Stainless Handlebars...

[Dougie]

Anybody know where I could get 10" rise 7/8" diameter Western bars in stainless?Fed up with rusting chrome.......

[Grav]

I believe our resident welsh bike shop proprietor may be able to help.

[Dougie]

Didn't see owt on his website,but I could ask him.Good thinkin' Grav.

[Grav]

He does have a page full of bars.

http://www.jwmotorcycles.com/customparts/handlebars.html

[Dougie]

Don't see stainless....... :rolleyes:

[Grav]

he may be able to procure some.

[dracken1]

oi i am listening you know. :D

i will find out straight away.. the 7/8" will be the prob i'm guessing
i'm sure i do 10"-13 " ones in black nylon coated

yes i'm sure they 11" it looks like black nylon coating to me. probably powder coated though. they in stock somewhere here.
would they do as i do not remember seeing much bling on your bike :)

[Blackjack]

Hmmm..

I just checked with my stainless supplier.

7/8" OD 304 stainless tube is getting thin on the ground, you can get 22mm, but the the controls will fall off. :eek:

I can get 1" OD. I can get 25mm bar. If I turned the bar so that it was 7/8" at one end, and a decent fit in the tube at the other, I could make 1" bars with 7/8" ends. Not wildly cheap though, and you'd either need 1" risers or reduced bits for the clamps.

This probably explains why a lot of smaller cruisers now seem to have 1" bars...

I mention this simply because, I can bend tube accurately enough to make bars, and I can knurl them.

Expecting hand made to order bars to be cheaper than off the shelf ones, would be a little silly. :eek:

[*Ace*]

Damn fine bars too, we have 2 sets and they are well comfy.

[Dougie]

oi i am listening you know. :D

i will find out straight away.. the 7/8" will be the prob i'm guessing
i'm sure i do 10"-13 " ones in black nylon coated

yes i'm sure they 11" it looks like black nylon coating to me. probably powder coated though. they in stock somewhere here.
would they do as i do not remember seeing much bling on your bike :)
While it is true I'm not a bling Magpie like the mighty Yoda I do like a small bit of shiny hence the non-painted engine casings,stainless sidepanels and a shiny (xs750) headlight.I don't think that black bars would look that great unfortunately,but I might just indulge in a pair of yer chrome ones (and loads of Autosol).Won't be until after NABD at the very earliest.
Blackjack,thanks for the offer but it'd be a hell of a lot of arseing around trying to sort out the top yoke (standard GS) to take 1" bars.

[Blackjack]

I'm trying to track down someone who sells suitable wall 7/8" stainless tube.

If I have any joy, I'll mention it.

[Dougie]

Cheers! :) :)

[hacky]

http://www.safe-servers.co.uk/~cfasten/acatalog/Stainless_Steel_Handlebars.html
:D :D

[Dougie]

Hacky mate,if you read my original post you'll see that the highest they do are 7.5" TOO LOW! :rolleyes: :p

[hacky]

http://www.safe-servers.co.uk/~cfasten/acatalog/Handlebar_Reducer_Sleeves.html
they do reducers...

[shaggy696969]

He dont need reducers he Needs 7/8 bars to fit his yokes, you cant reduce em bigger :D another reason other than the yokes Dougie is the switchgear lever mounts etc......... I had a set of bars made for the trike in the end. 1 & 1/4" basrs wich reduce down to 7/8 at the ends.

[hacky]

sorry im confused....you want 7/8 bars and that link does 7/8 bars....sorry heads a bit mashed today :confused: :confused: an the reducers ar for 1" yokes down to 7/8...