For a while I have been unhappy with the look of my handlebars. They just seem too thin. I think that they need to be beefed up. I am thinking of going to 1-1/4", or maybe even 1-1/2" bars.
With the bags and windshield on as well as the length of my bars, the bars look too spindly. It is probably just me as I can't seem to leave well enough alone.
I am going to use parts of my existing bars for the new ones because of the limitations for the handlebar clamps and grips. I will just cut out the parts that I want to change and re-weld the fatter bars in.
1-1/4" bars would be much easier because the 1" bars I have would slip right in, but 1-1/2" bars would look really cool and probably suit the bike better. The 1-1/2" bars pose a few problems though. I would have to add some length to the metal for the grips to compensate for the fatter bars, thus my hands would be a little further apart and more in the wind. I would still have to put in pieces of 1-1/4" tube to step up the size.
This begs for further study. I think that I will go buy some 1-1/4" & 1-1/2" pipe and get it curved by the metal worker down the street and check things out.
Although, I still have to finish the batwing to see if I like it on the Valk.
