Handlebar "Balancer"

Hello all,

I've been following the forum for a few months now, and purchased a red K6S 2 months ago. Well, believe it or not, it ended up laying on it's right side in my garage (sigh). Luckily, the only damage was a bent rear brake lever, a scratched tailpipe, and a marred bar end. I've looked at the service manual, and I've been scratching my head at the handlebar end. It's identified as a "Handlebar Balancer". What exactly is it balancing? I need to replace the bolt, as it now has a slight bend in it, I've taken the whole assembly out, and all I see is a few rubber compression bushings to hold the end piece in place. Am I missing something here?

My current line of thought is that I can just buy a one piece bar end with the expansion piece built into it and call it day. Or am I missing something?

Great site btw, tons of good info. I blamed the bike purchase on you guys. :P

b.d

Straighten the bolt, reassemble and get her out of the garage!
Balancer, becouse it is supposed to balnce the engine vibes.

[rictus01]

Originally Posted by sabestian

Straighten the bolt, reassemble and get her out of the garage!
Balancer, becouse it is supposed to balnce the engine vibes.

Balance is probably a bit misleading; it's more dampening the vibrations, also it slows the movement a little.

Cheers Mark.

just get some bling aftermarket ones from your local store, about £15 over her £20 dollars to you sir?

and yes its a compression bushing it just presses into the bara when you tighten the bolt, and damps the vibrations through the bars,

oh and welcome.

The bar end is just the original crash bung

Thanks for the info. I've got a pair of fancy red anodized aluminum ones on the way

b.d