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Handlebar diameter pre-war

Submitted by john_davies on Sun, 19/05/2013
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Does anyone know what diameter thehandlebars should be on a 1935 ES2 - 7/8 or 1 inch?

Submitted by roger_deadman on Tue, 21/05/2013

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Previously john_davies wrote:

Does anyone know what diameter thehandlebars should be on a 1935 ES2 - 7/8 or 1 inch?

hi john the handlebars should be 1 inch dia they should also be of the insulated type that is a steel bracket brazed to the bars which bolts to the top yoke

regards roger

Submitted by simon_amos on Fri, 31/05/2013

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Previously john_davies wrote:

Thanks for the info Roger. I'm not sure what you mean about insulated bars though.

John

Insulated bars had two large rubber grommets that the bar passed through and which were held in a special clamp specially for this setup. To stop the bars rotating in the rubber grommets a bracket was brazed to the bars which extended either side of the steering damper and attached to top of forks.

Glenn

Submitted by john_davies on Sun, 02/06/2013

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Thanks Glenn that makes sense. I am getting vibration through the non-insulated bars fitted at the moment. I wonder is it possible to insulate them in some other way to reduce the vibration?

John

 


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