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« on: September 25, 2015, 05:50:08 PM »

can anyone tell me a way that I might straighten a handle bar that is slightly bent?Would I  be better off buying a different handle bar?? It is bent just  enough that its noticeable.
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« Reply #1 on: September 25, 2015, 06:37:10 PM »



Where is it bent?

Ya got a picture of it.

Any possible way of anchoring it and using a come along to spread it or close down the gap?
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« Reply #2 on: September 25, 2015, 06:41:01 PM »

should only be fixed professionally or replace IMO
handle bars and brakes no short cuts or ones life could be shortened.  Cry
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« Reply #3 on: September 25, 2015, 07:54:42 PM »

should only be fixed professionally or replace IMO
handle bars and brakes no short cuts or ones life could be shortened.  Cry
+1 Having tried to straighten bars several times on bikes I rode in the dirt and on trails, with varying success, it is unlikely you'll get bars as large as these near straight, without cracks and other fatigue issues.
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« Reply #4 on: September 26, 2015, 07:34:17 AM »

thanks ,guess would be safer-faster-easier to purchase new and get over with
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« Reply #5 on: September 26, 2015, 07:51:20 AM »

Bars are an item on a road or race bike to really NOT mess with. Sometime back I recollect a post on the cheapy chinese risers breaking. You MIGHT get them straightened out but it will have a least to flexes/stretches they were never meant to have. Sides when you think about it your handle bars ARE the input mechanism for what YOU want the bike to do. I can think of a lot of other things I'd rather have breaking at speed on a M/C than my handle bars!  Roll Eyes RIDE SAFE.
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« Reply #6 on: September 26, 2015, 08:16:38 AM »

thanks ,guess would be safer-faster-easier to purchase new and get over with


remember the I/S bars are narrower by 5mm per side than the Std/Tourer bars
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« Reply #7 on: September 26, 2015, 11:30:14 PM »

I have a set of standard bars I'll sell you. Get back with me if interested.

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