bar end weights

Motor Head wrote: If there is that much difference, I would turn down the weight. that way they can be used on another set of bars, if they also are the same ID. If you ream the bars, then then weights will fit those at least. If you change bars then you may well have to ream them also.

So try to shave down the rubber and aluminum of the weights? I imagine I'd need a lathe for that and I don't have one.

Check your PM's.

so it took me ten minutes to plug in a drill and mount them ...the weights are like a 20 spot and bars are just bars


any way you come up with ...this thread has taken hours....

Is it for sure that the end-weights aren't a set designed for 1" bars (such as fitted on Harleys) instead of the smaller sized weights designed to fit 7/8" bars?

If the source carries both sizes, possibly the wrong size was furnished.

Good Fortune!

Patton wrote: Is it for sure that the end-weights aren't a set designed for 1" bars (such as fitted on Harleys) instead of the smaller sized weights designed to fit 7/8" bars?

If the source carries both sizes, possibly the wrong size was furnished.

Good Fortune!

The package says they are for 7/8" bars.

Tri, I'm not worried about the time or difficulty here but I don't have a bit that'll do the job. Need to go to the hardware store (an hour and a half drive round trip) and find something that'll work.

bummer

just messin with you

that is the fun of working on stuff...a tiny washer or nut stalls a big build half the time

you'll get em done

Topper wrote: So there's about a 2mm difference in the inner dimension of my bars and the outer dimension of the weights. I guess I'm going to have to drill out the bars if I want to use these.

Am thinking standard 7/8" steel motorcycle handlebar would have an inside diameter of about 23/32" or 18.256mm (some thinner-walled versions having a slightly larger inside diameter).

7/8" aluminum handlebar would have an inside diameter of about 9/16" or 14.29mm.

What's the inside diameter of the handlebar?

What's the outside diameter of the end-weights?

Good Fortune!

I remeasured and the difference is a little less than I thought. About 1mm. The inner diameter of my bars are about 16mm and the outer diameter of the weights are about 17mm.

The hardware store had a sort of grinder to go on my drill that did the trick. It looked like a little mace on a drill bit shaft.

That plus some gentle encouragement with a rubber mallet got them mounted.

Thanks for the help guys.