and they commonly do project bikes. The one I was reading was about the 2011 Kawasaki Z1000. No link, find it yourself. In the story about it, they replaced the handle bars with Renthal bars with an inch chopped off each side. What does that accomplish? See, I want to improve my ER-6n but there isn't much on the market for aftermarket parts. Well, not that that has ever stopped me from trying something. So what kind of improvements could a person make to their bike if the market has nothing? Yes, I know I could be looking at Ninja 650 parts but I want to go beyond the cookie-cutter crap and make it personal.Hey, what does this do?
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Hey, what does this do?
So, I was over at MC-USA because I like to read the articles and they commonly do project bikes. The one I was reading was about the 2011 Kawasaki Z1000. No link, find it yourself. In the story about it, they replaced the handle bars with Renthal bars with an inch chopped off each side. What does that accomplish? See, I want to improve my ER-6n but there isn't much on the market for aftermarket parts. Well, not that that has ever stopped me from trying something. So what kind of improvements could a person make to their bike if the market has nothing? Yes, I know I could be looking at Ninja 650 parts but I want to go beyond the cookie-cutter crap and make it personal.
and they commonly do project bikes. The one I was reading was about the 2011 Kawasaki Z1000. No link, find it yourself. In the story about it, they replaced the handle bars with Renthal bars with an inch chopped off each side. What does that accomplish? See, I want to improve my ER-6n but there isn't much on the market for aftermarket parts. Well, not that that has ever stopped me from trying something. So what kind of improvements could a person make to their bike if the market has nothing? Yes, I know I could be looking at Ninja 650 parts but I want to go beyond the cookie-cutter crap and make it personal.The faster the bike I get, the less of a coffin I'm gonna need, more like a ziplock bag.
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Re: Hey, what does this do?
Ummm, your ER has a pretty darn big aftermarket. Heck one company even came out with a turbo kit for it.
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Re: Hey, what does this do?
Funny, any time I google for parts I get nothing. Oh well, that wasn't really the answer I was looking for. Thanks anyway, I'll go back to my search then.
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Re: Hey, what does this do?
Wrider wrote:Ummm, your ER has a pretty darn big aftermarket. Heck one company even came out with a turbo kit for it.
What company? I'll check them out but I'm not looking for a turbo, maybe they have things I could use.
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Re: Hey, what does this do?
Head over to motorcyclesuperstore.com, bikebandit.com, jpcycle.com, bing.com, motorcyclegear.com, etc, and almost all of them have a "search by bike" feature.
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Re: Hey, what does this do?
I've been to everyone of those sites over the past few months and all I get is tires and mufflers. Got something else?
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Re: Hey, what does this do?
What are you looking for exactly?
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Re: Hey, what does this do?
Well, I was trying to understand why someone would take Renthal handle bars for a 250 dirt bike and put them on a 1000cc sportbike. That lead me to wonder what you can do to a bike that isn't cookie-cutter material but I think I may have to experiment and find out for myself. By the way, I found parts for my ER-6n in the UK and Europe, the US outlets carry very little for my bike. Tires, mufflers and oil filters mostly.
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Re: Hey, what does this do?
1. Renthal bars are much better made, stronger, and lighter than the POS OEM bar.EatenbyAsphalt wrote:Well, I was trying to understand why someone would take Renthal handle bars for a 250 dirt bike and put them on a 1000cc sportbike.
2. Option of different bends.
3. By going narrower as the guy did, it quickens the steering at the expense of leverage.
4. Z1000 is not a sportbike...
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Re: Hey, what does this do?
Right, so let's nit-pick the issue.
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