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Old 09-25-2004, 09:10 AM
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my alum. grab bar is all bent now from doing wheelies. is there any grab bar out there that is super strong? maybe I need a "wheelie bar"!!

I'm thinking of making my own with some thick steel flat bar for the ends and a short tube for the cross-peice, weld it together and bolt it up.
 
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Old 09-25-2004, 09:19 AM
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Just don't wheelie onto the grab bar[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]. Just be careful of making your own too strong. I did that for a friend and he ended up bending his sub frame. I $30 grab bar is a lot cheaper than a new subframe.

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Old 09-25-2004, 04:26 PM
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Put some wheels on the grab bar
 
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Old 09-25-2004, 06:19 PM
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Originally posted by: dondiesel444
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my alum. grab bar is all bent now from doing wheelies. is there any grab bar out there that is super strong? maybe I need a "wheelie bar"!!

I'm thinking of making my own with some thick steel flat bar for the ends and a short tube for the cross-peice, weld it together and bolt it up.

They bend for a reason dude ... This prevents the subframe from bending.
 
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Old 09-25-2004, 09:12 PM
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prm grabber :]
 
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Old 09-25-2004, 10:38 PM
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Originally posted by: OregonDunePatrol
Originally posted by: dondiesel444
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my alum. grab bar is all bent now from doing wheelies. is there any grab bar out there that is super strong? maybe I need a "wheelie bar"!!

I'm thinking of making my own with some thick steel flat bar for the ends and a short tube for the cross-peice, weld it together and bolt it up.

They bend for a reason dude ... This prevents the subframe from bending.
I agree, I had a home made one that didn't bend but ripped the tabs off the sub frame. I had to reweld new tabs on the sub frame & the sub frame will never be the same.
 
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Long wheelies are all about the rear brake... and when you miss the brake pedal with your foot you can bend a PRM grab bar.

You could hang a couple of skateboard wheels on you grab bar, but then be ready for comments from your friends about "training wheels."[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]
 
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Old 09-26-2004, 12:44 PM
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I tore out the mounting holes for the grab bar doing wheelies and bent the stock grab bar beyond recognition!
I had to have some new steel welded onto the sub-frame.

I put the PMR desert grab bar from o n d u n e s http://on-dunes.com/Details.cfm?ProdID=120

I then cut some Black well pipe and put it around the grab bar just in case I do a wheelie and it goes back and hits the bar, that way the blacktop rubs on the disposable well pipe and not the aluminum. It works great!
 
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