Flex Bars? Good? Bad?

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Robert 3/10/2009 9:31pm
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I won a world championship with flex bars.
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GIwasB4 3/10/2009 9:31pm
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Can't get a better product review than that. Buy them, FROM YOUR LOCAL DEALER!
What do I know though, I never ride anymore?
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GIwasB4 wrote:
You crash too much.
You post too much.
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GIwasB4 3/10/2009 9:39pm
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I want to catch Alphado's post count before the board changes again.

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ProMed 3/10/2009 9:42pm
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GIwasB4 wrote:
I want to catch Alphado's post count before the board changes again.
"post count" = nut sack?
Big Lenbroski 3/10/2009 9:48pm
3/10/2009 9:48pm Edited Date/Time 3/10/2009 9:51pm
gnarwhip wrote:
The bars are awesome and the company is a class act all the way. I have bad wrists and I won't ride without them.
Yep, buddy bought a pair and when we were looking at them, I noticed they were the wrong sweep, we called the shop which was in Simi Valley, he called the owner who is in Long Beach, he called us and personally invited us to his house, swapped out the bars, we asked questions, and shot the shit for awhile, cool people..
Big Lenbroski 3/10/2009 9:50pm
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GIwasB4 wrote:
Big Lenny Writes:I met yer mama at a flexbar

Your a little far out of Compton huh?
Bet you don't hold your pistol sideways there?
Just keep your bitchass in BH, with the rest of the poofs...
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GIwasB4 3/10/2009 9:51pm
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Hi Big Lenny
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kawboy388 3/10/2009 10:28pm
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level wrote:
I ordered some about 7 years ago when I first got my 2000 CR250 because the armpump was so bad. I did crack a pair right...
I ordered some about 7 years ago when I first got my 2000 CR250 because the armpump was so bad. I did crack a pair right in half. I slid out during practice on race day and the dirt was a little icy and they just cracked right in half-they did replace them though. Only thing I don't like about them is they are heavy. Hard to tell if they help or not-seems like they do a little and have different customization settings. There is another product on the market that doesn't bend at the grip part but more at the triple clamp area-just can't remember the name.
Tru Tech complete top triple clamp ? Has an elastomer at the back and kinda swivels against it ?
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Fuckin' pussification of motocross!!!

Harden the fuck up and steer that five hundy!!!





Seriously though, put a steering damper on the 500 and it'll change your life

and that's a fact Jack.
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If anyone knows of a set being sold (used...maybe I can get a deal), lemme know. Newmann, I sent you a PM.
ijumpdirthills34 3/11/2009 5:49am
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Sunline Twinwall bars were gave to me after my renthal twinwalls snapped. i love them.
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I been running them for a couple years and really like them. Will save your wrists but don't really help that much with arm pump IMO. Really help with shitty forks like Honda's have.


You do have to take them apart and grease them every so often or they will lock up from a lack of grease in the pivots.

They help with vibration also.
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alphado 3/11/2009 7:02am
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Flexbars rule! I tried riding DR. Mark's bike in Phoenix without them and really notcied a difference. He needs to get some. You won't find better customer service ANYWHERE!!!
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level 3/11/2009 8:32am
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I ordered some about 7 years ago when I first got my 2000 CR250 because the armpump was so bad. I did crack a pair right...
I ordered some about 7 years ago when I first got my 2000 CR250 because the armpump was so bad. I did crack a pair right in half. I slid out during practice on race day and the dirt was a little icy and they just cracked right in half-they did replace them though. Only thing I don't like about them is they are heavy. Hard to tell if they help or not-seems like they do a little and have different customization settings. There is another product on the market that doesn't bend at the grip part but more at the triple clamp area-just can't remember the name.
kawboy388 wrote:
Tru Tech complete top triple clamp ? Has an elastomer at the back and kinda swivels against it ?
Yeah, that one. Combine that with the flexx and your good to go. Smile


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Motomad 3/11/2009 10:15am
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FLEX BARS
I agree 100% in that they are a great addition. My right arm is such that I could only run about three laps until I could not hang on anymore.....old injuries. A friend told me about them. They have been the best investment on my 450 to date!
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kawboy388 wrote:
I'd try them if they had a straighter bend available, the only choices they offer are 57mm sweep(like a Renthal 998 bend) or a 62mm(CR high...
I'd try them if they had a straighter bend available, the only choices they offer are 57mm sweep(like a Renthal 998 bend) or a 62mm(CR high bend). I prefer the Factory KTM bend which is 38mm sweep. Most of the people who use them love them, and say they couldn't imagine going back to normal bars. Those guy's would really hate my Renthal Twin Walls.
you can make them what ever bend you want with the adjustments.Roll them forward then pull them downMine are almost straight as me.

Ran them since they started making them,best bar made,almost indestructible but I did bend one pair but them bike flipped a good 10 12feet into the air and landed upsidedown on the bar end.It was a massive shunt.
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jtomasik wrote:
If anyone knows of a set being sold (used...maybe I can get a deal), lemme know. Newmann, I sent you a PM.
Don't buy used.... they are aluminum, so they will wear at the throttle tube and they will fatigue over time. That's just aluminum facts. Bars are way too important to buy used. I have a few old pairs but won't sell them - or use them. Imagine what could happen.

Ante up. They are good for 50-80 15 min. motos - IMO. That's a year or two for most...about the life of a bike.

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jtomasik wrote:
If anyone knows of a set being sold (used...maybe I can get a deal), lemme know. Newmann, I sent you a PM.
teggers wrote:
Don't buy used.... they are aluminum, so they will wear at the throttle tube and they will fatigue over time. That's just aluminum facts. Bars are...
Don't buy used.... they are aluminum, so they will wear at the throttle tube and they will fatigue over time. That's just aluminum facts. Bars are way too important to buy used. I have a few old pairs but won't sell them - or use them. Imagine what could happen.

Ante up. They are good for 50-80 15 min. motos - IMO. That's a year or two for most...about the life of a bike.
Newmann's hooking me up to test an extra set he has. Gonna try 'em on both bikes. Wondering: 1) how they'll reduce fatigue on the 500 (if at all), and 2) if they'll affect the amazing turning feel of my RM. I'll try 'em on a ride or two of each bike, then return them.

If they're as amazing as most say, I'll buy new. Looked at the website, and there are 6 zillion different bends. That's probably going to be the most difficult decision...which one to buy.
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The Rock 3/12/2009 11:27pm
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oldx wrote:
Very good bars in rocky rides.
People who use them like them in my experience but there is no way I would run them.....call me vain but they are butt ugly and there is no way I would ride with them.
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The Rock 3/12/2009 11:30pm
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kawboy388 wrote:
Tru Tech complete top triple clamp ? Has an elastomer at the back and kinda swivels against it ?
Tru Tech top triple clamp is a first class product and seriously takes out the bone jarring hits.
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alphado 3/13/2009 3:58am
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oldx wrote:
Very good bars in rocky rides.
The Rock wrote:
People who use them like them in my experience but there is no way I would run them.....call me vain but they are butt ugly and...
People who use them like them in my experience but there is no way I would run them.....call me vain but they are butt ugly and there is no way I would ride with them.
I just took my DB Dawg out of my 450!

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