Cutting down one piece bars

gil_

gil_

Steel Member
so yeah ive had my one pieces for a while now and i think they are to tall for me. so i wanna cut em down like an inch or so.

so to do this can i just cut it to the heigth that i want and just make new slits?

and if i can do that how wide should the slits be?

and also, is there any other info i would need to know before doing this cause i dont wanna go and fuck up me bars
 
D

dre

Member
pipe cutters dude, only way to do it. as for the slits, hmmm, I'd say measure it out and draw out the slits exactly on the bars and use a dremel/jigsaw to make them. I don't know what THE best way is to do that, so you'd be better off asking someone like andrew, etc. that makes bars.
 
R

ryankeong

Member
well the first pait of one piece i made we just cut slits with an ngle grinder 10mm above were the fork pole went up to and they worked perfect make sure you drill a hole at the top of the slits or they will just keep cracking up
 
Roycee

Roycee

Member
lol when i cut down my stock stem i just cut the bottom off bout half inch and got a hacksaw and sawed the slits deeper
 
gil_

gil_

Steel Member
ok but does ti matter how wide the slits are? like as long as there close to what tey were befrore do you think they will be ok?
 
B

beanmac

Member
wait what bars are they... if they are bufs are you are riding them on a stock for you should make it a bit bigger
 
J

Jdbug_rob

Steel Member
why use a pipe cutter, just use a hacksaw and CUT IN A STRAIGHT LINE. then your bars are fine. if its not perfectly fine then grind them of a bit. its not like they need to be acurate to 0.01 of a a degree.
 
T

team_punishment

dargersaurus rex
SCoot3r_RyAn said:
well the first pait of one piece i made we just cut slits with an ngle grinder 10mm above were the fork pole went up to and they worked perfect make sure you drill a hole at the top of the slits or they will just keep cracking up
Click to expand...
make sure you do that
 
gil_

gil_

Steel Member
Alex Macbean said:
wait what bars are they... if they are bufs are you are riding them on a stock for you should make it a bit bigger
Click to expand...

nah they are tree bars.

and how big should the hole be above the slits?
 
I

idk47

Steel Member
Yea i cut mine down with a dremel, and it was a little uneven so i just made it perfectly flat with a grinder.
 
gil_

gil_

Steel Member
yeah but can somebody that has done this before explain to me IN DETAIL of how they made the slits

because thats what im afraid im gonna mess up
 
R

ryankeong

Member
cut your bars to the right height. put you fork in the bars and see how far they go up and mark it on the bars. measure about 15 to 20mm above where the fork goes to. get a grinder cut straight up from the existing slits or from the side of your bars to the area you marked above where the fork pole goes then drill a hole in the top of the slit about 5 mm round and it should look like this.




hope this helps
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top