fjindy66 Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 After a couple of thousand miles, I decided that the stock bars were a bit too straight for me--I needed a bit more sweep and downward angle to relax my wrists. I bought a set of Renthal Fatbars with the Streetfighter bend (I think) and installed them. The one tricky limitation is that the straight length of the bars for mounting the controls and grips needs to be about 6mm longer. I got the ends of the bars threaded to remount the hand guard adapters, and managed to reassemble everything. I needed a couple of spacers between the handguard ends and the adapters. But aside from that things went back together OK. Overall it is a good mod, as the bar angle better matches my wrists and is therefore more comfortable. I also added Oxford heated grips at the same time for the colder weather--also an excellent mod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suncoaster Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Sounds interesting. Can you post some pictures ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member builderbob Posted December 22, 2015 Premium Member Share Posted December 22, 2015 Sounds interesting. Can you post some pictures ? Ditto. Pics please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjindy66 Posted December 23, 2015 Author Share Posted December 23, 2015 I will see what I can do--stay tuned... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjindy66 Posted December 23, 2015 Author Share Posted December 23, 2015 OK--after resurrecting my Photobucket account, here are a few pictures of the new set of bars, both before and after reinstalling the handguards (hopefully this will work, as I've not tried posting pics yet--if it doesn't, I'll give it another try: http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac335/DRoevers/IMG_2314.jpg The finished product, minus handguards at this point. I also installed the Oxford heated grips while I was at it. http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac335/DRoevers/IMG_2309.jpg I had to get an M16 x 1.5mm tap to thread the bar ends for the handguard adapters. http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac335/DRoevers/IMG_2369.jpg The right hand grip assembly after reinstalling the handguards. http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac335/DRoevers/IMG_2371.jpg And the left, also showing the back side of the mount I fabricated for the Oxford grip controller. Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docsimple Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 i fixed your images for you, hope you dont mind 2015 Red FJ 09 2013 WR250R - little boy blue - sold 2012 DL650 V Strom - sold 2007 FZ6 - sold 1986 FJ600 - sold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjindy66 Posted December 23, 2015 Author Share Posted December 23, 2015 Not at all--what did you do? I'm abviously fumbling my way through this. The process isn't very intuitive, at least for the first couple of tries. Thanks for the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docsimple Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 no problem, you used html addresses and presented them as urls. Use "Insert Image" button. Seven form the end and looks like an picture. This will embed it with the image uncoding that the forum understands. Usually your host, like Imgur, will create a BB/Forum ready link which will be the url encased in forum image code. Clear as mud? 2015 Red FJ 09 2013 WR250R - little boy blue - sold 2012 DL650 V Strom - sold 2007 FZ6 - sold 1986 FJ600 - sold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjindy66 Posted December 23, 2015 Author Share Posted December 23, 2015 From Photobucket, you right-click and get four options: Email & IM [span] [/span](starts with "http://s913.photobucket.....), Direct [span] [/span][span] [/span][span] [/span](starts with "http://i913.photobucket.....), html [span] [/span][span] [/span][span] [/span](starts with <a href="http://s913.photobucket...), or IMG [span] [/span][span] [/span][span] [/span](starts with URL=http://s913.photobucket....). So--four options, and apparently only one works--I was trying the Direct or HTML options. Which one is the correct one for this forum? I originally clicked on the insert image button, but wasn't sure which version of the URL was the right one. I clicked on Photobucket, but that just launched the site--I figured it would be more fully interactive--but not so much. Thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member builderbob Posted December 23, 2015 Premium Member Share Posted December 23, 2015 Looks good. The Renthals look like they might be a bit narrower overall than the stockers. Are they? Also, how's the pull-back? I'm looking for some bars that have a little more sweep than the stock setup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjindy66 Posted December 23, 2015 Author Share Posted December 23, 2015 The bars do have a bit more sweep than stock--I'd say another inch or so on each side. I find that braking pressure is much more evenly spread across my hands compared to the stock bars. I do agree that they are also slightly narrower. The addition benefit for me is that the additional sweep can be used to angle the ends down a bit to reduce the twisting on wrist &elbows so that I can keep my arms more relaxed. I will try to get a picture or two tomorrow that may give you a better idea of the differences. The Renthals are very slightly narrower--less than 1/4 inch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjindy66 Posted December 24, 2015 Author Share Posted December 24, 2015 Got a few pics today as promised that will hopefully help depict the sweep and angle of the grips on the new Renthal bars: This first one is from more or less the rider's eye view. The second is from more or less above while standing on the pegs. This last one was intended to be more or less level with the bars, to show how with sufficient rotation the ends will angle down just a bit which takes the 'twist' mostly off of the wrists and elbows when you relax your arms. Cheers & Merry Christmas all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfjniner Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 After a couple of thousand miles, I decided that the stock bars were a bit too straight for me--I needed a bit more sweep and downward angle to relax my wrists. I bought a set of Renthal Fatbars with the Streetfighter bend (I think) and installed them. The one tricky limitation is that the straight length of the bars for mounting the controls and grips needs to be about 6mm longer. I got the ends of the bars threaded to remount the hand guard adapters, and managed to reassemble everything. I needed a couple of spacers between the handguard ends and the adapters. But aside from that things went back together OK. Overall it is a good mod, as the bar angle better matches my wrists and is therefore more comfortable. I also added Oxford heated grips at the same time for the colder weather--also an excellent mod.fjindy66: I like these and have been eyeing them for a year now. Nice pics and abv. write up. I have one question regarding the gap you left at the end of the handlebars between the grips and the black spacer that screws into the bar ends. Why did you do this? Or why didn't you move the grips out to line up with the screw inserts? Ken, Candy Ass L.D.R. Sleeps 8 hours (2)2005 FJR1300abs: 230,000 m 2015 FJ-09: 114,000 m (Replaced engine at 106K) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjindy66 Posted December 25, 2015 Author Share Posted December 25, 2015 Fair question--it's mainly due to a couple of things: 1) Initially I thought I was going to end up a bit short when mounting the grips, switchgear, and mirror mounts back on the bars due to the slightly shorter straight length of the handgrip ends of the bars, so I pushed the switchgear in as far as I felt I could and still get the mirror / lever mounts to install properly. As they are now, they're just starting to creep onto the bend in the bar, but seem to work out OK. 2) At the time since I thought I might end up short (which, due to the washers I had to place between the handguard end mounts and the threaded adapters, I did), I shortened up the Oxford grips by about 1/8", which as it turns out I probably didn't have to. Is the fit of everything on the bars 100% perfect? Maybe not quite, but for my hands the comfort is worth those couple of minor anomalies. If I did it again, I could probably slide the switchgear back outboard a little to minimize the gap you point out, but not the mirror/lever mounts. I thought about making or having someone make a couple of spacers to put between the handguard adapters and the bar ends to space them out, but for now the washers seem to do the trick. Regarding the grips themselves, if I got a replacement set of Oxford grips (these are the "Premium Adventure" version) I would not bother to trim them--and that would address at least the visual part of the gap you asked about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2ballde Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 Like fjindy66 the stock bar wasn't comfortable for me. The stock bar gives me pain on the outer back bones on both wrists. I took them off and measured them in the Renthal fashion. Find it here; http://www.renthal.com/shop/mx-products/handlebars/fatbar. Stock bar measurements (in mm give or take a few) . A 790 (inc. one of the threaded plastic inserts thought both were tight but the right one went missing while riding). , B110, C60, D170, E 55, F 230. The street fighter bar is very close but has more E. These meas. can help to compare bars and maybe reduce having to trying too many bars. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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