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06-08-2007, 7:43 PM DaveNearAtlanta Joined on 03-03-2006 Lawrenceville, GA Posts 500 Highway Bars This is one accessory wanted by almost everyone who racks up long miles on these bikes.  I've seen quite a few solutions - some are much better than others. Let's post a few of them here in this thread. Here's one I like.  I don't know who made it. My Home Page 1981 GL500I 1982 GL500I 1983 GL650I This User ID is no longer used. DaveF is my new User ID.    Report

06-08-2007, 7:50 PM DaveNearAtlanta Joined on 03-03-2006 Lawrenceville, GA Posts 500 Re: Highway Bars Here's another. My Home Page 1981 GL500I 1982 GL500I 1983 GL650I This User ID is no longer used. DaveF is my new User ID.    Report

06-08-2007, 7:54 PM DaveNearAtlanta Joined on 03-03-2006 Lawrenceville, GA Posts 500 Re: Highway Bars A floorboard version. My Home Page 1981 GL500I 1982 GL500I 1983 GL650I This User ID is no longer used. DaveF is my new User ID.    Report

06-08-2007, 8:01 PM DaveNearAtlanta Joined on 03-03-2006 Lawrenceville, GA Posts 500 Re: Highway Bars This one looks like it would drag during cornering. My Home Page 1981 GL500I 1982 GL500I 1983 GL650I This User ID is no longer used. DaveF is my new User ID.    Report

06-08-2007, 8:08 PM DaveNearAtlanta Joined on 03-03-2006 Lawrenceville, GA Posts 500 Re: Highway Bars Another one. My Home Page 1981 GL500I 1982 GL500I 1983 GL650I This User ID is no longer used. DaveF is my new User ID.    Report

06-08-2007, 8:14 PM DaveNearAtlanta Joined on 03-03-2006 Lawrenceville, GA Posts 500 Re: Highway Bars Yet another one. My Home Page 1981 GL500I 1982 GL500I 1983 GL650I This User ID is no longer used. DaveF is my new User ID.    Report

06-08-2007, 8:22 PM DaveNearAtlanta Joined on 03-03-2006 Lawrenceville, GA Posts 500 Re: Highway Bars Here's one that uses a set of rear passenger pegs.  This one has been known to drag during hard cornering and is therefore dangerous. My Home Page 1981 GL500I 1982 GL500I 1983 GL650I This User ID is no longer used. DaveF is my new User ID.    Report

06-08-2007, 8:27 PM DaveNearAtlanta Joined on 03-03-2006 Lawrenceville, GA Posts 500 Re: Highway Bars Here's another. My Home Page 1981 GL500I 1982 GL500I 1983 GL650I This User ID is no longer used. DaveF is my new User ID.    Report

06-08-2007, 8:44 PM DaveNearAtlanta Joined on 03-03-2006 Lawrenceville, GA Posts 500 Re: Highway Bars And another. My Home Page 1981 GL500I 1982 GL500I 1983 GL650I This User ID is no longer used. DaveF is my new User ID.    Report

06-08-2007, 9:48 PM Anonymous Re: Highway Bars Where can I get the crah bars in this photo...I really like the floorboard look. Thanks, Bill

06-09-2007, 5:03 AM DaveNearAtlanta Joined on 03-03-2006 Lawrenceville, GA Posts 500 Re: Highway Bars I don't know where to get the floorboard version.  These are mostly photos I've found on the 'net. Here's more. My Home Page 1981 GL500I 1982 GL500I 1983 GL650I This User ID is no longer used. DaveF is my new User ID.    Report

06-09-2007, 5:12 AM DaveNearAtlanta Joined on 03-03-2006 Lawrenceville, GA Posts 500 Re: Highway Bars Floorboards. My Home Page 1981 GL500I 1982 GL500I 1983 GL650I This User ID is no longer used. DaveF is my new User ID.    Report

06-09-2007, 5:25 AM DaveNearAtlanta Joined on 03-03-2006 Lawrenceville, GA Posts 500 Re: Highway Bars My Home Page 1981 GL500I 1982 GL500I 1983 GL650I This User ID is no longer used. DaveF is my new User ID.    Report

