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Anybody change bars on the f model? If so. What did you come up with?
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Fat bars with a 1" riser. not because I'd need it, but it is kinda cool. Sold the bike though, and forgot to make a picture tho.
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CB500F OEM bar was too wide and flat for me, so I installed a Bike Master GP Touring handlebar. More pullback, better angle for my wrists, and more comfortable. Works for me. Rick
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Anybody change bars on the f model? If so. What did you come up with?
At the end of last season I mounted the bars from the 500X on my 500F.
I also used the brake and clutch cable from the 500X.
I like the extra height, but have not put many miles on it since then.....the bike is in NC, and I have been stuck in FL on business.
Hope to get to NC in Oct.
jb
Wow, the conversion to the 500x handlerbars was pretty cheap!
Hope you like it
Hope you like it
2015 Honda CB500FA (Sold)
1989 Honda Interceptor 250 & 1988 Honda NT650
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Wow, the conversion to the 500x handlerbars was pretty cheap!
Hope you like it
Hope you like it
I rode with the new bars for a couple hundred miles of local riding...but no all day rides.
The internal weights were not replaced because I want to install some Barkbuster handguards when I return to NC.
The price of the 500X bars, along with the matching cables, was less than other bars alone....indeed a bargain.
jb
Did the throttle cables reach or did you replace them ?
2015 Honda CB500FA (Sold)
1989 Honda Interceptor 250 & 1988 Honda NT650
[QUOTE=Bumpa;923332]CB500F OEM bar was too wide and flat for me, so I installed a Bike Master GP Touring handlebar. More pullback, better angle for my wrists, and more comfortable. Works for me. Rick[/QUOTE
Im thinking i want that angle for my wrists.
Im thinking i want that angle for my wrists.
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I ordered the throttle cables as well, but didn't use them.
Think I may have rerouted them, but am not sure.
It's been 6 months since I've seen the bike.
Will answer your question in a few weeks, when I hope to escape from FL.
jb
Think I may have rerouted them, but am not sure.
It's been 6 months since I've seen the bike.
Will answer your question in a few weeks, when I hope to escape from FL.
jb
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JB - The new Bike Master GP Touring handlebar cost $20 OTD from a local dealer. 500X bar with cables surely must cost a lot more than that. Rick
> The price of the 500X bars, along with the matching cables, was less than other bars alone....indeed a bargain.
> The price of the 500X bars, along with the matching cables, was less than other bars alone....indeed a bargain.
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