Just tried to remove my bar ends to put on some mirrors and could not remove the part that sits inside the bar itself. Looked like it was glued or soldered in there bloody well.
Short of tackling it with the big hammer, neither would budge
Have any of my fellow ZRX pilots had this drama or know a way to remove the offending part? Ill try to get some pics, but not tonight
Any ideas
Last edited by Whickle on Tue Apr 13, 2010 10:50 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Don't know about the ZRX but the Z1000 standard bar's have a thread welded into the bar's that can't be remove'd ....I could not use the standard expandable rubber insert bar end mirror's and just turned down the original bar end bolt's to use with the mirror's if that make's sense....
I still have the turned down bolt's if they are any help to you
you won't be able to move those mate - they are part of the bar itself.
You should be able to attach the bar-end mirrors using this bit anyway ?? The mirrors are just bolted in ?
BTW - prepare for a lot more vibration in the grips when you remove the end-weights. These act as absorbers for the harmonics which travel through the bars - taking them off will allow the harmonics to give your hands/fingers a lot more exposure to vibration.
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My order of preference is (1) drag bars (3) low rise (2) medium - I've had drag bars on the REX and you've just gotta flip the bar mounts 180' to clear the tank.
Great position with drags. I changed to Coerce low rise and am happy with them (they're close to your no 3). Only reason I changed was I prefer the look of the low rise.
Try looking up drag bars on Google - some interesting sites
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I run the Coerce low comp too, same as TC....nice bars.
With the threaded bar end in the stock bars, they're not too hard to remove. I just carefully cut through the solder and they came out, there's not too much on there.... its just a threaded alloy plug.....
I re-used and welded them into my coerce bars to attach the bar end mirrors..
Hope that helps...
....I could not use the standard expandable rubber insert bar end mirror's and just turned down the original bar end bolt's to use with the mirror's if that make's sense....
