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Handlebar controls

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oneliterbeater

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I hope this is the right section for my question. On my gal's 79 750E I'm trying to change the handlebars because the old ones are bent. I got some new ones for it and I got the old ones off, but there are locating holes on the old bars where a tab on the controls on each side mount. The new bars do not have these holes. Can I shave off those tabs on the controls? They look like metal(copper?). Are they a ground for the switches?
 
If you try to shave off those tabs, the controls will just sit there and spin around the handlebar. Not a good idea if you are trying to hunt for that kill switch in a big hurry.

You'll be fine to drill a new hole into the handlebars; it does get tricky when trying to mark it but it can be done.
 
Well...oops. :oops:

In my my infinite impatience, I shaved them off. Haven't got everything back together yet because I need to put a new clutch cable and choke cable on, but hopefully I can make it work.
 
Mine are shaved off, and the switches don't rotate. I can rotate them if I want to, but they don't move on their own. A little double-sided tape, or roughing up the bars with a grinder, would hold them better, I bet.
 
No problem with shaving them off at all.
They will still CLAMP onto the bar.
The locating tabs are so that the people working in production have a reference point to place them. ;)

Daniel
 
7981GS said:
No problem with shaving them off at all.
They will still CLAMP onto the bar.
The locating tabs are so that the people working in production have a reference point to place them. ;)

Daniel
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+1
No need to rough up the finish on the bar either.
 
It's funny. I went back to my same question last May 2010 and found answers to what I said. Then I ran across Nessism's comment that some bikes have issues with shaving them off and some don't. Wish they'd standardized it.
 
Cowboy, for piece of mind, you can wrap a strip of electrical tape around the bar if it makes you feel better.
I haven't had to.

Daniel
 
I feel a little better now hearing the replies. Still don't have it back together though.
 
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