progrip gel grips,

[Craig Kahler]

I have a few 28oz fishing weights. I plan to drive wood corks 8" into the ends of the handle bars, melt the lead in a small frying pan, lay the bike on its side, and pour the molten lead in. Any better methods/ suggestions before I get started?   Craig Kahler

[kjedick]

Epoxy and gun shot, Working time would be longer. Method to help with C/G on larger R/C aircraft.

Why do you want to make your handle bars heavier?

 

Ken

Colorado

 

[b]From:[/b] DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com [mailto:DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com] [b]On Behalf Of [/b]Craig Kahler [b]Sent:[/b] Monday, January 25, 2010 9:00 PM [b]To:[/b] dsn_klr650@yahoogroups.com [b]Subject:[/b] [DSN_KLR650] Lead weight in handle bars

 

 

I have a few 28oz fishing weights. I plan to drive wood corks 8" into the ends of the handle bars, melt the lead in a small frying pan, lay the bike on its side, and pour the molten lead in. Any better methods/ suggestions before I get started?

 

Craig Kahler

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[David Critchley]

On my A13 I made a small hole in the end of the right handlebar and pumped it full of cheap window caulking. I did put a small diameter bit of plastic pipe on the  nozzle of the caulking gun to make sure that I got to the far end. People have told me that this will not work but I put well over 50,000 km on that bike after that and the improvement was both instant and dramatic. I think that the big trick is to try to fill the bars, not just the first four inches. That is the $3 solution, and easy to boot. If you pour 720 degree lead into a metal pipe, do you think that it may have an effect on nearby plastic? DC

----- Original Message ----- From: Craig Kahler  Date: Monday, January 25, 2010 21:00 Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Lead weight in handle bars To: dsn_klr650@yahoogroups.com > I have a few 28oz fishing weights. I plan to drive wood corks 8" > into the ends of the handle bars, melt the lead in a small > frying pan, lay the bike on its side, and pour the molten lead > in. Any better methods/ suggestions before I get started? >   > Craig Kahler > > >       D Critchley

[roncriswell@sbcglobal.net]

Why not just try Pro Gel grips from Fred. 52,000 happy miles for me with these grips. Criswell

On Jan 25, 2010, at 9:59 PM, Craig Kahler wrote:   I have a few 28oz fishing weights. I plan to drive wood corks 8" into the ends of the handle bars, melt the lead in a small frying pan, lay the bike on its side, and pour the molten lead in. Any better methods/ suggestions before I get started?   Craig Kahler

[transalp 1]

Attachments : I've had these grips on everything from Transalps, a Pacific Coast, SV650s, a DL1000 and now my KLR650. I ran 'em for upwards of  5 years and the grips were still like new. They're inexpensive, comfortable and don't get hard or turn to "sandpaper" like foam ones.   eddie    

----- Original Message ----- [b]From:[/b] roncriswell@sbcglobal.net [b]To: [/b]ckahleer@yahoo.com [b]Cc: [/b]dsn_klr650@yahoogroups.com [b]Sent:[/b] 1/26/2010 8:48:03 AM [b]Subject:[/b] [Norton AntiSpam] Re: [DSN_KLR650] Lead weight in handle bars Why not just try Pro Gel grips from Fred. 52,000 happy miles for me with these grips. Criswell On Jan 25, 2010, at 9:59 PM, Craig Kahler wrote:   I have a few 28oz fishing weights. I plan to drive wood corks 8" into the ends of the handle bars, melt the lead in a small frying pan, lay the bike on its side, and pour the molten lead in. Any better methods/ suggestions before I get started?   Craig Kahler

[SM]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, DAVID CRITCHLEY wrote:

> > > On my A13 I made a small hole in the end of the right handlebar and pumped it full of cheap window caulking.

I did the same, but I also replaced the stock bars with Renthal Vintage Desert Bend bars (part #666) and those, full of caulk, completely zeroed out the vibes. No tingly hands no matter how long I ride. Thanks CA Stu A13

[Jeff Khoury]

#ygrps-yiv-2112298554 p {margin:0;}#666 Desert Bend Bars... So good they're eeeeevil! -Jeff Khoury

----- Original Message ----- From: "SM" To: "DSN KLR650" DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 10:54:00 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Re: Lead weight in handle bars   --- In DSN_KLR650%40yahoogroups.com, DAVID CRITCHLEY wrote: > > > On my A13 I made a small hole in the end of the right handlebar and pumped it full of cheap window caulking. I did the same, but I also replaced the stock bars with Renthal Vintage Desert Bend bars (part #666) and those, full of caulk, completely zeroed out the vibes. No tingly hands no matter how long I ride. Thanks CA Stu A13

[mark ward]

Think of "windchimes" the thinner walls and only held by a thin string, Touch it and the sound muffles or STOPS, south IS VIBRATION.   Now stuff it full of toilet paper, (it's lite not heavy) and try to ring it. (it wasn't about just weight.) the paper works like a shock absorber.   take your handlebars apart (can't do if you have wiring insideyour handlebars, dif. bikes dif types?) Get a can of LOW swelling insulation foam and fill the bars, (small plastic hose on the tip will help you reach way in) it will swell and fill. now scrape out the ends for simple end weights.   It not only works as a shock (VIBRATION) Absorber, but helps to stiffen the bars also. while beingstill being LIGHT, don't beleive me? go try smashing a thin cardboard box with spray foam in it from shipping things, or a newer type BOAT. [b]From:[/b] SM [b]To:[/b] DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com [b]Sent:[/b] Tue, January 26, 2010 1:54:00 PM [b]Subject:[/b] [DSN_KLR650] Re: Lead weight in handle bars  

--- In DSN_KLR650%40yahoogroups.com, DAVID CRITCHLEY wrote: > > > On my A13 I made a small hole in the end of the right handlebar and pumped it full of cheap window caulking. I did the same, but I also replaced the stock bars with Renthal Vintage Desert Bend bars (part #666) and those, full of caulk, completely zeroed out the vibes. No tingly hands no matter how long I ride. Thanks CA Stu A13

[Jeff Khoury]

#ygrps-yiv-1125703901 p {margin:0;}Seriously, though... Do you still use the bar weights on those? -Jeff Khoury

----- Original Message ----- From: "SM" To: "DSN KLR650" DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 10:54:00 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Re: Lead weight in handle bars   --- In DSN_KLR650%40yahoogroups.com, DAVID CRITCHLEY wrote: > > > On my A13 I made a small hole in the end of the right handlebar and pumped it full of cheap window caulking. I did the same, but I also replaced the stock bars with Renthal Vintage Desert Bend bars (part #666) and those, full of caulk, completely zeroed out the vibes. No tingly hands no matter how long I ride. Thanks CA Stu A13

[Stuart Mumford]

No bar end weights. Just the Devil bars and Hell's window caulking. Thanks CA Stu Jeff Khoury wrote:

> Seriously, though... Do you still use the bar weights on those? > > -Jeff Khoury > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "SM" > To: "DSN KLR650" DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 10:54:00 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific > Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Re: Lead weight in handle bars > > > > > > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com > , DAVID CRITCHLEY wrote: > > > > > > On my A13 I made a small hole in the end of the right handlebar and > pumped it full of cheap window caulking. > > I did the same, but I also replaced the stock bars with Renthal > Vintage Desert Bend bars (part #666) and those, full of caulk, > completely zeroed out the vibes. > No tingly hands no matter how long I ride. > > Thanks > CA Stu A13 > >