Twisted Engineering - Carbon Bars
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gasser
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I broke mine. I'm not getting another - just too expensive. What I've found since going back to alum. bars is that it only takes a very small amount of flex to make a big difference. Alum. bars do flex some if you don't take that away by hard mounting your hand guards. I'm using the Twisted Engineering hand guards with my alum. bars and get most of the flex benefits that I had with the carbon bars. If I could find or make some handlebar mounts that flex a little and combine that with the flex hand guards I could have all the benefits of the carbon bars at a much lower cost.
@gasser
not very good news. how did it happen that the bar broke off? hard crash? do you have a picture of it?
i had pain in my wrist and as a "first aid" i taked a 5mm thick fabric rubber and mounted it between the bar mount and the triple clamp. i tightened the screws gently but hard enough to stay fix. most of the engine vibrations are gone now and it also does a little "flex". it dont eat up impacts from the fork, but the bigger problem for me i guess was the vibrations. its better now and the problems with my wrists are much better.
not very good news. how did it happen that the bar broke off? hard crash? do you have a picture of it?
i had pain in my wrist and as a "first aid" i taked a 5mm thick fabric rubber and mounted it between the bar mount and the triple clamp. i tightened the screws gently but hard enough to stay fix. most of the engine vibrations are gone now and it also does a little "flex". it dont eat up impacts from the fork, but the bigger problem for me i guess was the vibrations. its better now and the problems with my wrists are much better.
there is also one guy in the thumpertalk forum wich reports a broken te-bar. of course could be one of a thousand, but still not good.
as this bars broke, could it be a mounting problem? if the bar mount wich is on the triple clamp is not straight in line i could imagine you have tension on this bar all time, and maybe this is causing stress to the material wich results in damage? just an idea. when you tie up the nut on the bolt underneath the triple clamp, you could force the bar in the mount i guess.
as this bars broke, could it be a mounting problem? if the bar mount wich is on the triple clamp is not straight in line i could imagine you have tension on this bar all time, and maybe this is causing stress to the material wich results in damage? just an idea. when you tie up the nut on the bolt underneath the triple clamp, you could force the bar in the mount i guess.
I sent T-Engineering a link to this thread.
I buddy sent me a photo of his Gen-1 TE bar that he has had on for a couple of years. He was riding along after a, to him, minor tip-over and felt a wobble in his bar. The outer casing near the top bend had separated off making it less stiff. The interior was fine. He has replaced it with a Gen-2 bar.
I had a photo of it somewhere.
I buddy sent me a photo of his Gen-1 TE bar that he has had on for a couple of years. He was riding along after a, to him, minor tip-over and felt a wobble in his bar. The outer casing near the top bend had separated off making it less stiff. The interior was fine. He has replaced it with a Gen-2 bar.
I had a photo of it somewhere.
gasser
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I was at walking speed crossing a log and somehow got whiskey throttle and the bike jumped straight up, back flipped and landed on the right handlebar. It snapped clean in two ( was weird to ride out of the woods that way). The bars was the newer, stronger version but to be fair I've had Renthal alum. bars to snap into in a similar situation. These type of falls happen very rarely so I believe Twisted Engineering could easily afford to offer replacements at half price (or even less). I did call them to offer to send the broken bars back for inspection since they were the newer type but they didn't seem surprised that they broke and only offered replacement at a price that was still higher than their cost.
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desertgasser300
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Two words...."Flexx Bars!" They may be a tad on the heavy side but, I wouldn't trade mine for anything.
noobi
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So you flipped the bike, which in your own words is "very rare", and you expect another pair at a heavily discounted price?
The warranty is specifically
Were the bars newer than 6 months? If not, you're outside warranty and they should only offer you a pair at the 20% discounted price.
If they did and you're pushing for more of a discount, then I think you're in the wrong personally. Why should they give you more of a discount than they list as warranty?
Maybe if they broke when you dropped them in a very small crash, but flipping the bike is a lot of force into a small area. They don't warranty them as unbreakable, virtually impossible doesn't mean impossible.
Likewise with Flexx bar not selling one side, that will be so that no one can replace one portion of the bar on the rest of a set that might be weakened from the initial crash damage. That's not bad customer service, that's just common sense. Perhaps sending them the broken set to inspect and replace the damaged section would be appropriate, but letting 'Joe bar owner' inspect and repair something that has been heavily damaged isn't safe.
flipping a bike isnt really an usual crash. it never happend to me, never ever. can imagine that maybe the handlebar hit a stone or any sharp edge and it made a cut in the material. this is the worst for this composite material.
when i get the bar i look to all the mounts from brake/clutch not to have any sharp edge on it.
when i get the bar i look to all the mounts from brake/clutch not to have any sharp edge on it.
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