New handlebar

I found a bar that will fit my hands better than the stock bar on my
Honda GL650. It's a GL1100 replica. The original bar is knurled at the
clamp points. The new bar isn't. I wonder if I should get the new one
knurled before I use it?

Ken in Albuquerque

 

I clamped down the new bar and gave is a good test. It wouldn't rotate
in the clamp no matter how hard I tried. Given the corrosion
possibility, I think it will be just fine the way it is.

Thanks,
Ken
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You could always shim it with beer can stock as suggested
in Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Be sure to
use metric beer.

 

Knurled + can = no go.

 

metric beer = Heineken?
;-)

 

A beer can to fix my classic Honda? Why, I think I should be insulted!

<g>

Ken
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