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stupid driver
08-16-2002, 01:35 PM
ok the other day, i flippt my 400 pretty good. the left handlebar is a little bent. its not terribly bent, but its noticable. wuts the best way to bend it back. ive tried just liftin on it
flaneledholes
08-16-2002, 01:44 PM
take your bars off, flip them upside down,stand on the right side while you lightly tap a sledge(sp) hammer on the other side... hope it works...
08-16-2002, 02:09 PM
IF there stock handybars,,take them off and throw them away and buy some better bars that won'd bend if a fly lands on them...:D :D Last thing you wanna do is be out on the trail have a small rollover to find that your bars are now BROKE and not bent and you gotta figure out a way to drive it back..:eek:
Doibugu2
08-16-2002, 02:36 PM
Bent mine this past Saturday, but got renthals on order...hoping they were going to get here today, but it doesn't look good.

Guess I will be riding a little off tomorrow.:mad:
Str8Wicked
08-16-2002, 03:14 PM
I got a set of stock bars I'll get you for cheap.... Give me $20.00 and there yours...
flaneledholes
08-16-2002, 03:16 PM
Originally posted by Rico
IF there stock handybars,,take them off and throw them away and buy some better bars that won'd bend if a fly lands on them...:D :D Last thing you wanna do is be out on the trail have a small rollover to find that your bars are now BROKE and not bent and you gotta figure out a way to drive it back..:eek:

I agree, but some of us"low budget" riders that have no job cant go out and buy $70 renthals upon demand...
Str8Wicked
08-16-2002, 03:19 PM
like I said. I got a stock set for $20.00
bigbadbrad
08-17-2002, 04:18 PM
get a tag
the cost less then renthals and the are pretty strong. i have flipped my 300ex 3 times pretty bad and my brother flipped it really bad and put a crack in the plastic and bent the grab bar to a 45 degress angle and the tags sre as straight as the day i got them
08-17-2002, 08:01 PM
i usually leave the bars on the quad. take a 3 to 4ft piece of pipe and put it over the grip on the bent side. this gives you leverage and should allow you to bend them back.
BARRY
08-17-2002, 09:28 PM
take them off put a 4x4 on top of them place them under your car tire pressure dead center and slowly lower down jack to desired length and bend.