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Started by Monsterlover, July 01, 2009, 05:31:21 AM

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NAKID

#15
July 02, 2009, 05:02:11 AM
I think what they mean by fatty is that, in general, aluminum bars have to be thicker to be as strong as steel, even though they can still weigh less.
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TAftonomos

#16
July 02, 2009, 05:15:49 AM
Most bars are 7/8" in the middle, "fatty bars" are 1 1/8" in the middle and taper.

Rameses

#17
July 02, 2009, 06:19:34 AM



I'm running a bar that's nearly identical to this on my Hyper.

Love it.  And drilling for the controls was no problem.


On my old S4 I had a set of CF bars in my clip-ons that were pure CF with no aluminum core.

A low-side at Deal's Gap snapped one of them off.


Monsterlover

#18
July 02, 2009, 06:49:54 AM
Lowsides snap off even the aluminum ones.

Don't feel bad ;D
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#19
July 02, 2009, 01:00:31 PM Last Edit: July 02, 2009, 07:04:53 PM by hihhs
Quote from: Drunken Monkey on July 01, 2009, 10:48:02 PM
Reducing weight... that's cool.

Reducing strength? Wait a second...  ;D

Parts like this make realize CF really has become the sportbike equivalent of chrome on Harleys. It's pretty, but often as not, it for form rather than function.

Surely "reduced strength" is an editing error.
Who advertises reduced strength as a benefit???
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teddy037.2

#20
July 02, 2009, 04:26:52 PM
Quote from: Drunken Monkey on July 01, 2009, 10:48:02 PM
Parts like this make realize CF really has become the sportbike equivalent of chrome on Harleys. It's pretty, but often as not, it for form rather than function.

what took you so long?  ;)
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