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Title: Any ideas what to do with those ugly holes once you take your bars off?
Post by: SaltLick on July 31, 2008, 02:21:39 PM
i put clipons on, now i got those 4 ugly holes where the old bars use to mount. Grinding all that down is not an option....what are people using to cover that up with?
Title: Re: Any ideas what to do with those ugly holes once you take your bars off?
Post by: Grampa on July 31, 2008, 02:25:46 PM
(http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t180/bobspapa/100_1654.jpg?t=1217471434)

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Title: Re: Any ideas what to do with those ugly holes once you take your bars off?
Post by: Mother on July 31, 2008, 02:31:03 PM
(http://www.rizoma.com/Prodotti/CloseUp/1_Ducati_Monster_big.jpg)
Title: Re: Any ideas what to do with those ugly holes once you take your bars off?
Post by: SaltLick on July 31, 2008, 02:48:53 PM
first one is a GPS? Second one looks great, but my hole pattern is like the first one.  Man keep the ideas coming!  I am one of those wierdos that straightens pictures on the wall, all i do is look down at those 4 holes and dream of stuff to cover it up with.  I went down to home depot and another hardware store and looked for some sort of caps to put over them, nothing looked good. Then i thought of putting a metal plate across it, cutting a cool pattern into the plate, but i dont really have a way to cut metal precisely enough to make it look good. Is there a business that would cut or lazer cut a pattern into a piece of metal for you? i tried to look it up locally here in portland but came up with nothing.
Title: Re: Any ideas what to do with those ugly holes once you take your bars off?
Post by: Grampa on July 31, 2008, 02:51:37 PM
Quote from: SaltLick on July 31, 2008, 02:48:53 PM
first one is a GPS?

nope...Koso guages
Title: Re: Any ideas what to do with those ugly holes once you take your bars off?
Post by: NAKID on July 31, 2008, 02:56:28 PM
The second one is an aftermarket top triple...
Title: Re: Any ideas what to do with those ugly holes once you take your bars off?
Post by: herm on July 31, 2008, 03:00:23 PM
buy 4 allen head metric bolts (whatever the correct diameter)
paint them to match your tank
insert into riser holes
done
Title: Re: Any ideas what to do with those ugly holes once you take your bars off?
Post by: He Man on July 31, 2008, 03:40:31 PM
Quote from: herm on July 31, 2008, 03:00:23 PM
buy 4 allen head metric bolts (whatever the correct diameter)
paint them to match your tank
insert into riser holes
done

+1
Title: Re: Any ideas what to do with those ugly holes once you take your bars off?
Post by: slyfox on July 31, 2008, 06:42:08 PM
That's really CRUEL .....
Title: Re: Any ideas what to do with those ugly holes once you take your bars off?
Post by: Mother on July 31, 2008, 10:49:06 PM
Quote from: 696Racer on July 31, 2008, 06:10:40 PM
Sittin on your handlebars or cupcake, nobody is gonna be noticing your holes no more.

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Title: Re: Any ideas what to do with those ugly holes once you take your bars off?
Post by: zvezdah1 on August 01, 2008, 06:32:17 AM
Should be able to get the black plastic caps/plugs that are basically flat and smooth, can get them at auto parts store, just a dab of silicone in the hole and works fine been using for years when I've take off mirrors, changed the pipe mounting, etc.

Chris
Title: Re: Any ideas what to do with those ugly holes once you take your bars off?
Post by: Popeye the Sailor on August 01, 2008, 09:34:23 AM
Let the holes fill with dirt.


Paint over it.
Title: Re: Any ideas what to do with those ugly holes once you take your bars off?
Post by: Grampa on August 01, 2008, 09:42:25 AM
fab up a gps/bacon holder
Title: Re: Any ideas what to do with those ugly holes once you take your bars off?
Post by: spinned on August 01, 2008, 10:49:05 AM
This is the top clamp to the speedymoto risers.

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3223/2535843182_81578bdfb0.jpg?v=0)
Title: Re: Any ideas what to do with those ugly holes once you take your bars off?
Post by: MendoDave on August 01, 2008, 03:53:21 PM
Quote from: someguy on August 01, 2008, 09:34:23 AM
Let the holes fill with dirt.


Paint over it.

Fill with Bondo, Then Paint over it, like on Spidey's Bike.

(http://www.ducatimonster.org/featured/2007july/0706_warren_monster_029.jpg)