Inverting naked's handlebar possible/done?

Originally Posted by BILLY

I'd drill the bars as well!

If I had adjustable bars I'd file the pip off the switchgear - they clamp up fine even without it, and if they don't a bit of gaffa tape round the bar is enough to hold them.

I've got a pair of bars in the back of my garage that have been on about 5 different bikes, they've had so many different sorts of switchgear mounted they now look like a chromed tube of Swiss cheese.

[yorkie_chris]

Them laverda bars would go well with my gixxer front end...

Hmmmmm

Slight derail, but where can you get the handlebar clamps? Whats a good price? Can't seem to find them for reasonable money anywhere.

Originally Posted by Razor

Don't file the tab off, drill the bars you muppets.

Why weaken a perfectly good set of handlebars when filing the tab off works just as well?

[yorkie_chris]

I don't think it weakens them substantially, mine were practically tied in a knot and there was no obvious tearing of the metal around the hole (which is the sort of failure I'd expect due to stress concentration etc.)

I just like being able to put the switches where i like them.

Originally Posted by Bear

Why weaken a perfectly good set of handlebars when filing the tab off works just as well?

The tab is so shallow that you don't have to drill right through. The factory does it anyway.on the cheap chromed bars that come as standard on a naked.
I'll just say, anybody who removes the locating tab is wrong and anybody who drills the bars is right. End of.

Originally Posted by Razor

I'll just say, anybody who removes the locating tab is wrong and anybody who drills the bars is right. End of.

Maybe you should consider that it's only recently that bikes have come with these daft tabs on the insiode of switchgear. When I started riding no bike had them and switchgear didn't move out of place - so what's the point of them?

File them off, even if you aren't changing your bars...make a stand for simplicity

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by Razor

I'll just say, anybody who removes the locating tab is wrong and anybody who drills the bars is right. End of.

Because the dabates on here always end that easily

Originally Posted by Lozzo

Maybe you should consider that it's only recently that bikes have come with these daft tabs on the insiode of switchgear. When I started riding no bike had them

My 1970 HONDA 750 had them, just how old are you Lozzo?

Originally Posted by Razor

The tab is so shallow that you don't have to drill right through. The factory does it anyway.on the cheap chromed bars that come as standard on a naked.
I'll just say, anybody who removes the locating tab is wrong and anybody who drills the bars is right. End of.

Good point, well made.

Actually, no. I need more of an answer than that I'm afraid. Simply stating your position as the right one is only enough if you are a major religion.

Ok, the right hand switch gear also has the throttle tube. If you remove the tab and the screws come loose, accident, bumpy roads whatever. The throttle tube could then possibly move, if you have a bar end it could get stuck against it, stuck throttle, fun.
If no bar end, which is my personal preference, the throttle tube could come off, pulling the throttle hard...

The tab is there for a valid reason, not to inconvenience you while you fit new bars. If the screws are loose then the tab will hold the switch gear, the left not so important, but the right hand side, of utmost importance.

Here endth the lesson, Brother Bear will pass among you with the collection plate...