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[sadunbar]

The fellow who bought my 04 SEEG last week picked it up Saturday.

[Road_Glider]

Man really sorry for this guys problem, never heard of the bars breaking.

[sadunbar]

I think the lowers would get in the way in this case.

[UK Dave]

I USED to strap around the bars but found I was messing up the rubber grommet pieces on the SEEG so now I strap to the bottom of the front and rear "crash" bars  

I guess the buyer must have strapped to the bars somewhere near the controls to get enough leverage to snap the bars  [smiley=nixweiss.gif]

Either that or the bars really are weaker because of the holes for the internal wiring??

Makes you wonder

Cheers

Dave

[Fired00d]

... I am pretty impressed with the HD salesperson suggesting to my buyer that they broke because I replaced the stock bars with inferior replacements "because Harley doesn't make bars with internal wiring" - and then ordering the wrong replacement bars for the guy.

sadunbar

I'm always amazed at how little most salespersons at dealerships know. I love talking to them just to see how little they know about the product they selling. Maybe it's just me, but I think if you are selling something you should at least know what the spec/features sheets say about the product.

This statement came from the MoCo website in 2004 concerning this feature on the SEEG - [highlight]Chrome 1" diameter handlebar with internal wiring[/highlight].

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Ride Safe,
Fired00d
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[Fired00d]

I USED to strap around the bars but found I was messing up the rubber grommet pieces on the SEEG so now I strap to the bottom of the front and rear "crash" bars  ....

Cheers

Dave

This is a common problem that can come from towing. I forget the correct part name, but there are rubber bushings in the handlebars where they attach to triple trees that can become damaged by strapping scooter down to tight or towing it too much.

Only time my [smiley=pumpkin.gif] has ever been in the trailer was when I bought it home from N.C. soon after that I sold the trailer.

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Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 [smiley=fireman.gif]

[sadunbar]

My buyer had borrowed a trailer from a friend that had very little suspension.  I am sure that didn't help.  I feel so bad for the guy...

sadunbar

[110tHunDer]

My buyer had borrowed a trailer from a friend that had very little suspension.

[Twolanerider]

Wild 1 has a warning label on their bars sold for any bike with a two piece clamp that the clamp should be replaced with a one piece when their bars are installed.

[Boatman]

Any buyer/seller of a new to them bike would feel bad about what happened.  It could have been worse if the bike fell over, off, etc..  I know he wants to ride and can't-he'll get it worked out.  Like everyone has stated, if you trailer, don't use the handlebars.

[Twolanerider]

Any buyer/seller of a new to them bike would feel bad about what happened.

[JCZ]

A number of years ago I was riding my stroker 86 Heritage with bars to the stars (ape hangers).  They had the two piece top clamps.  I was only doing about thirty mph when it happened.....the right half of the handlebar, all of a sudden, was no longer attached to the bike except with the throttle and brake cable.  It was very strange.....just the left bar to steer with while trying to get on the foot brake at the same time.......and trying to keep the right bar away from the tank so that I didn't scratch it with the jagged end of the handle bar.

Handlebars are not where you want to tie to when transporting a bike.  Ideally, a 4x4 cross ways under the frame then the tiedowns strapped to the frame itself, to the point where it's sitting firmly on the 4x4 and not on the suspension.  If you're hauling it in a pickup bed, then you want a sheet of plywood under it so as not to dent the bed or tailgate.  These are heavy bikes with just a few inches of contact on the bottom of the tires......they will dent once you start rolling and hit a few bumps in the road.

[ggraves427]

I am guilty of this infraction, but won't happen again.  The bad part is I had a gut feeling that I should not be hooking up to the bars.  I am glad you straightened me out before I tore something up.

[Twolanerider]

I am guilty of this infraction, but won't happen again.

[sadunbar]

The more I think about how my buyer transported his new bike home, this was probably predictable.  The trailer he borrowed had virtually no suspension.  He cranked the front tie down straps so far the bike's suspension was compressed.  The tie straps he put on the handlebars did not go down, but rather out.  The front eyebolts on his borrowed homemade trailer were on "outriggers".  The handlebars were essentially the suspension, and were "pulled apart", not down.  I still feel really bad for the poor guy, but I feel bad for my formerly flawless bike also.  Not a scratch or chip in almost 3 years until one 700 mile trailer ride to its new home.   [smiley=nixweiss.gif]

I have different feelings for the Harley dealer parts counterperson that told my buyer that this happened because I put cheap aftermarket bars on the bike "because Harley doesn't make bikes with internal wiring."

sadunbar