Renthals what a difference. - SV650.org

23-09-11, 10:18 PM

Am i the only one who noticed a huge difference in feel, just picking it off the stand now feels completly different and solid

All the flex has gone! Cornering is different, road feedback is different. I should have done it ages ago, i thought it was going to be mostly cosmetic, but nope.

Its making my tricepts ache a little because of the change in angle but think ill get used to that.

Now the brace, looks nice and might get one.... thats surely cosmetic, it couldnt be any stiffer.

Geodude · 24-09-11, 07:53 AM

Wouldn't be without mine (even though there purple) Once you've changed you realise that the oem are like trying to steer with a bendy straw

Jayneflakes · 24-09-11, 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Geodude

Wouldn't be without mine (even though there purple) Once you've changed you realise that the oem are like trying to steer with a bendy straw

Purple is good, mine were purple too.

The brace is a great idea, it offers extra strength under extreme load, such as when some daft tart runs your bike over!

yorkie_chris · 24-09-11, 10:48 AM

I never bothered with brace, I'd rather bars bend a bit than either fold up or snap something. That said I parked it upside down on one handguard once and the bars didn't bend at all, just dented the lockstops a bit.

23-09-11, 10:18 PM	#1
beabert Guest Posts: n/a	Renthals what a difference. Am i the only one who noticed a huge difference in feel, just picking it off the stand now feels completly different and solid All the flex has gone! Cornering is different, road feedback is different. I should have done it ages ago, i thought it was going to be mostly cosmetic, but nope. Its making my tricepts ache a little because of the change in angle but think ill get used to that. Now the brace, looks nice and might get one.... thats surely cosmetic, it couldnt be any stiffer. Last edited by beabert; 23-09-11 at 11:20 PM.

24-09-11, 07:53 AM	#2
Geodude Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Durham Posts: 2,676	Re: Renthals what a difference Wouldn't be without mine (even though there purple) Once you've changed you realise that the oem are like trying to steer with a bendy straw __________________ Black naked 1999 sv650 which im trying to keep happy Custom paintwork *Saragon Customs* Spray painting *Electrical fault finding guide* and *Regulator rectifier test* Only a biker knows why a dog sticks his head out of a car window.

24-09-11, 10:48 AM	#4
yorkie_chris Noisy Git Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Halifax/Leeds Posts: 26,645	Re: Renthals what a difference I never bothered with brace, I'd rather bars bend a bit than either fold up or snap something. That said I parked it upside down on one handguard once and the bars didn't bend at all, just dented the lockstops a bit. __________________ Currently Ex Biker Now rebuilding a 63' fishing trawler as a dive boat

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