Go to order new bars and handguards, and I was told my dad already ordered them... Sweet! Only thing is, I wanted Protapers instead of Renthals. Reason being: I crashed much harder on my YZ than I have on my KTM. I know its all about point of impact, but I've never bent a set of ProTapers, and I bent my Renthals in the first 8 hours of riding time on my bike... So now I gotta get my dad to phone back to confirm that I want ProTaper Countor CR Mid bend bars (Pro tapers version of the OEM KTM/Suzuki bend Renthal bars).
Ballsfalsky wrote:Go to order new bars and handguards, and I was told my dad already ordered them... Sweet! Only thing is, I wanted Protapers instead of Renthals. Reason being: I crashed much harder on my YZ than I have on my KTM. I know its all about point of impact, but I've never bent a set of ProTapers, and I bent my Renthals in the first 8 hours of riding time on my bike... So now I gotta get my dad to phone back to confirm that I want ProTaper Countor CR Mid bend bars (Pro tapers version of the OEM KTM/Suzuki bend Renthal bars).
I ordered twinwall 997's because my protapers bent pretty easy.
I can't stand the rigidity of Twin Walls. They give me arm pump worse than normal. I've had good luck with Pro Tapers. They've survived some pretty rough crashes. I run the Pastrana/RM Low bend.
Ih8Hondas wrote:I can't stand the rigidity of Twin Walls. They give me arm pump worse than normal.
I'm in the same boat. That and I HATE crossbars. I don't know what it is. I used to love them but I grew to like the extra flex with not having one. I never bent the Protapers on my YZ450 or my YZ250. Yet I crash in sand and bend renthals... BS.
As you can see, the throttle side is bent and rolled foreward after the clamp, and is also bent down slightly. I can see stress marks on the bars where they bent. Grooossssss.
I guess that makes sense. That and I was 3rd wide when I crashed, and apparently my bike carthweeled a few times. I'm actually surprised I didn't break anything. Like fuck, I'm even more surprised I didn't bend a lever!
Buy some expensive bendy levers. I bought some Sunline V1's over a year ago and have yet to see them perform their intended function. They do come in handy when loading bikes into a truck though. If the bike's bars are going to be hitting, you can just fold a lever up or down and cinch the other bike down a tad more so its grip is where the lever would have been.