Bar width?

[BigBore]

What kinda bar width are you woods guys using? My Renthals are 32", and I'm starting to think thats a little wide for the tight stuff (judging by the pucker factor while dodging trees).
I'm kinda thinking 30" would be ok.

 

[XRpredator]

I run 30" everywhere (since I'm not going to pony up for 2 sets of bars!), since the woods are so tight. My brother hates it, says they're too narrow, but I've gotten used to it.

 

[Vic]

For the woods, the narrower the better! I've found 28.5" to be about the practical limit. For me, thirty inches feels the most comfortable, so that's what I run, everywhere.

 

[wfocrusty]

I normally cut mine down to 29.5" just to compensate for the extra width of handguards. I took a statistical sampling of the vegitative growth of my local riding area and the trees are all planted 30.25" apart.

:D

 

[bud]

Mine are cut down to 30 or so. It's slightly better than stock (33 or so) in the tight stuff, but I won't be doing it again because I can't put my front brake where I want it - it's too close to the end of the bars and I can't use one finger to brake any more.

 

[XRpredator]

The only problem I really have, though, is that my throttle side sticks out further than the clutch side . . . :confused:

 

[MikeT]

I used to go with 29" for the woods. That worked well for me.

 

[keith500r]

do some push-ups.. have someone measure the distance between your hands. you might want to average a few times to get a better measurement. thats the length your bars should be

 

[Jaybird]

I think Scott and some of the others at Summers Racing cut thier bars to 28".

 

[Durt Cycler]

I'm running Renthal CR low bars ( 32" ) and they do seem pretty long for my liking. I am gonna cut them down to 30 and see how I like the feel but might cut 1/2 inch more on each side.