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Handlebar control symmetry
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Handlebar control symmetry
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So I was meticulously checking the alignment/spacing/etc of everything on my handlebars...

Bar end weights, grips, clutch and brake lever mounts are all symmetrical.... and the control housings for turn signals/horn and starter/kill switch are not symmetrical.

I wish that kind of stuff didn't bother me, but the 1/4 inch of white throttle control tube showing stands out like a sore thumb (and was the reason I started measuring so obsessively) and now that I know, I find it pretty annoying.

Since the control housings are pinned I am trying to figure what the most practical solution is (and at the same time I am thinking about going to a slightly thicker set of grips that might absorb more buzziness than the hard stock grips).

Anybody know approx size of the pin holes in the bars?  I am thinking of drilling an additional hole 1/4 inch further, but not if it would significantly weaken the handlebar.

Just use some end-cutters to cut the pin off and then mount the housing where I want it nice and snug?

Either way, I assume part of the problem is that the throttle tube is 1/4 inch too long as well, right?

If I am being dumb and missing something, let me know.


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08-02-2025, 02:00 PM
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Handlebar control symmetry - by Uncle Sixer - 08-02-2025, 02:00 PM
RE: Handlebar control symmetry - by pekingduck - 08-02-2025, 10:13 PM
RE: Handlebar control symmetry - by Uncle Sixer - 08-03-2025, 08:01 AM
RE: Handlebar control symmetry - by Cormanus - 08-03-2025, 01:05 AM
RE: Handlebar control symmetry - by the Ferret - 08-03-2025, 08:18 AM
RE: Handlebar control symmetry - by Uncle Sixer - 08-03-2025, 11:41 AM
RE: Handlebar control symmetry - by pekingduck - 08-03-2025, 04:19 PM
RE: Handlebar control symmetry - by Uncle Sixer - 08-04-2025, 10:42 AM
RE: Handlebar control symmetry - by pekingduck - 08-04-2025, 12:22 PM
RE: Handlebar control symmetry - by Gone in 60 - 08-04-2025, 03:16 PM
RE: Handlebar control symmetry - by Uncle Sixer - 08-05-2025, 07:54 AM
RE: Handlebar control symmetry - by peterbaron - 08-05-2025, 08:52 AM
RE: Handlebar control symmetry - by Gone in 60 - 08-05-2025, 10:08 AM
RE: Handlebar control symmetry - by MagnaRider - 08-05-2025, 10:10 AM
RE: Handlebar control symmetry - by the Ferret - 08-05-2025, 10:17 AM
RE: Handlebar control symmetry - by peterbaron - 08-06-2025, 06:25 PM
RE: Handlebar control symmetry - by SportsterDoc - 08-07-2025, 05:12 AM
RE: Handlebar control symmetry - by Cormanus - 08-07-2025, 05:24 AM

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