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Bar end weights
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29-04-18, 10:32 PM
Chinese so probably made of cheese. I would never buy anything other than HSS taps and dies, even for occasional DIY use buying cheap is a false economy. If the tap breaks in the hole you will be in a world of pain....
FZS 1000 Gen1 (2003)
Tiger 900 GT Pro (2020) 
29-04-18, 11:01 PM
(29-04-18, 10:32 PM)teecee90 link Wrote: Chinese so probably made of cheese. I would never buy anything other than HSS taps and dies, even for occasional DIY use buying cheap is a false economy. If the tap breaks in the hole you will be in a world of pain.... Ahh! that puts a different light on the matter, I did not realise they were made by Primular. 
30-04-18, 07:57 AM
(This post was last modified: 30-04-18, 07:59 AM by Triggergee.)
I bloody hope it has the right size! It says it does so if it's not there it will be going back. I completely agree with you teecee90, if it is made of cheese I hope it's more Parmesan than cheddar. nearly all my tools are high quality and I often regret any cheap ones which found their way into my collection. On this occasion I just couldn't afford the expensive kits as this year has been extraordinarily expensive and then I decided to buy a bike :lol , saying that I just spent £65 on a vice to try push a bush into a suspension linkage for my dad's vmax 1700 trike...the bloke who runs the company who built the trike clearly doesn't like me as there is no way a vice has enough pressure, it's become obvious it's a hydraulic press job! Bent the handle on a vice with a 2000kg max load and didn't get any movement pushing out the old bush.
30-04-18, 05:43 PM
Couldn't tap it, lost my temper and snapped the tap wrench. Must've been made of cheese... Just ordered the clamp in style lighter R&G bar ends, hope they fit as I've drilled out the bars to 15mm and to top off my shitty day my rear tyre (conti sport attack 3) which only has maybe 500 miles is flat with a screw in it.
30-04-18, 06:08 PM
Shame you've had such a mare with the Renthals, hopefully you'll get it all sorted
Feel your pain regarding the tyre, had a very similar scenario last year, although chuck in a load of French rain for good measure. Chin up bud. 
Whizz kid sitting pretty on his two wheeled stallion.
30-04-18, 07:47 PM
Yeah pretty pissed off but sometimes life just goes that way. Odd thing last time I had to change my rear tyre on the 600 was a slow puncture from metal in it and the tyre was less than 1000 miles old and now I've got the same issue with the front 600 tyre, also less than 1000 mile on it and now the virtually new 1000 tyre. The road must dislike me or something
06-05-18, 09:15 PM
Original Kryptonite weigh a ton Yamaha bar ends aren't just heavy to damp vibes, they also damp down bar shake (ie) tank slapper type oscillation.
I've got a set of R&G's on my 1000, filled Renthal bars with a tube of Silicone sealer, damps vibes to next to nothing, plus I always check my front wheel balance too as tyre wears... I know I'm OCD as Fook...lol... All depends on how much vibes you're happy with really?
10-05-18, 06:25 PM
Hhmmm filled with silicone... I like that idea and I must have a tube of it somewhere in the house. I'm not a fan of vibrations and don't want to feel any so will try the silicone, also got the R&G clamp in ends now and the vibes aren't too bad plus they look better than the yam ones
11-05-18, 08:54 PM
I've just threaded my rentals for the stock bar weights. Found that I needed to run a 14mm masonry drill bit through first (by hand) to open the hole up a bit before tapping. Got the weights powder coated to tidy them up also. Not sure whether to shorten the bars a bit or leave them alone.
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