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83-85 crash bars vt700c

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#1 ·
could someone with factory crash bars on an 83-85 vt700c post some pics of how and where they mount? they seem to be impossible to find, so i might try to have some made but im not sure how or where they mount. maybe a close up pic from each side and a pic showing the shape of it. no real hurry, we have bout 6" of snow sub-zero wind chills
thanks
 
#5 ·
Here are some pictures of the crash bars on my 84 VT700c, these are not your ordinary loop with a center mount crash bars, these are multi-bend welded together bars.

This one was taken after the restoration.

http://home.comcast.net/~retrocruiser/pix/restore23.jpg

These were taken before the restoration:

http://home.comcast.net/~retrocruiser/pix/crashbars01.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~retrocruiser/pix/crashbars02.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~retrocruiser/pix/crashbars03.jpg

They are rare to find, eBay is about the only place you are going to find them anymore and they don't show up on there very often.
 
#8 ·
Good luck finding the bars. I searched for a year - almost daily on Kijiji and Ebay. Ended up putting Kuryukan longhorn pegs directly on the frame: Longhorn Arm with ISO-Pegs | Küryakyn

I saw other 86 700C's with a Highway bar, but could never find them. I did have the same HONDA pegs on my Nighthawk and liked them a lot!

 
#9 ·
Good luck finding the bars. I searched for a year - almost daily on Kijiji and Ebay. Ended up putting Kuryukan longhorn pegs directly on the frame: Longhorn Arm with ISO-Pegs | Küryakyn

I saw other 86 700C's with a Highway bar, but could never find them. I did have the same HONDA pegs on my Nighthawk and liked them a lot!

found bars a couple weeks ago

http://www.hondashadow.net/forum/53-general-discussion/102447-look-what-i-won-ebay.html

btw...nice bike, i really like the way the 86's look cause of the polished engine
 
#10 ·
Excellent find. Thanks for the compliment on the bike. If the bike was a bit more sideway, you would notice my bags are backwards too! As soon as I get it from the back to the front of the garage, i will post pick of the pegs . . .
 
#12 · (Edited)
The upper bolt in your picture is the forward engine mounting bolt. it looks to me like the lower bolt in your picture goes through the frame and onto the nutplate the forms the forward engine mount. Yes, you will probably have to remove the exhaust pipe, but I am just looking at your picture and I can see how the guard attachs. It is a long bolt, you will find the nut on the right side.
 
#13 ·
Did someone say thy were looking for highway bars for an 86 500 ????


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#16 ·
I've got access to a bunch of highway bars that have a little rust ... But I'll see what my friend wants for em ... They will take some work ... But if you have the ingenuity, and the willingness to do the work ... I'm pretty sure they'll be really cheap ...


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#17 ·
You CAN get the engine guards made for a 1999 Shadow Sabre to work (on the VT700/750s). It takes a little tweaking and ingenuity, but you can pick them up dirt-cheap (I paid $30 NIB) if you're savvy.

 
#19 ·
Mr. Hammond. Clean bike you have. Thats about what I'm shooting for on my 83 restore. I have some bags like that as well but mine has been neglected. Gotta find some leather miracle in a bottle. Ha. Where would one find some grips like yours? Nice. I don't see a lot of Diff from the 83 to the 84. Good luck with your bars.
 
#22 ·
Wow, 6 year old thread resurrection, but for what it's worth I have the set I took off my '83 VT750 that I'll be putting on eBay soon. I scored a NOS one still in the factory plastic and put it on. The old ones show their age and are pretty worn, but they're serviceable. I would've painted them black had my bike not had the full Hondaline chrome kit on it.

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