06-09-2007, 5:31 AM DaveNearAtlanta Joined on 03-03-2006 Lawrenceville, GA Posts 500 Re: Highway Bars My Home Page 1981 GL500I 1982 GL500I 1983 GL650I This User ID is no longer used. DaveF is my new User ID.    Report

06-09-2007, 5:40 AM DaveNearAtlanta Joined on 03-03-2006 Lawrenceville, GA Posts 500 Re: Highway Bars This is what I'm currently using.  With a sleeping bag on the seat behind me, I can recline.  I'll probably be adding a lower set of pegs in the near future to allow my legs to stretch as well. My Home Page 1981 GL500I 1982 GL500I 1983 GL650I This User ID is no longer used. DaveF is my new User ID.    Report

06-10-2007, 7:28 AM Harold Joined on 12-28-2006 Beside Washademoak Lake, N.B. Canada Posts 331 Re: Highway Bars I was thinking about trying to fit a set of these, only $10.00 or less at epay (search ebay stores for,,,  cx500 pegs ) "People are more violently opposed to fur than leather because it's safer to harass rich women than biker gangs." 1978 CX500 1980 CX500 Custom 1981 CX500 Custom 1982 GL500 Silverwing 1975 XL-100 http://www.myspace.com/downwiththebutterfly    Report

06-10-2007, 10:00 AM Phil in VT Joined on 03-02-2006 Lowgap,NC Posts 1,028 Re: Highway Bars What would you attach them to? 82 Honda GL 500 SilverWing Trike "Old Yeller" 06 Suzuki S 50 Boulevard Cruiser ANY WARM DAY ABOVE GROUND IS A GOOD ONE (unknown senior citizen) Springfield, VT    Report

06-10-2007, 6:51 PM Isaac Joined on 06-04-2007 Orlando, FL Posts 106 Re: Highway Bars I see Phil's obsession with spread eagle riding continues unabated. I wonder how many guys on here use these bikes as full blown cross-country tourers? I create steel Frankensteins.    Report

06-10-2007, 7:14 PM WayneDW Joined on 07-29-2006 Minneapolis Posts 556 Re: Highway Bars Isaac, Some of us, I have. Go to the "traveling friends" section and find Dave near Atlanta's posting about his Alaska trip. He's been there and back on his. Of course, we're talking about the Interstates, primarily, not the CX500's. Though my bro-in-law took his Custom to Colorado and back, back in the 80's. I will admit he turned it in for a Silverwing Interstate the next year. The Silverwing Interstate is a fine touring bike, IMO. You can put on the miles on the way to the mountains and still have a nice nimble bike in the switchbacks once you get there. The highway pegs add ons are a necessity to make the long days bearable. I've got mine mounted on the outside of my crash bars, high enough to not scrape in the twisties. Wayne Wayne 1983 GL650 Silverwing Interstate WWW.fossilapostles.com    Report

06-10-2007, 7:49 PM Isaac Joined on 06-04-2007 Orlando, FL Posts 106 Re: Highway Bars That's pretty cool. I wonder how much it costs per mile to ride one of these things touring style like that. I create steel Frankensteins.    Report

06-10-2007, 9:05 PM Harold Joined on 12-28-2006 Beside Washademoak Lake, N.B. Canada Posts 331 Re: Highway Bars Phil, I was going to bend a piece of half-inch iron pipe into the shape of (roughly) handlebars,  then weld nuts on the ends of it that the pegs I pictured would thread into. They would mount much the same as the first set that Dave posted. __          __     \____/ "People are more violently opposed to fur than leather because it's safer to harass rich women than biker gangs." 1978 CX500 1980 CX500 Custom 1981 CX500 Custom 1982 GL500 Silverwing 1975 XL-100 http://www.myspace.com/downwiththebutterfly    Report

06-10-2007, 10:02 PM Isaac Joined on 06-04-2007 Orlando, FL Posts 106 Re: Highway Bars That's a good idea. Of course most of these ideas involve a few minutes of drilling and welding. You could essentially slide a 2X4 across the front of the bike, ziptie it on, and have highway pegs. I create steel Frankensteins.    Report

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