ChopCult member Laura stopped by the Biltwell R&D shop last weekend to do a handlebar swap on her '06 T-100.
First, a little back story…
TheLaura used to roll with Rikki Rocket and the Brit Iron Rebels. When she went lobo solomente with some cool cats from OC, the guitarist from Poison told her she couldn't rock the Rebel cuts.
To show her disdain for the oppressive rules of the Brit Iron Rebels, TheLaura decided to dump the low-slung mustache bars on her motorbike for the tough-guy style of some trimmed and flipped Clubmans. I'd wanted to do a bar how-to for months, so her timing was perfect.
Here's what Laura's ride looked like before the speedy 10-minute switch:
Here's another view:
A sexy kit, for sure, but Laura's a small gal with a short torso, and she looked a little stretched out on this set-up.
We pulled a pair of Biltwell black electroplate Clubmans out of inventory for this switch, and I put VonMonster to work;
Step 1: Eyeball your new bars in the cockpit to determine the appropriate width. I should have taken a photo of this step, but didn't. As it turns out, I didn't take nearly enough photos to make this how-to worthwhile. Instead, I plowed through the technical shit and let Laura do the dirty work.
Here she is on the business end of the hacksaw:
Laura slaved away for damn near 30 seconds on this step before handing me the saw and telling me to do it my damn self. After taking approximately 2" off both ends, Laura deburred the bars on a Scotchbrite wheel:
Con'd...
First, a little back story…
TheLaura used to roll with Rikki Rocket and the Brit Iron Rebels. When she went lobo solomente with some cool cats from OC, the guitarist from Poison told her she couldn't rock the Rebel cuts.
To show her disdain for the oppressive rules of the Brit Iron Rebels, TheLaura decided to dump the low-slung mustache bars on her motorbike for the tough-guy style of some trimmed and flipped Clubmans. I'd wanted to do a bar how-to for months, so her timing was perfect.
Here's what Laura's ride looked like before the speedy 10-minute switch:
Here's another view:
A sexy kit, for sure, but Laura's a small gal with a short torso, and she looked a little stretched out on this set-up.
We pulled a pair of Biltwell black electroplate Clubmans out of inventory for this switch, and I put VonMonster to work;
Step 1: Eyeball your new bars in the cockpit to determine the appropriate width. I should have taken a photo of this step, but didn't. As it turns out, I didn't take nearly enough photos to make this how-to worthwhile. Instead, I plowed through the technical shit and let Laura do the dirty work.
Here she is on the business end of the hacksaw:
Laura slaved away for damn near 30 seconds on this step before handing me the saw and telling me to do it my damn self. After taking approximately 2" off both ends, Laura deburred the bars on a Scotchbrite wheel:
Con'd...
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