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Title: Is my handlebar bent from an accident?
Post by: chiz on March 19, 2015, 02:12:01 PM
Hello all
I removed the right handlebar to install some cables and noticed the bar is bent in two planes..Slightly down and slightly back about 11/4 inches from where the tube attaches to the casting... the bar weight is in perfect condition.... Don't want to remove the other bar to check if that one is the same.
Thanks Chiz
Title: Re: Is my handlebar bent from an accident?
Post by: FJmonkey on March 19, 2015, 02:26:25 PM
Might just be from a tip over. If only slightly bent it could be bent back to near as straight with no issues.
Title: Re: Is my handlebar bent from an accident?
Post by: Mark Olson on March 20, 2015, 02:06:37 PM
You will have to compare to the other one to be sure . Remove and put both on a tube and see if they match angles . 

Or leave it alone if you don't mind a little difference and it dosen't bother your shoulder or hand when you ride.

I have mine angled different because of an accident that resulted in one arm longer than the other and had to stagger the handle bar to fit.
Title: Re: Is my handlebar bent from an accident?
Post by: Steve_in_Florida on March 21, 2015, 08:49:47 AM
Quote from: Mark Olson on March 20, 2015, 02:06:37 PM

...because of an accident that resulted in one arm longer than the other...


Man, botched surgery is a BITCH!

Steve
Title: Re: Is my handlebar bent from an accident?
Post by: Mark Olson on March 21, 2015, 02:33:12 PM
Quote from: Steve_in_Florida on March 21, 2015, 08:49:47 AM
Quote from: Mark Olson on March 20, 2015, 02:06:37 PM

...because of an accident that resulted in one arm longer than the other...


Man, botched surgery is a BITCH!

Steve
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yeah, really messed up my golf swing.
Title: Re: Is my handlebar bent from an accident?
Post by: FJmonkey on March 21, 2015, 07:52:14 PM
Quote from: Mark Olson on March 21, 2015, 02:33:12 PM
yeah, really messed up my golf swing.

Picturing you swinging a golf club reminds me of Bill Murry in Caddy Shack....  :rofl2:
Title: Re: Is my handlebar bent from an accident?
Post by: Mark Olson on March 21, 2015, 09:04:56 PM
Quote from: FJmonkey on March 21, 2015, 07:52:14 PM
Quote from: Mark Olson on March 21, 2015, 02:33:12 PM
yeah, really messed up my golf swing.

Picturing you swinging a golf club reminds me of Bill Murry in Caddy Shack....  :rofl2:

funny .  :rofl2: