Those of You that Swapped Your Stock Bars For C50 Bars - Motorcycle-Journal Forums

nicocorea · 05-20-2008, 12:08 PM

So I'm in the process of swapping out my stock bar for the C50 bar. So far, so good. I've rerouted all the cabling and everything seems to reach. The only problem is that the throttle grip base (the part that has the start button and the engine kill switch) has a little dowel type thing that is meant to go into a hole that's drilled in the handle bar. I think its purpose is to keep the throttle grip assembly from rotating on the handlebar, keeping the switches where they should be). The problem is that to get the dowel thing in the hole that's pre-drilled into the C50 bar, the throttle grip assembly ends up about 90 degrees from where it should be (i.e., the kill switch is perpendicular to the ground and the start button is under the bar).

Same problem with the left side switch housing.

Obviously I just need to drill a new holes in the C50 bar and the problem will be fixed. But I've read all the threads on this topic and I can't find a single mention of having to drill any new holes in the C50 bar. Did any of you have to drill new holes or am I doing something wrong?