Fastenings for bar end wieghts???

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domski1
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Fastenings for bar end wieghts???

Post by domski1 » Tue Apr 05, 2011 8:50 pm

I have recently bought a new toy for summer, a 1995 nc35 which is a little rough around the edges, there is currently no ends weights on the bars and i have looked down the handle bars and there is no thread to screw the weight into? any ideas would be apreciated, thanks.

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Re: Fastenings for bar end wieghts???

Post by dgunthor » Wed Apr 06, 2011 10:26 am

IIRC the bar end comes with a wedge (with threaded hole in it) that fits inside the bar, as you tighten the bar end the screw pulls the wedge towards the end of the bar and holds the bar end in place.

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Re: Fastenings for bar end wieghts???

Post by domski1 » Wed Apr 06, 2011 10:29 am

Ah I see, it's just I have been looking at bar ends on the dreaded eBay and it just shows the actual end and the long screw.

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Re: Fastenings for bar end wieghts???

Post by amorti » Wed Apr 06, 2011 11:23 am

dgunthor wrote:IIRC the bar end comes with a wedge (with threaded hole in it) that fits inside the bar, as you tighten the bar end the screw pulls the wedge towards the end of the bar and holds the bar end in place.
That sounds like a "quill" fitting on an old-school bicycle handlebar.
Are they so different from nc29 then?
Here's a broken one for comparison.

viewtopic.php?f=28&t=25561

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Re: Fastenings for bar end wieghts???

Post by dgunthor » Wed Apr 06, 2011 4:11 pm

amorti wrote:
dgunthor wrote:IIRC the bar end comes with a wedge (with threaded hole in it) that fits inside the bar, as you tighten the bar end the screw pulls the wedge towards the end of the bar and holds the bar end in place.
That sounds like a "quill" fitting on an old-school bicycle handlebar.
Are they so different from nc29 then?
Here's a broken one for comparison.

viewtopic.php?f=28&t=25561

Maybe I'm confusing my pushbikes and motorbikes - I'll check my RVF in the morning, see what's there...

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Re: Fastenings for bar end wieghts???

Post by duncan » Wed Apr 06, 2011 7:31 pm

The wedge and the screw is how bar-end mirrors are usually fitted

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Re: Fastenings for bar end wieghts???

Post by domski1 » Wed Apr 06, 2011 9:26 pm

amorti wrote:
dgunthor wrote:IIRC the bar end comes with a wedge (with threaded hole in it) that fits inside the bar, as you tighten the bar end the screw pulls the wedge towards the end of the bar and holds the bar end in place.
That sounds like a "quill" fitting on an old-school bicycle handlebar.
Are they so different from nc29 then?
Here's a broken one for comparison.

viewtopic.php?f=28&t=25561

Just had a look at your thread and the picture of the fitting, where did you get the new fittings from as second hand would be rather hard to come by if they are so hard to get out?

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Re: Fastenings for bar end wieghts???

Post by amorti » Thu Apr 07, 2011 12:45 pm

domski1 wrote:
amorti wrote:
dgunthor wrote:IIRC the bar end comes with a wedge (with threaded hole in it) that fits inside the bar, as you tighten the bar end the screw pulls the wedge towards the end of the bar and holds the bar end in place.
That sounds like a "quill" fitting on an old-school bicycle handlebar.
Are they so different from nc29 then?
Here's a broken one for comparison.

viewtopic.php?f=28&t=25561

Just had a look at your thread and the picture of the fitting, where did you get the new fittings from as second hand would be rather hard to come by if they are so hard to get out?
That was from aaages ago. ISTR I just bought a new bar or had a spare.

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