What are handlebar ends?

Bar ends allow a combination of hand positions to alleviate pressure. They allow you to tilt your hands diagonally and, depending on how the bars are shaped, allow you to turn your hands almost 90 degrees to prevent numb extremities.

What are motorcycle bar ends for?

Bar ends serve the simple purpose of protection. If your handlebars are wide enough and/or your bike is narrow enough, then your handlebars are susceptible to some damage in a fall. In such a case, the bar ends will take the hit in place of other parts that might be more expensive to replace.

Do riders still use bar ends?

Bar ends won’t return to mountain biking because the modern version of the sport has no place for them. But their usefulness is still high enough to prevent them from disappearing completely.

Do heavy bar ends reduce vibration?

Yup. Think about it. Which vibrates faster if you hit it, a normal stick or a stick with a weight on the end? The weights on the ends of bars provide more intertia to fight vibrations.

Do bar end weights work?

They make a big difference. The Bonneville I had before this bike had Napoleon bar ends mounted and those cut the vibration down as well. On long rides my right hand finger tips would get numb, that is no longer an issue. So yes they work very well.

Why are bar ends not used anymore?

You may know of someone who still has cattle prongs on their bike. But they are very much in the microscopic minority. Even XC racers ditched bar ends sometime around the millennium. It’s to do with offering more hand position options for the burgeoning long-distance ‘trans continental’ mountain biking sub-culture.

Do bar ends help?

Bar ends will extend your handlebar, and allow you to move your hands more forward, this lowers the center of gravity at the same time. When you go uphill bar will make it a little bit easier and will increase leverage.

What do handle bar ends do?

How does Scotts 4 bar rear suspension work?

The 4-Bar Rear Suspension Kit is designed to be both user-friendly and fully adjustable at the same time. We use our CNC Machined & Tapped Stainless Steel Rod Ends with right-hand or left-hand thread. This allows the user to adjust the pinion angle and set up without unbolting the link bars.

Which is better Scott at 3 handlebars or staight bars?

The ends sweep forward in a nearly 180 degree curve, and the whole curved area is usable to vary the pressure points on your hands. These are much better than staight bars with bolt-on bar ends.

What kind of suspension does a Scotts Hotrod use?

Instead of a standard Panhard bar, the Watts Link provides consistent handling no matter the direction of the turn by allowing the rear end to travel vertically with ZERO lateral movement. $995

Where is the flexible flap on a Scott AT-3 handlebar?

The flexible flap bends out of the way as you slide the inner unit around the bends in the handlebar. The flap should be located near the part of the unit that winds up at the bottom when the shifter is in use, but not in line with the cable attachment.