One of the things that became apparent when I took the bike
off the tabe, was that this combination of handlebars (Pangea
Speed) and tank was not going to work, as they were interfering
with eachother. I did really like the look, so decided to make
something similar but a bit higher. I started by machining some
threaded plugs that I bolted onto the upper tree. Then spent
quite some time finding some 1" pipe in regular steel,
which turned out to be more difficult to find here in Holland
than in stainless. As I want to do a patina finish like the
frame on the new bars, stainless was not suitable.
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