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splash07 Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 911 Charleston, SC Gender:	handlebars 01/05/07 at 19:22:41 I am looking for some S40 OEM drag bars, i want to replace my 2000 buckhorns with the S40 bars and was wondering if anyone had some they could part with? they cost near 90 bucks to get some factory replacements and i dont want to spend that much on bars. also, will i have to replace the cables when going from the buckhorns to drag bars?
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Re: handlebars
Reply #1 - 01/05/07 at 20:30:16

You can't just switch the bars. The drag bar requires the risers, whereas the buckhorns are almost clamped to the triple tree.

The alternate is harley bars, plenty available cheap. I picked up a set made by Emco, only 2 or 3" of rise, too tight.

Look for about 4" of rise minimum and what ever pull back that feels good to you. The cables will be a little long, but except for the brake cable being a little saggy, it's fine.

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splash07 Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 911 Charleston, SC Gender:	Re: handlebars Reply #2 - 01/05/07 at 21:18:40 am i looking for bars with dimples or no, and what are dimples anyway? what about drilled, what is that? Does anyone know what the width of the S40 bars are?
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: handlebars Reply #3 - 01/05/07 at 22:32:13 oops 28" wide and drilled, you can do that your self.
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Hutch Serious Thumper Offline till death do us part Posts: 1035 Birch Run, MI. U.S.A. Gender:	Re: handlebars Reply #4 - 01/06/07 at 15:25:19 My 2006 S40 stock bars are 27" wide
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steelwolf Serious Thumper Offline "I'm a cowboy, on a steel horse I ride." Posts: 847 Trinity, NC Gender:	Re: handlebars Reply #5 - 01/06/07 at 16:57:39 Well to perfectly honest, you CAN just swap the bars. Without the risers. However, if you do, depending on how you rotate the bar in the clamp you may have the bars hit the side of the tank. I rode mine that way for a while and for the most part did ok. But once in a while I would hit the tank at full lock turns.
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cFLOW Full Member Offline life is great Posts: 191 Bootheel MO Gender:	Re: handlebars Reply #6 - 01/06/07 at 19:41:50 If you use stock riser with a drag bar that has any degree of pull you will lose full lock turning. I had 30 degree drag but after my thumb got between the tank and lever decide that was enough I put the stock bull horns back but upside down with 1.5" cut off each side now it has an even better racer feel to it.
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splash07 Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 911 Charleston, SC Gender:	Re: handlebars Reply #7 - 01/07/07 at 10:15:40 was planning on using the stock S40 bars without the risers and turning them down to help avoid hiting the tank, anyone tried this, cFlow, i noticed you had drags on that were slightly turned down, how did that set up work out for you. Also do you have any pics with the new bars?
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