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MCF400EX
09-17-2005, 10:29 PM
Hey all,
Just curious as to everyones opinion of FLY handlebars. Have a bunch of em on Ebay for cheap.

Matt
infantry317
09-18-2005, 07:06 AM
There's a reason they're cheap, I bent a set from tipping while riding wheelie at 5mph. I've had real crashes with Tag's (X5 & T2) and never bent them.

Go Tag or Renthal
MCF400EX
09-18-2005, 08:02 AM
Figued there was a reason. Looks like I'll be investing in some X5's!

Matt
Cdaleracer
09-18-2005, 08:38 PM
I must have bought crappy Tags, cuz everyone time I crashed they always bent. Brand new set for the London national this year, flipped the quad and bent them. Needless to say I was peeved. I now have Fly and so far like them. But I'm also a 100 lb girl and they fit better, not as long as Tags.

Just my .02
hondarider2006
09-18-2005, 09:33 PM
My quad came with flys...they snapped in half while pulling up to do a wheelie. I have Renthals now...and am still to bend them;)
Cdaleracer
09-19-2005, 06:29 AM
Guess I ought to invest in some other handlebars. They don't sound so great anymore.
gimp419
09-19-2005, 03:43 PM
Better to bend bars then to bend stem!

My freakin Pro tapers always bend my stem and I'm running a LSR stem. I've never bent a set.

Fly bars are pretty cheap, kinda like their goggles! The gear is top notch though.
balzout
09-19-2005, 03:49 PM
only one solution protaper!!!i ride them and i know a lot of guys who have bikes and there always bippin it and the have yet to bend and they are a few seasons old.....
WHLNWGN
09-23-2005, 10:10 AM
Def. better to bend bars than stem. I like to use a softer bar, so that i don't take out a stem. I've rolled my quad on Fly bars twice and there still straight.

Snapping in half on pull up??? C'mon......
are you even serious?

All bars bend and break, period.
Even lablewhore bar owners bars bend and break. (FACT)
hondarider2006
09-23-2005, 10:44 AM
Originally posted by WHLNWGN
Snapping in half on pull up??? C'mon......
are you even serious?


I am dead serious. They snapped right down by the left mount on the stem. I am sure the perivious owner rolled the quad a few times to make them weaker, but yes they did snap.
WHLNWGN
09-23-2005, 11:10 AM
WOW!!:eek2:

I thought you were just joshing for effect.
My bad, Sorry you had to go through that.