Bent Bars. Best fix?

[Warthog]

The R1100GS I've been looking at has bent handlebars. Not massively, but you can just feel your arms of offset as you ride in a straight line. I've looked throught the Motobins and James SHerlock catalogues and I can't find a price for new bars.

I am assuming they will be very pricey for what they are, though, I may be wrong. Is there an easier fix, a cheaper fix?

I see that the bars see to be bolted on each side of the main crossbar, but I've never know what this is for.

Any ideas would be great.

 

[DavidHale]

 

[ovenpaa]

Are the bolts either side of the bar for vibration isolation sections like the 1150? TBH I would be inclined to bin the damaged section, straightening bars is never a good idea.

 

[Nin]

handlebars

I've got a good set

£25 to you sir

Simon
07771 976 383

 

[snoopy]

Fit Renthal 664's. Same posture, don't rust, light and strong, and £35 new. Fitted them to my 1150 before I sold it.

Take a little effort to fit if you have heated grips though, and you'll need two rawlbolts from B&Q for the handguards/weights.

 

[racetruck]

Wart hog
I disassembled my bars which had same offset feeling and found that the threaded lug on end of bar was bent
had it cut off and rewelded straight, now very happy! , I tried Renthal bars , obviously wrong part no. as they were too short for all the bits to go back on
I found it easier to fix old bars!
but that is My opinion only
Racetruck regards

 

[Marjorie Proops]

On the BMW offroad course they just stick a 3' long piece of scaffold tube over the end and bend them back