grips and bar ends

I need some.

I think my bar ends may be hard to remove, and prolly shot....



who knows what kind of bar ends and grips will fit my 87 VFR700F2?

 

It depends on whether or not you have the inner damper or not. If do not have an inner damper you can measure the diameter of your bar (should be 7/8") and just buy universals. Flea Bay has a metric assload of them if you do a search. Please tell me you're not looking at faux carbon fiber..........

 

faux carbon would work just as good as anything else :biggrin:

I'm not trying to dress up the bike by any means...just trying to make it functional again!

It's ugly, and will remain ugly forever!



btw, wtf is the "inner damper", and universals for both (ends and grips)?

 

I have a set of bar ends from an '86 that should fit your bike, but they've been down and would need to be turned on a lathe or reshaped by hand to look well. PM if you're interested.

 

thanks xrayhound, but I want new ones. I have bar ends, and if I didn't need to replace the grips, I'd just leave them on. I just don't think I'll be able to get them back on if I take the old ones off.

 

Unless you have to cut them off, they should just screw right back on. Are they stuck or something? A can of PB Blaster might be the answer.

 

they look pretty stuck..I've been scared to try getting them off...

 

Hey koorbloh, I just removed the bar ends off my '86 viffer. I had to use a closed end wrench over the allen wrench for leverage, it was hard but it worked. when i got a couple of turns on it i sprayed some wd on the threads then tightened it a turn then loosened it again and repeated until they turned reasonably easy. hope that helps if you still couldny get em.

 

I haven't tried to take them off yet, but my dad got me some allen head sockets for xmas....that, some wd-40, and a breaker bar....they should come off...

but the part that I'm worried about is getting the allen head in the screw...it looks like it's been drug on the pavement about 8 or 9 times...


but, are they 7/8" or an 1"?

 

YIKES!!.. I understand.., allen sockets will serve you well.
I do beleive the bars are 7/8. I am ordering mine out of JP cycles that way at least..... I hope Im right..

 

once you get them....could you post up if it's the right size?

 

Sure, will prob be a week or so yet, tomorrows my 34th,.. gonna be a kid for a day again.... :biggrin: ( its the only day of the year I can get away with it anymore) and order my brakes and ...bar ends!

 

cool! happy birthday!


what you doing for brakes?

 

thinking EBC Definitely HH rated

 

sounds like fun.

I got some ebc brake pads for my front (havent put them on yet) but I need rear brake pads (because my bike doesn't have any*)



*note, I'm not riding it either

 

Yeah my fronts are shot but the rears are still bout 1/2 I test rode the bike when I bought it, once. just to make sure all the majors were good, motor, clutch, gears etc. still havent been for a real ride yet. but its winter anyway,got some time still before good riding season.

 

sounds like we are in the same boat!

I bought mine, test rode it, rode it 2 other times...one was about 15 minute ride around town, the other was down the block and back when I did my fork seals.

can't wait for spring!

 

Yup I always test my work when Im done with it to, you know, before your out surfin the asphault. U ride with gear??

 

full gear, all the time....

 

Me 2, Love to ride, dont want to get hurt!!