Pointy 2005 K5 S Bar end fell off!

I have tried to search on this topic but the search engine drops most of my keywords like bar and end!.

My standard OEM (throttle) bar end fell off, and is of course lost in time and space (well somewhere on the A38 north of Bristol anyway - I felt something hit my leg). So I want to buy some new replacements so 3 questions please:

1. Recommendations for replacements (black or silver I guess). I gather a weighted set might smooth out some of the vibration coming through the clip-on bars...

2. The few threads I have found suggest I have a problem - removing the internal squidgy bit (as I believe it's called) of the missing bar end. Any tips on getting this out...

3. And also, tips on removing the 'good' one - can I safely completely remove the screw or do I just ease it slightly and pull! I have tried this gingerly to no effect but maybe I just didn't have enough Weetabix that day.

They have always seemed a bit lose and tightening the screw seemed to have little effect.

Oh, and if anyone can tell me how to avoid chewing up my swinging arm with the spinning/distorting alignment lugs when tightening the chain I'd be very grateful. Damage is already done of course

Get Bibio's chain adjusters.

The rest I'll leave for the others.

[Nutsinatin]

Originally Posted by Runako

Get Bibio's chain adjusters.

+1 Don't know why Suzuki don't make them like his!

As for bar ends mine rotate slightly if it try to move them, but the screws are thread locked in to prevent what happened to you

[Bibio]

bar ends.. never fully remove the screw, loosen off the screw and then tap back in then remove bar end. BOTM for replacement bar ends https://www.suzuki-gb.co.uk/motorcyc...-of-the-month/

suzuki don't make their chain adjusters like mine as theirs are stamped out of mild steel then galvanised also not handed so cost pennies to make. mine are laser cut, machined, formed, are handed and made from Stainless Steel and cost mega pennies to make.

BTW i don't have any stock of the adjusters until a few months.

You're just a tease Bibio

think the previous owner messed the threads up in the bars on mine because when i do finally get the bolt to go in the thread it gets to a certain point then just spins. im sure i have heard of some rubber expanding thing that you can but in the handlebar its meant for bars that have no thread?

[Bibio]

pointy S have no threads its a rubber bung, you just need to pull hard and wiggle.

i'll repeat what i said, '''don't undo the screw completely'''

[madcockney]

To remove you don't have to cut the bars. To remove you do as others say undo the threaded screw until the actual bar end can swivel around, but not out of the other end. You can then gently persuade the whole unit out by gently wiggling and a gentle pull at the same time. I usually lean the bike over slightly so the weight of the bar end helps the extraction and will sometimes almost drop out.

I had one of my bar ends fall off while out on a ride on an SK3, but they were after-market replaced by a previous owner. I always got a lot of vibration from the LH handlebar anyway. Tried replacing with heavy weight Stainless steel one and though they made matters better there was still excessive vibration that eventually numbed my left hand. So I waited until Suzuki had them on one of their "Bike of the Month" deals and bought a pair of the the OEM part, which are expensive normally, at 60% discount. The excessive vibration problem disappeared

This is great stuff thanks. Bibio, I would be interested in your replacement chain adjusters when available please.