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Bikes, Hints'n'Tips => For Sale & Wanted => Topic started by: Mustang on 26 March 2019, 09:39:53 pm

Title: Tap for renthal bar ends
Post by: Mustang on 26 March 2019, 09:39:53 pm: im going to get a set of 758 bars but I want to tap them for the stock bar ends. Does anyone have either a set to sell other want to sell the tap to me?
Title: Re: Tap for renthal bar ends
Post by: Mustang on 05 April 2019, 07:24:00 pm: Bought my own
Title: Re: Tap for renthal bar ends
Post by: robbo on 05 April 2019, 07:44:37 pm: No doubt cheaper than what an engineering shop charged me to do mine. :)
Title: Re: Tap for renthal bar ends
Post by: Mustang on 06 April 2019, 09:11:07 pm: About a £5
Title: Re: Tap for renthal bar ends
Post by: old son on 06 April 2019, 09:28:18 pm: I need to do the same thing. Do you have a link for the tap please?
Title: Re: Tap for renthal bar ends
Post by: Mustang on 10 April 2019, 09:33:19 pm: Tap not arrived yet, got an email from eBay say they suspended the sellers account so I might have to buy another. It’s M16 x 1.0
Title: Re: Tap for renthal bar ends
Post by: celticdog on 12 April 2019, 07:43:40 am: Hi you'll need to drill up the end of the bars with a 15mm drill for the tap to fit.
Title: Re: Tap for renthal bar ends
Post by: robbo on 12 April 2019, 09:57:41 am: I was told the bar end needed to be pre-drilled before tapping, which accounted for the high charge of having the job done in a machine shop. Flooky on this forum, just tapped his bars straight away with no problem at all.
Title: Re: Tap for renthal bar ends
Post by: kebab19 on 12 April 2019, 01:48:33 pm: I've done this at one end of a set of spare renthal bars and it was hard work! Still working up the enthusiasm to finally do the other end :(
BTW, I opted for FJ1200 bar ends as they are even heavier than the standard FZS1000 bar ends - figured they would minimise vibrations.
Title: Re: Tap for renthal bar ends
Post by: Mustang on 12 April 2019, 10:40:05 pm: Tap arrived today and yes you need a 15mm drill bit 1st, luckily I had one, all done now.
Title: Re: Tap for renthal bar ends
Post by: old son on 13 April 2019, 08:37:00 am: Is it hard work? Do you need a vice to hold the bar? I don’t have a vice.
Title: Re: Tap for renthal bar ends
Post by: Mustang on 15 April 2019, 09:14:26 am: It’s not too bad, it’s the drilling that’s the hardest part, take time as hold drill tight, it can snatch a bit, drilled in about 22mm, then the tap ran in with an adjustable spanner on it pretty easy. Knock the swarf out with the bike leant over, try the bar end 1st then use threadlock to secure it, there is no taper thread so you have to use it.
Title: Re: Tap for renthal bar ends
Post by: F4celess on 23 April 2019, 11:47:32 am: Quote from: Mustang on 26 March 2019, 09:39:53 pm
im going to get a set of 758 bars but I want to tap them for the stock bar ends. Does anyone have either a set to sell other want to sell the tap to me?

After fitting your 758's, have you ridden both with / without the bar ends in place, for a comparison on their effectiveness?

I replaced the standard handlebars with a Renthal 758 bar, however chose NOT to add (re-fit) bar ends. I have no noticeable vibration or other issues at any speed.
The Renthal bar does appear to soak up alot.
Title: Re: Tap for renthal bar ends
Post by: Mustang on 23 April 2019, 04:15:57 pm: Yeak I rode it 1st with just some shitty press in ones, as you say, don't make a lot of difference,
I've only tapped them in 22mm so they stick out a long way