PYO Monkey Bars: Soooooo pissed!!!
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PYO Monkey Bars: Soooooo pissed!!!
I just bought $375 bars. Waited a month to get them. Tore my bike down, started to run the internal wires and found out that Yaffe didn't chrome where the grips go! This may not be a problem for most but I'm using the Battistini grips, which means they are swiss cheese and almost half of what you see when looking at the grip is actually the handlebars. My stock Harley bars were chromed all over why wouldn't some top of the line bars from a custom manufacturer be completely chromed!!!???
So what do I do? My bike is in countless pieces, I don't want to put it back together stock, I don't want to use bars that need to be returned, I don't want to go through the dreaded internal wiring only to redo it again.
I can't believe for this amount of money Paul Yaffe cheaped out and didn't chrome the whole handlebars!!!
So what do I do? My bike is in countless pieces, I don't want to put it back together stock, I don't want to use bars that need to be returned, I don't want to go through the dreaded internal wiring only to redo it again.
I can't believe for this amount of money Paul Yaffe cheaped out and didn't chrome the whole handlebars!!!
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From: Northern Part of the Great Lone Star State
Chrome would look nice with the contrast...no doubt...
but consider this
get some Krylon and paint that area an accent color that will help state a point in the first stage of customizing...
Fry's has heat shrink tubing in 1" in various colors consider that as well
paul
but consider this
get some Krylon and paint that area an accent color that will help state a point in the first stage of customizing...
Fry's has heat shrink tubing in 1" in various colors consider that as well
paul
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From: St. Louis
Chrome would look nice with the contrast...no doubt...
but consider this
get some Krylon and paint that area an accent color that will help state a point in the first stage of customizing...
Fry's has heat shrink tubing in 1" in various colors consider that as well
paul
but consider this
get some Krylon and paint that area an accent color that will help state a point in the first stage of customizing...
Fry's has heat shrink tubing in 1" in various colors consider that as well
paul
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From: new jersey
i feel you...i just did a set of those bars myself..and if you got the wiring done the LAST thing you wanna do is pull it out...
I would paint..... if your grips are chrome i'd tape off the ends of the bars and spray them black.... if your grips are black, i'd get some of that chrome spray paint.
I know rattle can isn't the best finish but if you think about how much you are actually gonna see through those little holes in your grips... and i know the spray chrome isn't the same as real chrome but you'll have a break between the bar chrome and spray chrome with the controlls....
unless you wanna start all over again... i don't see a whole lot of other options...
I would paint..... if your grips are chrome i'd tape off the ends of the bars and spray them black.... if your grips are black, i'd get some of that chrome spray paint.
I know rattle can isn't the best finish but if you think about how much you are actually gonna see through those little holes in your grips... and i know the spray chrome isn't the same as real chrome but you'll have a break between the bar chrome and spray chrome with the controlls....
unless you wanna start all over again... i don't see a whole lot of other options...
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Paul--->Most excellent suggestion! Way to be positive and think outside the box. It makes me wish I liked all the contrast stuff people are doing with bars, switches, housings, and grips. Me, I'm chrome all the way and won't be happy till every last thing on the bike is chromed. I bought the Battistini's so I could have all chrome but still have some texture so the throttle doesn't slip in my hand like on much of the all chrome grips.
Here is the silver lining I'm looking at right now: I'm gonna complete the install, and bitch Yaffe out next week for my ALL chrome bars. First part of the silver lining is that I will be better at this job the second time around. Second, is that after a day or two of riding I may find out that what many are saying is true, and that I actually want 12's.
Here is the silver lining I'm looking at right now: I'm gonna complete the install, and bitch Yaffe out next week for my ALL chrome bars. First part of the silver lining is that I will be better at this job the second time around. Second, is that after a day or two of riding I may find out that what many are saying is true, and that I actually want 12's.
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From: Cypress, TX
Somebody makes a chrome paint. Not quite the same but can't hardly tell from a distance. I used it on my kids pinewood derby car 3 or 4 years ago. I think I got it a Lowes. Under the grips you won't be able to tell. On the TBW side it doesn't make any difference anyway. The plastic piece covers the bar. This is weird mine were fully chrome but that was a couple of years ago.
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Do the grips that you are using fit the bars properly. I went iwth Avon grips and they were too short. left a gap. I ended up using HD grips and they worked fine. When I called pyo they said the bars are made to HD specs, makes sense. Its a shame that the bars are not all chrome. I wounder if they Black out the entire bar on the Black bars or stock where the bar is stepped down.
seems like lots of companies are taking short cuts
seems like lots of companies are taking short cuts