13-04-12, 08:46 PM
(This post was last modified: 13-04-12, 09:08 PM by 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.
wouldn't do it mesen for the reason you give.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
if you've got the stockers why not rub tthem down and clear lacquer them?
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.
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.
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