Ever since I used to split racing between 80's and 125's (about 15 years ago!) I always cut about 5/8" off the ends of my handlebars. I used to do it to make my 125 feel smaller, and I've just stuck with it. Whenever anyone else rides my bikes (currently a 2002 RM250) they always comment about how narrow I run my bars and wonder aloud how I can stand it. When I ride their bikes, I feel awkward and out of sorts also, and wonder how they can ride with those big wide Harley bars. I'm 5'8, 165 and my shoulders are wider than average, so I can't figure out why I like the narrow grip but it has me feeling weird and wondering - does anyone else besides me cut their bars down? Travis Pastrana's bars always look narrow to me, but maybe that's because he has such long arms. Whaddya think?