>

Yes, you are absolutely correct. You just changed out a set of good, weighted bar ends that reduce vibration and cost $12 each to buy from Honda, for a set of cheap plastic bar ends that will buzz like a sonofabitch and cost $20 a set.

Hey, look at the bright side, the $10 bar ends that vibrate will save your $12 bar ends that don't, right?

If anyone can tell me what logical reason you would have for changing your bar ends, please feel free to post here.

[OreoGaborio]

Cuz stock bar ends certainly don't get your balls licked by all the hot bichiz on Newbury Street.

[Degsy]

Originally posted by OreoGaborio
Cuz stock bar ends certainly don't get your balls licked by all the hot bichiz on Newbury Street.

Riiiight, and a 2000 ninja 600 does, right?

[OreoGaborio]

I never said that... Although a 2000 zx6r can get me more poon than no bike at all i just said "stock bar ends certainly don't get your balls licked by all the hot bichiz on Newbury Street"

It's true... try & prove me wrong... walk up to a hot chick & say "check out my stock bar ends"... see if she drops to her knees

[beet]

[beet]

You need to look for tang

[OreoGaborio]

Originally posted by beet
You need to look for tang

seriously dude...

I need to get this chick back to my place again... that was a good night Too bad she lives in fucking New York

[beet]

[SVRACER01]

i like it when they try to touch their elbows together

[OreoGaborio]

I like it when they shove their tongue down my throat after telling me about their boyfriends back home

[Awesome]

so...this is turning into a picture thread?

[highsider]

Originally posted by Degsy


If anyone can tell me what logical reason you would have for changing your bar ends, please feel free to post here.

As much as I hate to steer this thread away from hot chicks on bikes.....

When I bought my R1, it had one aftermarket chrome-and-rubber bar end and one stock one. The bar with the stock bar end would always make that hand go numb. I removed it (this took some effort ), and installed the other aftermarket one, and my hand stopped going numb.

I can't speak for Honda's bar ends, but the aftermarket doo-hickeys were a *big* improvement on my Yamaha.

[Half Squid]

Yeah I never was able to get that mother fucking one off. Did I loosen it at all for ya??

How did you finally get it?

[LuvDog]

From personal experience... I've found that the plastic,delrin,"slider" bar ends suck and they caused vibrations.

I'll stick with the weighted bar ends... I suppose some chrome and rubber ones would also help dampen vibrations.

Now... lets get back to more pics of hot chicks on bikes.

[Half Squid]

Originally posted by LuvDog

Now... lets get back to more pics of hot chicks on bikes.

[OreoGaborio]

Hey Jay, what's older... the girl or her shirt?

[Awesome]

Originally posted by OreoGaborio
Hey Jay, what's older... the girl or her shirt?

Same age buddy.