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Old May 24, 2010 | 10:23 AM
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Anyone ever make their own handlebars? Seems like all you'd need is some 1"tube, a chop saw and a welder to make some Z looking bars. Maybe have a machine shop knurl them.

I just can't seem to find any that really fit me. +2 Sweepers are about 2" too short for my stubby little arms. Otherwise, I love them.
 
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Old May 24, 2010 | 11:22 AM
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No help here, but I did sleep in a Holiday Inn last night.. In the early 90's I bought a low rider off a guy that did all his own custom work, the bars he had on the bike were made out of what you said, a pipe, he bent it and he cut holes in it for all the in the bar wiring, they looked sort of like drag bars. Good luck.
 
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