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Mind the gap

#1 PostAuthor: AlanB » Sun Mar 04, 2018 5:20 pm

Need to get my z1000 down an access way that is a couple of inches narrower than the max bars width - Can I just loosen handlebars and move slightly to reduce width ? :hah!

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Re: Mind the gap

#2 PostAuthor: Pigford » Sun Mar 04, 2018 5:46 pm

No :lol:
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Re: Mind the gap

#3 PostAuthor: AlanB » Sun Mar 04, 2018 5:52 pm

Why not ?

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Re: Mind the gap

#4 PostAuthor: kev edwards » Sun Mar 04, 2018 6:42 pm

The bars will still be the same width! but i have a hacksaw you can borrow :D

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Re: Mind the gap

#5 PostAuthor: warren3200gt » Sun Mar 04, 2018 7:21 pm

If your cables are long enough, take the bars caps off and twist the bars. You'll need to steer by the forks though. Plenty of anti scratch padding on the tank.
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Re: Mind the gap

#6 PostAuthor: AlanB » Sun Mar 04, 2018 7:25 pm

Yeah thanks Warren that's what i was thinking - Cheers. :hah!

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Re: Mind the gap

#7 PostAuthor: hartyb » Sun Mar 04, 2018 7:40 pm

I have the same problem with an ally way down the side of my house to my shed

if the walk way is flat my solution was a skate board and two people font wheel on the skate board wheel turned and a strap around the wheel and board for me it works very well and with practice I can do it on my own

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Re: Mind the gap

#8 PostAuthor: chrisNI » Sun Mar 04, 2018 7:59 pm

If they’re the standard bars they really should have an inch cut off each end it makes them look better :D :D :D and that’s what the AMA racers used to do back in the day when they had to use standard bars. :blah
The switchgear will pull in quite a bit. You should check first but it’s about an inch each side.

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Re: Mind the gap

#9 PostAuthor: damien.wrl » Sun Mar 04, 2018 10:36 pm

Wheelie it The you can turn the handlebars

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Re: Mind the gap

#10 PostAuthor: King of Kings » Wed Mar 07, 2018 11:39 pm

Or sledgehammer on the brickwork :)

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Re: Mind the gap

#11 PostAuthor: Ultim8pc » Thu Mar 08, 2018 10:47 am

warren3200gt wrote:If your cables are long enough, take the bars caps off and twist the bars.

That's what I do to get bikes from my workshop to the adjacent room. I'm doing it enough now that I need to fit a wider door!
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Re: Mind the gap

#12 PostAuthor: KeithZ1R » Thu Mar 08, 2018 1:05 pm

step one measure gap
step two procure a set of bars and cut them to width
step three remove original bars and wrap them up and secure to bike
step four replace original bars with cut down version
step five steer and manoeuvre bike down allyway

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Re: Mind the gap

#13 PostAuthor: Zedorset » Thu Mar 08, 2018 8:07 pm

Back in the day my mate used to build chops in his living room, he had cut down drag bars which he would use just to get the finished bikes out of the living room. He built several nice chops in there, after his missis left.
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Re: Mind the gap

#14 PostAuthor: johny brando » Tue Mar 13, 2018 4:35 am

AlanB wrote:Need to get my z1000 down an access way that is a couple of inches narrower than the max bars width - Can I just loosen handlebars and move slightly to reduce width ? :hah!




SIMPLE Just 2 inches of the end of ruler !!!!!!!!!!! should be right to go then .


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