Author Topic: MRD bars query ID bars Please New pic added Help !! (Read 2173 times)

animal · « **on:** October 08, 2007, 09:50 PM »

Looking for a bit of info. Got 2 sets of Mrd bars pro size, one set braized , one set tig, both identical other than the tig set are slightly angled down at the ends. But this may have been done due to heavy riding. Has anybody got any idea when they swapped over on the welding front from tig which I assume are the early bars ( from what I have been told) to being braized like the frames. Also does anybody know who made the early bars? Was rumoured they were Star Bars rebadged but we have disproved that one.

gossa · « **Reply #1 on:** October 08, 2007, 11:04 PM »

Wasn't aware Tim had any welded bars, are you sure they're not Stars? Tim just took the Stars to Rickman and got them to copy the for his brazed MRD's. I'm seeing him tomorrow so i'll see what I can find out for you mate.

That's if he can remember of course!

gossa · « **Reply #2 on:** October 09, 2007, 05:00 PM »

animal, tim's here now, he defo never made anything welded, everything was brazed by the rickman guys, sounds like you have stars mate. Piccy?

animal · « **Reply #3 on:** October 09, 2007, 08:25 PM »

A piccy of said bars. Any ideas?

gossa · « **Reply #4 on:** October 09, 2007, 08:41 PM »

mmm, i'd say NOT stars as stars had a wider bottom section (going further away from the stem before they went into the rise) and I reckon stars had a slightly lower rise than these. i'll get the big fella to take a look, i can't get him out of me shop at the mo, he must be bored.....

BTW Tim works just around the corner from my shop so he comes in for his tea's..........

gossa · « **Reply #5 on:** October 09, 2007, 08:43 PM »

Looking again, they might be GT pro's? Stars and GHP bars had quite a lot of sweep on them too, those bars look quite sweepy.

Like I said Tim said defo not MRD, he only ever made brazed stuff.

animal · « **Reply #6 on:** October 09, 2007, 08:47 PM »

Didn't think the crossbar was fat enough for Gt pro's. $:-\$

harris · « **Reply #7 on:** October 09, 2007, 08:47 PM »

se

DIRTBIKER250F · « **Reply #8 on:** October 09, 2007, 08:49 PM »

Hutch

animal · « **Reply #9 on:** October 09, 2007, 08:50 PM »

What about Torker?

dj_benice · « **Reply #10 on:** October 09, 2007, 08:55 PM »

Quote from: animal on October 09, 2007, 08:50 PM

What about Torker?

Can't see pic for some reason but I have a set of torkers if you want me to get ya the measurements, proper skinny crossbar on em

animal · « **Reply #11 on:** October 09, 2007, 09:05 PM »

Cross Bar is 16mm in diameter or 5/8 of an inch. Could they be any of the above?

dj_benice · « **Reply #12 on:** October 09, 2007, 09:11 PM »

Quote from: animal on October 09, 2007, 09:05 PM

Cross Bar is 16mm in diameter or 5/8 of an inch. Could they be any of the above?

Sound like torkers, just measured me crossbar looks bang on 16mm.

animal · « **Reply #13 on:** October 10, 2007, 06:04 PM »

Right a bit more info to c if we can nail these bars down.

Cross bar width is 295mm
Underside of crossbar to top of clamp tube is 145mm
Width is 28 inches uncut

could somebody measure up some SE's and Hutch to do a comparison?

gossa · « **Reply #14 on:** October 10, 2007, 08:23 PM »

I'd say too square at the bottom to be Hutch bars mate.....i still reckon GT's but lets see if someone can identify for sure

bodamus · « **Reply #15 on:** October 10, 2007, 08:27 PM »

Early unstamped Kuwahara Laserbars made by Nitto?

bodamus $:-\$

dj_benice · « **Reply #16 on:** October 10, 2007, 11:17 PM »

crossbar on me torkers is wider n GT pros are about 300 mil with 160 mil underside to clamp the search continues

Frosty · « **Reply #17 on:** October 10, 2007, 11:38 PM »

here's some unstamped kuwi bars, ignore the apparent knurling as this is only marks from a stem

animal · « **Reply #18 on:** October 11, 2007, 07:36 PM »

Looks like we have a match, fantastic, it appears I now own a set of Kuwi bars

Are they rare? $:-\$ Never seen a set in the flesh till I got these. I take it everybody agrees they look the same? Did u check the measures Frosy? If not could somebody so I deffo know for sure?

Just for the record they are virtually identical to MRD bars

bodamus · « **Reply #19 on:** October 11, 2007, 08:06 PM »

Well done me then

Yes there worth a fair bit got a few sets myself still.

bodamus

harris · « **Reply #20 on:** October 11, 2007, 08:07 PM »

i had a set on my kuwi but kinda forgot what they looked like
and havent seen many sets since as ian has most of them

animal · « **Reply #21 on:** October 11, 2007, 09:37 PM »

What they worth?

Take it they are quite rare?

These probably need a rechrome cos they got a couple of scratches in the normal place where somebody has crashed head first say no more.

Many thanks to all especially the dudes who got it right