Renthal Medium Road Bars.

At long last my Renthal Medium Road Bars have arrived today. Spent the afternoon fitting them. It was not a smooth process. Not the bars fault at all as I have not changed the brake hoses etc.

I wanted a set of bars that would take a fair bit of weight of my wrists and the front end. I toyed with getting the Renthal Low Road bars which I see a few fit to their Bandits. I wanted a bit more of an upright seating position. So I went for the Medium Road Bars. Let me say they have given me what I wanted. More upright. My wrists are at a more natural position compared to the OEM bars. I have more leverage on the bars due to them being wider compared to the OEM bars. So I am very happy with them. I will just have to fiddle with the front dampening settings due to the weight coming off the front end as it has now. This is the good.

The Bad and some more good. I can not have the grips. clutch, brake or switch gear positioned so there is no bar showing at the end. See below photo of bars fitted to bike for this "over hang". Also there is a bit of pull now on the wiring into the switch gear. The brake hose is just about at full stretch. So too the throttle cables. This, however, has not affected either the braking of the throttle. When bars are at full lock the throttle cables do not pull and make the engine rev. I will just keep and eye on the wiring and make sure it is not being strained. If it does I will have re-route this wiring somehow.

There is just enough clearance for bars and the tank at full lock too. I think had I have gone for the Low Road Bars that the bars would have just about hit the tank. I will of course not know this for sure.

Also my bark buster hand guard fit but they now clamp in a bend in the bars. They did not on the OEM bars.

I did not want to cut the bars down. So I have "over hang" as mentioned above. I may get a machine shot to run me up some bar ends that are just caps at the end and the rest fitting into the bars. Paint then black and really no one will know the difference. In the short I ride I did this arvo after fitting the bars I noticed less vibration through the bars so may just a cap on the bars will suffice.

Ok now some photos to show the difference between the OEM bars and the Medium Road Bars.





What they look like on the bike.

they look a lot higher ( is there a reason you won`t / can`t cut them down & fit orig. end weights ? )

The original end weights wont fit the Renthals due to the bars being made of thicker material. As in the inside diam of the alloy bars is smaller.

whitey1 wrote:The original end weights wont fit the Renthals due to the bars being made of thicker material. As in the inside diam of the alloy bars is smaller.

Oh that explains it / live & learn

As a sheetmetal worker by trade I never could cut a straight line. One reason I do not want to cut them. You can fit the bar ends as per how Gus did my using fuel line hose and a bolt.

They look good mate.

Just under the ignition barrel is a coil of spring wire that holds the wiring harness in place. I am going to cut this as the wiring to the throttle side switch bolt is pulling way too tight.

The black bars look great but you can mark or scratch the black finish if not careful.

They look alright but I'd be getting the hacksaw out and cutting them Bach to almost stock width.
If I ever change mine I'll be going lower and straighter but its horses for courses.

I got my end weights to fit .I'll wake up with a cupa and show you how i did it .

I was able to remove some of the wire brackets that hold the wire to the switchblocks tight to the frame. This has allowed me to move everything on the handles bars to the end of the bars now. Have just fitted the OEM bar ends too with some fuel hose over the bolt and a bit of tape to take up the gap. Then tighten them and they are holding nice and tight.

All finished.

How i did it ,there may be better ways .




Silver "lows " No problem with tank clearance but this is a 1250 so carnt say about 1200 like Ross has .


Fuel size hose was 14 mm .O\d . That sound right Ross ? If you look down the end of the bars there is a piece of spiral plastis in them . If you drop
the end nut on removal it wont travel to the center of the bars .

Don't know what size the fuel hose was. I took it off my decommissioned R100LT BMW. Mine looks about the same as you used Gus.

Yours are a nice profile Gus.
4wa like's a lot

Would be good to see if you have a photo of the standard bars Gus with your Low Bars side by side.

Dont think Gus will want to strip his bars down again, but I will post a pic of them to compare when mine arrive. Hopefully on friday.

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Have any of you guys looked at the Pro Taper bars, very strong and good quality, had to fit new front brake hose and get the throttle cable made 6 inches longer as I also fitted rox risers, now no sore back or arms. but its much easyer to haul its heavy ass around bends etc.

I would have liked pro tapers or fat bars but didnt like spending more money to get them to fit .

gus wrote:I would have liked pro tapers or fat bars but didnt like spending more money to get them to fit .

Gday Gus, by the time I had ripped the others off it was to late, so I thought bugger it, the throttle cable was a 100 bucks to fix, and the front brake hose was the same but it was worth it as its so much more comfortable to ride and the difference in handling is just so much better, the stock bars were a weird angle and way to narrow.

Those Rox risers work brilliantly