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Message: [QUOTE="KaTooMer, post: 308263, member: 16246"] I got a pretty good deal on the clamps, directly from Applied, back when TAG handlebars first came to the U.S. and Applied was promoting them with a package deal. Just guessing, but some of the mail order shops are probably $150 per clamp. I wondered the same thing - how can you bend the clamps but not the forks. The answer is, the stock clamps just aren't that strong. They're cast, instead of billet aluminum like most of the aftermarket clamps. Ditto for the wheels - I broke off a piece of the stock rear hub and it was a really grainy metal, probably the same stuff used in the triple clamps. [/QUOTE]