Pictures of bar bends?
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lol trail was a lil wet but near the end of it was a dozer pushing trees into the water. got stuck so bad when we got out 30 mins later about 40 yards we where covered head to toe in a thick sludge.
heres a pic of after we got out lol
. this was on april fools day haha. snow was melting so everything was soaked good times good times.
Not sure if you can remember RC's 2002 Honda CR250. Have you ever seen the way RC set up the bike? I believe RC's bars look real tall because he lowered the seat. By about 1 inch or so. Then shaved a shite load of foam from the seat. Making the bars look to be taller than normal. I found this nice photo of him and the bike.
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Or you could Google the bar bend... it's a high bendNot sure if you can remember RC's 2002 Honda CR250. Have you ever seen the way RC set up the bike? I believe RC's bars look real tall because he lowered the seat. By about 1 inch or so. Then shaved a shite load of foam from the seat. Making the bars look to be taller than normal. I found this nice photo of him and the bike.
And if you go to the protaper site you see the RC bar as 40 in rise and 77 in height, pretty much like what is on that motorcycle he is racing. A rise and height lower than the CR highs in fact. I bet he used something different for his freestyle shoots. I still like the ones that are more similar to race bars though. Anyway, from the photo you can see what he used on his race bike that time.
www.motorcycle-usa.com/295/1387/Motorcycle-Article/Behind-Rick
This is a shot of Carmichael's mechanic with his bike. Front is plastered with 'Protaper'. Look at the bars some 5 years after the Honda shot. Doesn't look high no matter who is behind it.
http://supercross.com/teams/legends/ricky-carmichael/
if you go there you can see RC's pics over about a ten year period. when he was on the KX he had renthal bars with a different bend, but you can see that even on his two stroke the bars were pretty similar to what most were using then. I didnt find any pics of him freestyling, so it makes you wonder when if ever he used the high bend that Renthal is selling. Protaper and Renthal offer bars with his name on them, and the dims conflict on all of them. The Protapers seem to have been his latest bars for racing by looking at the pictures with the endorsements.
www.motorcycle-usa.com/295/1387/Motorcycle-Article/Behind-Rick
This is a shot of Carmichael's mechanic with his bike. Front is plastered with 'Protaper'. Look at the bars some 5 years after the Honda shot. Doesn't look high no matter who is behind it.
http://supercross.com/teams/legends/ricky-carmichael/
if you go there you can see RC's pics over about a ten year period. when he was on the KX he had renthal bars with a different bend, but you can see that even on his two stroke the bars were pretty similar to what most were using then. I didnt find any pics of him freestyling, so it makes you wonder when if ever he used the high bend that Renthal is selling. Protaper and Renthal offer bars with his name on them, and the dims conflict on all of them. The Protapers seem to have been his latest bars for racing by looking at the pictures with the endorsements.
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hmm think iam gonna have to go down to the ole shop an check some bends out.
yeah, that is the best way, better yet if you can get a bike with similar ones on it to at least sit on. used to be they were all steel and not too expensive, so you could buy some and sell them if you didnt like them. now they approach 100 dollars with some postage. I like mine to adjust to the reach I like, and still for the control area to be about level with the ground. i have used the same similar bend for so long it is pretty natural for me, b ut I have gone higher.