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Originally Posted by kedebrav00
I'm looking to see what kind of handle bars fit the GZ250, the new horn, if you were able to get a new fender.
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I like BlueCollars stuff - pretty pricy too. And a limited number of bikes they sell kits for. but you can do-it-yourself for a lot mods and that's (for me) part of the bobber fun.
HOW TO DO EASY DRAG BARS ON YOUR GZ 250:
1) remove the handle bars from your cheap Mongoose mountain bicycle you got at Walmart. (they are 7/8" diameter - perfect fit) If you don't have one of those - go to the local bike store and get some bars from their used stock parts bin. My local bike store had probably 15 different styles of used handlebars in stock. Since i took the bars off my bicycle, i had to buy replacement bars and they were only 8 bucks!
2) get slightly longer bolts for your stock GZ250 bar mounts (at ACE hardware, i think they are 5mm x 1.5 inches long)
3) Once you've got the new bars mounted, then re-mount the clutch & brake handles and grips on the mountain bike handle bars. It's a tight fit - you gotta move & rotate things around until it fits. You'll have to remove the turn signal wire plug (which you don't need anymore anyway), and the brake light wire plug will need to be altered because it's such a tight fit on the new 'drag bars'...
-- you do NOT need to replace or modify ANY cables for this - took a couple hours at most.
4) That's about it. The bar is so short it doesn't even extend all the way through the grips - but it's solid and safe and i've ridden it 200 miles like this. I really like riding position and it's a lot of fun to tuck down on this and rip along at 60 mpg...anyway - it
feels like you're going fast...
HOPE that answers your questions!
see ya,
Mark