Fly Handle Bars

[440challenger]

I would not reccomend.....
Maybe if you just put around ....
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[honda8&3]

Holy crap dude what did you do to snap those things. I know of quite a few guys on here that have had no problems with their FLY handle bars, rolled them plenty of times with no problems.:eek2: :scary:

[440challenger]

lol its my buddy,,, i was just taking pics of him throwing some roost on a little sand hill and he caught an edge and rolled it. Imagine if they broke landing off a jump!!!!

YIKESSS

[MX MaNiAc 06]

Oh yeah. Fly bars are awful. I have an old pair bent 7 different ways that i saved. They arent even safe!

[honda8&3]

Time to invest in some 1 1/8, I got the Protaper Contours and they are great:cool:

[440challenger]

Yea i run the FaSST Flexx bars. best investment i ever made.
Before them i used to run the pro taper contours, the cr high bend. They got hammy downed to the girls 400. I've seen bars break like that but never the cross brace and the bar.. just from a stupid soft sand roll over

[NacsMXer]

I run Fly Aerotapered 1 1/8" bars and they are awesome. Fly bars seem to get a bad rep b/c a lot of people use the cheap steel bars. Alot of these bars either bend like taffy or are very brittle due to the carbon steel as you see here. I say if you're gonna run these cheaper Moose, Fly, etc bars then what do you expect for a 20-30 dollar handlebar. That definitely sucks they broke like that but he needs to get some 1 1/8" tapered bars...there's a huge difference in quality for the extra expense. If you're gonna run 7/8" bars you can't go wrong with Renthal or Pro Taper IMO.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid174/pe20e2f01315975fd8e7e13b2d6eb650a/f38ff994.jpg

[NPelletier]

bars are made to bust like that so you dont damage your stem, the bars are ALOT cheaper, or os thats what ive always understood

[bradley300]

Originally posted by 440challenger
lol its my buddy,,, i was just taking pics of him throwing some roost on a little sand hill and he caught an edge and rolled it. Imagine if they broke landing off a jump!!!!

YIKESSS

they wouldnt, landing a jump is a hell of alot less stress on them then landing directly on the handlebars

[bradley300]

Originally posted by MX MaNiAc 06
Oh yeah. Fly bars are awful. I have an old pair bent 7 different ways that i saved. They arent even safe!

you want your bars to bend, theyare alot cheaper than a steering stem

[bradley300]

Originally posted by NPelletier
bars are made to bust like that so you dont damage your stem, the bars are ALOT cheaper, or os thats what ive always understood

oops, didnt read this one first!

[NJ450rider]

LOL yeah i was there it really wasnt that hard of a landing. Hell be all good now we went to my house after he crashed and threw on a decent set of tag bars i had laying around.

[KXRida]

What else would your buddy expect from a $20 set of bars? As stated above, time for some oversized bars and clamps. On my bikes I like the protapers out of most of the bars. When I raced 125c I put quite a few hard licks on the bars and they didn't even tweak. The renthal fat bars weren't bad either. I did slightly tweak a set, but it was just enough to notice when you'd ride. It's by far more noticeable on a bike though when you have to slightly turn left to go straight haha.

[440challenger]

hey hey,im not compaling it was just to show you don't cheap out if your doing more then rec rididng around/Spend the extra 30-40 bucks and get some pro tapers

now i no why my dad said to not waist your money on carbon steel bars. Now, i know that they are junk:D

[KXRida]

Originally posted by coreymx58
now i no why my dad said to not waist your money on carbon steel bars. Now, i know that they are junk:D

yeppers. I ran one set of carbon steel bars. When the bike fell off the triangle stand and bent them, needless to say they were off the bike that night.

[CDCHONDAS]

those bars broken in the pics arent steel bars, I carried fly and the only bars they make with a clamping cross piece are aluminum, however there are 2 grades. does anyone run pro wheel bars and do you like them?