how easy is it to straighten out the sweep a bit in some old bars?

[griff]

just wondered, is there a way to do this without risk of damage? i.e. not the stamping/driving over in car method
got some nice v-bars but think they might have a bit too much sweep compared to what I'm used to now, gonna try and ride with them as they are once my bike is built but expecting it to feel a bit wrong

honestly couldn't say what my original v-bars were like on my old silverfox but it was a long time ago - should probably check with Nath what the era-correct sweep angle is!

[markyp]

id imagine its possible as animal managed to salvage a set of star bars for me that were bent out of shape.check out the left grip side,bent right down

[Jaymz]

Very easy if you have the right kit

Here's a chunk of a thread off burnerworld where Mark did some bodging to a set of bars


and took the rake out of my win bars to make them more ridable  :cool:
with a 25 t press  :cool:


and squashed  :lol:


as flat as i could get them

[griff]

great stuff - so basically all I need is a 25T press then 

[Jaymz]

great stuff - so basically all I need is a 25T press then 

Yup! have a look down the back of the fridge, thats where i find all the useful stuff!!

[pickle]

Just bring them to MK and I'll sit on them  

[southern andy]

Any excuse for a bit of sexual pleasure with you Rob aint it. 

[sid1972]

Jump on the feckers - proper old school!! 

[griff]

Jump on the feckers - proper old school!! 

 

[ozone]

just wondered, is there a way to do this without risk of damage? i.e. not the stamping/driving over in car method
got some nice v-bars but think they might have a bit too much sweep compared to what I'm used to now, gonna try and ride with them as they are once my bike is built but expecting it to feel a bit wrong

honestly couldn't say what my original v-bars were like on my old silverfox but it was a long time ago - should probably check with Nath what the era-correct sweep angle is!

Swap them for some Cee-Dubs or something instead of butchering a perfectly nice set of bars.   

[griff]

just wondered, is there a way to do this without risk of damage? i.e. not the stamping/driving over in car method
got some nice v-bars but think they might have a bit too much sweep compared to what I'm used to now, gonna try and ride with them as they are once my bike is built but expecting it to feel a bit wrong

honestly couldn't say what my original v-bars were like on my old silverfox but it was a long time ago - should probably check with Nath what the era-correct sweep angle is!

Swap them for some Cee-Dubs or something instead of butchering a perfectly nice set of bars.   

took me a sec to work out what you meant (CW's?) but I'm afraid I'm not a fan of the CW bar - in any case it has to be a v-bar as that's what I had BITD on my silverfox. as for 'butchery' that's not going to happen, but since the bike is going to be a keeper and be ridden by me just weighing up my options