I sometimes use a pipe bender and our big strong son. Once i took the bars off and positioned them under the front wheel of my car and just nudged them until they straightened out. Usually though, on the bike provides the best leverage with another person.
On Sat, Feb 17, 2018 at 7:26 PM Tyler Garman <[email protected]> wrote: > That was definitely my first thought. I was concerned about the structural > integrity of the bars if I were to just bend them back. Wasn't something I > really wanted to mess with. Do you think it would be safe? I guess it > depends on how far we're bending them. > > thanks! > > On Friday, February 16, 2018 at 3:39:14 PM UTC-5, kiwinPA wrote: >> >> Bars are easy enough to bend back with a second person helping - a block >> of wood and a small sledge hammer will do it >> >> On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 1:39 PM Tyler Garman <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> First wanted to say thanks to this group for such a great community! I >>> love reading about the different projects and questions people post on here. >>> >>> Sadly I recently dropped my bike, and it hit the handlebar hard enough >>> to bend em back a good bit. I'm having trouble nailing down the >>> measurements for them so I can get a replacement. The shift pedal was bent >>> a bit to but I was able to straighten that out as it wasn't too bad. >>> >>> Does anyone know what measurements I need to look for replacement >>> handlebars for this bike? or better yet have a spare one sitting around >>> they want to sell me? :) >>> >>> >>> thanks! >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
