Sneak peek. Bought another set of stock bars so my wife's bike didn't have any downtime and had them powder coated. I'll post more info tomorrow and it has a little something to do with a relay 
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Black Handlebars
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looks good, you are starting to develop a one of a kind, some how I think before long there will be a lot more black than shine and the only color white. It's very interesting watching the bike evolve
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looks great!
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Update: I got the extra set of bars so I could take them to get powder coated without having my wife's bike disassembled for a week or so. When I got em back from PC, I installed em in about an hour. It was easier than I thought. I snipped the left and right hand control wire harness and blinker wires about two inches from the plugs that are located under the left side airbox cover. I unbolted the levers, hand control switches and pulled the wires out of the bars (super easy). pulled the bars off, pulled the guage cluster, installed the new bars, loose fit the levers and switches and snaked the wires back through. I soldered the wires back together, e-taped each wire then put heat shrink over it. plugged everything back in, put the maxi fuse back in and bingo, everything back to normal, new gloss black bars. Here's the relay: I will sell my wife's bars (2011 F with 1200 miles), first come wins, for $125 shipped in the U.S. You get the bars, get em painted or powder coated, install and sell your bars to the next person and you have new bars for the cost of powder coating or paint with about 1 hour of downtime. PM me if you're interested.
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very cool idea. sorta like a pay it forward type thing.
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lol Paul, I do some subliminal messenging, but she's totally the yay or nay. Black hand and foot controls and black wheels, then she gets no more.........
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Nice idea! I'm going to keep track of this bad boy.
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Its 3M vinyl wrap. It's pretty durable, I've had it on my DX for a couple years. Super easy install.....and most important, cheap.
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Definitely nice work on the muscle. Looking good!
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I think you have a good balance of shine, black and paint, well done:notworth:
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Looks great. But you did all that work and left the brake/clutch levers stock and did paint/pc them black? Doesn't seem like your style.:notworth:
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