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Drag Bars???

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I have a 82 550l i wanna put drag bars on her but not sure on dimensions!
I know they are 7/8 thick but not sure on width rise pullback center span before bends!!!!! please help me love the GS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pictures on the way!!!!!!!!
 
it all depends on what your looking for and what look your going for mine are called drag bars cause there almost straight the ones that curve down are called cafe or clubmans i think
 
Bars

Bars

I believe im going cafe!!!!! Ideas?

If not cafe what dims on urs?

Got anymore pics of urs
 
well if you have an email i can email you a few pics just pm me with it
:cool:
 
3" is about average for most dragbars. I have a set I bent for mine that are just at 2 3/4". That 1/4" may not sound like much, but it made all the difference to me

Oh and your centers should be roughly 5" or more
 
Bars

Bars

Sweet any idea for a place to get them ebay? if i did by myself whay gauge pipe u use and length?
 
well if you made them the o.d. would have to be 7/8 inch so i would advise just cause i bought mine at a motorcycle shop for about 20 buh so really how much do you think your really going to save?
 
I got mine from JcWhitney they were like 24 dollars and seem every bit as good as any handlebars I have ever owned. I caught a special got free shipping also. I used some bailing wire and bent ot the distance and rise, and whatever the other dimension is, to get a 'feel or look' for what the bars would be like on my bike.
 
I got mine from Z1 they were less then $20 shipped........here are a couple of quick picks....Not great but you get the idea
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I put a set on my 78 GS1000. One think that I encountered was that the banjo fitting for the brake line was a little close to the triple tree. Not that it would rub but I didn't like it. Also, they were so low that my hands would go numb even on short rides. I have superbike bars on one of my other bikes and those work good for me. So, in order to raise the drag bars up around where the superbike bars are, I bought a 1" riser. It made all the difference in the world.
 
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