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YGT

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Hoffy bars I doubt any of you have ever seen.
« on: October 02, 2007, 08:21 PM »
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sorry for the terrible video, i took it with my phone today.

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Re: Hoffy bars I doubt any of you have ever seen.
« Reply #1 on: October 02, 2007, 08:24 PM »
 :daumenhoch: yep i havent spotted them bad boys before.

Lazarou

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« Reply #2 on: October 02, 2007, 08:46 PM »
I owned a set in 96 they were shite they kept coming loose.

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Re: Hoffy bars I doubt any of you have ever seen.
« Reply #3 on: October 02, 2007, 08:55 PM »
prototype. i beg to differ!

i knew several riders who had a set of the 'love handles' first production had extendable arms which turned out to be crap as they came loose, so the second lot came with welded arms instead to cure the problem. i spoke at length with mat hoffman about the bars and their issues at backyard 96

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Re: Hoffy bars I doubt any of you have ever seen.
« Reply #4 on: October 02, 2007, 09:04 PM »
are they the ones with the removable arms?


YGT

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Re: Hoffy bars I doubt any of you have ever seen.
« Reply #5 on: October 02, 2007, 09:33 PM »
these were welded versions .... but not the same as the taiwan versions with capped ends.

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Re: Hoffy bars I doubt any of you have ever seen.
« Reply #6 on: October 02, 2007, 09:46 PM »
Where do you put the levers?


YGT

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Re: Hoffy bars I doubt any of you have ever seen.
« Reply #7 on: October 02, 2007, 09:49 PM »
these bars came with very short grip areas .. whereas I prefer long grips and simply added an extra secion of grip and left out the lever part

the_cyclops

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« Reply #8 on: October 03, 2007, 10:17 PM »
Nowt special about those bars (I thought that the topic title was a trick question!)

One of the bigger shops was selling these of cheap in the early '00s (it might have been Cyclesport!)

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Re: Hoffy bars I doubt any of you have ever seen.
« Reply #9 on: October 04, 2007, 11:20 AM »
Were they the ones with free levers? I bought some of those ones but they were capped. They were also made bent............crap. :uglystupid2:

YGT

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Re: Hoffy bars I doubt any of you have ever seen.
« Reply #10 on: October 04, 2007, 12:02 PM »
I think allot of people have gotten confused with these bars.

First of all came the og love bars with removeable grip sections.
Then they started to make other versions with supports and welded grip sections in taiwan.

The ones that came with free levers were 1" love handles ... and later on they also had a bar with a grip tube that was 1" and tapered down to 7/8".

The bars shown on the video are very similar to the first gen us made bars .... but they have small gussets and use a very similar sleeve to the og bars but they are not capped and furthermore welded (no threaded section) thus the grip area slides into a second tube as a support and better connection to the down struts.

Also the grip areas as small as stock, which looks like it was done to fit just and ODI mushroom and lever.

If anyone else has a bar like this gen or even a photo, please post it up as I would love to see it.

- Mark

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Re: Hoffy bars I doubt any of you have ever seen.
« Reply #11 on: October 04, 2007, 12:13 PM »
ive  only ever seen them in a magazine , in a cream colour.is this them mark

SaMAlex

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« Reply #12 on: October 04, 2007, 12:20 PM »
Dan!!!

Those are capped
Not welded
and dont have a gussett

Have you seen marks vid????  :LolLolLolLol:

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Re: Hoffy bars I doubt any of you have ever seen.
« Reply #13 on: October 04, 2007, 12:22 PM »
well i was kinda of a mile away ,head in the clouds today tbh   :(

YGT

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Re: Hoffy bars I doubt any of you have ever seen.
« Reply #14 on: October 04, 2007, 01:34 PM »
ive  only ever seen them in a magazine , in a cream colour.is this them mark


they were the prototypes of the first gen love handles .....

YGT

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« Reply #15 on: October 05, 2007, 08:14 AM »
here is a set of taiwan love handles thats on ebay right now.



If you see there is a much taller gusset struts and capped grip ends with HD embosses on.
ebay link :::: http://cgi.ebay.com/HOFFMAN-BIKES-Love-Handlebars-BMX-vintage-grips-lever_W0QQitemZ170156169093QQihZ007QQcategoryZ48842QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

PaulM

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« Reply #16 on: October 10, 2007, 07:24 PM »
I have a set of those exact same bars as in that video.

I had some sent over from the states in about 96 but I was expecting the same vesion but without the gussets when they turned up.

I'll try and get a pic up at some point.

Cheers

Paul
« Last Edit: October 10, 2007, 07:26 PM by PaulM »

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