jimvandeveld
Bronze member
Today I made a set of bar extenders after seeing some in the Your Scooter thread, and realizing that I'd love to keep my current bars as well as have some added width.
I'm making this thread to see if I can get 10 people to commit, but not pay up front, for some bar extenders and go from there. I am planning on making them in 0.5", 1", 1.5" and 2" sizes. Anything more than that and I'd be afraid of them getting weak. I made mine out of some pretty gnarly Nylatron composite Plastic, and added an Interated bar end onto the end.
What I did was make a 3/4" long shoulder of a diameter slightly cleared to the inside of my bars and then stepped it up to the 7/8" OD of my bars, which in this case ended up being 1" long. I then slipped the bar end into place and drilled a hole through my bars and right into the plastic inside my bars to make sure everything was on location. In my case, I drilled the hole with a #21 drill, which is the tap drill size for a 10-32 screw. I'd obviously do this for you guys, to a known location say, 1/2" from the edge of of bars so all youd have to do would measure, mark and drill so all you'd be responsible for is drilling the clearance hole in your bars. I'd supply the necessary hardware.
Anyhow, the design is super simple but functional. Please share your comments and ideas and interest, and if I get a few people interested ill make some pairs up by the weekend.
-Jim
I'm making this thread to see if I can get 10 people to commit, but not pay up front, for some bar extenders and go from there. I am planning on making them in 0.5", 1", 1.5" and 2" sizes. Anything more than that and I'd be afraid of them getting weak. I made mine out of some pretty gnarly Nylatron composite Plastic, and added an Interated bar end onto the end.
What I did was make a 3/4" long shoulder of a diameter slightly cleared to the inside of my bars and then stepped it up to the 7/8" OD of my bars, which in this case ended up being 1" long. I then slipped the bar end into place and drilled a hole through my bars and right into the plastic inside my bars to make sure everything was on location. In my case, I drilled the hole with a #21 drill, which is the tap drill size for a 10-32 screw. I'd obviously do this for you guys, to a known location say, 1/2" from the edge of of bars so all youd have to do would measure, mark and drill so all you'd be responsible for is drilling the clearance hole in your bars. I'd supply the necessary hardware.
Anyhow, the design is super simple but functional. Please share your comments and ideas and interest, and if I get a few people interested ill make some pairs up by the weekend.
-Jim
