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What are you favorites? I'm thinking about a Protaper CR hi, or Henry/Reed. I think I like the CR hi the best.

Running a cut down cr hi on mine. I like it pretty good.

How much did shorten it?

I cut it down to 28". I think it was 31.5".

i'm running CR Hi myself. cut off 1/2" from each end this winter!

Have you guys ever seen a website that shows the different bends side by side? The local motorcycle shops don't stock very many dirt bike parts, so I don't have an easy way to compare one bend to another.

I've found a few pictures of different bars together, but it doesn't indicate what bar is what bend.

no, but you can get an idea from the measurements of the bars. Rise, sweep, width.

RMATV has a section on bar bends, dunno if it'll help but just fyi

I'm not trying to advertise but the Cycle Gear store near me has about a dozen different bars on display. My son has inherited my KDX 200. He says he wants the Protaper Henry/Reed in gray. I'm goin to pick one up for his birtyday next month. His uncle gave him a set of Cycra Probend hand guards.

scheckaet wrote:RMATV has a section on bar bends, dunno if it'll help but just fyi

RMATV's bar charts are what I used to figure out what bend I wanted. I got as close a bend to the factory Renthals and it turned out to be the YZ/WR bend.

If you buy mini bars you don't have to cut them down

Mr. Wibbens wrote:If you buy mini bars you don't have to cut them down

Yes, indeed. I hear the yz80 bend is pretty good.

I didn't know what bend my bike had when I bought it, so I looked at RMATV's bend chart and compared.

The closest bend to the Renthals already on the bike was the KX low, so I bought some low budget MSRs......... hope I never have to find out how stout they are...

Velocity_Stack wrote:I didn't know what bend my bike had when I bought it, so I looked at RMATV's bend chart and compared.

The closest bend to the Renthals already on the bike was the KX low, so I bought some low budget MSRs......... hope I never have to find out how stout they are...

Better keep in in the garage then

Mr. Wibbens wrote:

Velocity_Stack wrote:I didn't know what bend my bike had when I bought it, so I looked at RMATV's bend chart and compared.

The closest bend to the Renthals already on the bike was the KX low, so I bought some low budget MSRs......... hope I never have to find out how stout they are...

Better keep in in the garage then

LOL, guess I left the door wide open for that one!

I'm just not looking forward to the first spill and the bars not holding up - which will make me wish I had dropped $60 into a better set.

I would love to invest in the 1 1/8" setup, but it appears to a pain in the rump - gathering parts and pieces to make it all work.

I paid $20 for my renthals off of Craigs List

Saw some Fat Bars the other day for $30



I've got Roxx Risers, they'll accept both 7/8 and 1 1/8 bars



I tried the cheap bar route, it just sucks dealing with wonky bars all the time

These Renthals are stout, I've yet to tweak them

I run Fat Bars on my street bike. I've lowsided on both sides and stuck my handlebar through the door of a truck, and they are straight as the day I bought them

I'm using the tusk chub 1 1/8 bar. It was seriously cheap. $30 or something I think? Have taken some pretty hard spills and they are still straight.