Ally bar ends question

[Jez]

I am thinking of getting some nice shiny bar ends but I am worried that lighter ones may cause unacceptable vibes.
 
Any thoughts or experiences out there before I throw me hard earned away?
 
Edit: I realise I can take mine off and give it a go without, which I will do, but I still am interested in peeps' onions.

[mcyoungy]

wouldn't do it mesen for the reason you give.

[PieEater]

I got a set from ebay for just under £15 inc. they weigh in at 76g vs the originals at 309g, initially I noticed a slight increase in vibes through the bars but nothing too intrusive and after a few rides I've gotten used to it and have no issues at all. I had thought that I'd just use the cheap ones whilst I got the originals cleaned up and powder coated but I don't know if I'll bother.
 

[Jez]

wouldn't do it mesen for the reason you give.

Is this bourne of experience pliz?

[mcyoungy]

Fazer thou is a bit buzzy anyways even with the big heavy stock end weights. Can't imagine it would improve with lighter ones. they're 300g for a reason.

[Kosmic Kartman]

I've got light bar end on some Renthal Streetfighter bars and there isn't a lot of difference over the stock bars with heavy bar ends. Suck it and see.

[Pat]

I've used both ally & stainless ones on a set of Renthal ultra lows & can't say I noticed much if any difference between the 2.

[Jez]

Removed the bar ends today and tried at different speeds without them. At first I thought 'Eek! this is orrible' but soon got used to it.
 
Put them back on and tried again and still some vibes although deffo better.
 
Inconclusive.
 
Guess I will keep half an eye out for some heavyish ones. Standard are 311g each. I think I saw some that are 180g or so. May give them a try or may get mine powdre coated. Dunno.
 
Still interested to hear experiences of ally ends in standard bars.

[PieEater]

Like you said on switching over the difference is immediately noticable and is still noticeable for the first two or three rides after but I think like me if you persevere after a short while you will stop noticing and it wont be an issue. I think you'll have the exact same experience with the mid-weight bar ends though maybe the time between fitting and you not noticing the vibes will be shorter.

[mcyoungy]

if you've got the stockers why not rub tthem down and clear lacquer them?

[Gray fox]

Got light alloy bar ends on my gen 1, at the same time i changed to Renthal alloy bars. Thers is absolutly no difference in vibration levels. Think the alloy bars have a tendency to dampen out the vibes though.

[jackojet]

Hi Jez
 
I have renthal 758 on my thou and used renthal bar ends and renthal race grips .
 
no vibes or tingles and balanced steering
 
most vibes are caused by the bike having standard jetting , i found the vibes went away after Mike did full monty, but i had renthals with no real  vibes before Mike worked his magic
 
hope this helps you decide about bar ends

[ZiggyCol]

I changed to renthal 758s too but preferred to stick with heavy bar ends ie the originals - so tapped a thread in the renthals to accept them and sprayed them candy red to match the rest of the paintwork.
 
Works for me.