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Handlebars, Levers and Grips

Bars are the one component where the correct part and the right part are not always the same thing. A set to original pattern puts your wrists where the factory decided they belonged, which suits a machine being restored and does not always suit a rider who has to live with it. Both are legitimate aims, so we list bars to original pattern alongside the flatter and narrower options people fit by choice.

With them go the levers, grips, clamps and cable fittings that changing a set of bars always turns out to need.

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Three measurements settle it

Clamp diameter comes first, because a seven-eighths bar will not sit in a one-inch clamp and shimming one is not a repair. Then width and rise, taken from the bars in front of you rather than from a catalogue, since a wide bar on a narrow machine fouls the tank at full lock. Last the controls: lever clamps, switch housings and throttle bodies all take up length along the bar, and a set that is right everywhere else can still leave no room for them. Bars dimpled for an internal throttle cable are a separate question again.

What this category holds

  • Handlebars — original pattern and universal bars in several widths and rises
  • Levers — clutch and brake levers with their clamps and pivots
  • Grips — rubber grips and throttle components
  • Fittings — clamps, risers, bar-end mirrors and adjusters
  • Cables — the throttle, clutch and brake cables a bar change makes too short

Changing the bars on a restoration?

Measure the old set before it comes off and send us the figures with the model. It is a short message and it is cheaper than ordering twice.

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