My Renthal's Snapped...

I was riding at the track yesterday and I got out there on the track and I made it about halfway around the track on my first lap and I just fell over in a steep berm, because I had to slow way down. But the bike fell and it didnt even knock me off my feet. Not even worse than it tipping over in the pits. But I went to pick it back up and the bars have broke on the left side of the clamp. Im not sure how strong rethals spose to be, but there is no way they should have broke on just that.

lol...what kind were they? The 7/8's? I dont think they are suposed to do that..lol

Not sure if this is the cause, but maybe you tightened them in clamp to tight, I don't know, just a wild guess. But if there 7/8 bars, then I can kinda understand it, but still, WOW!! I think they might of had a crack in them, did you take a major fall on them before? Also, this time, get the Renthall Twinwall bars, those are strong!! You'll NEVER break/bend them. You probably don't like Renthal now, but I would give them another chance. I like Renthall and Pro Taper the best. So I would go with one of them.

Send them to Renthal..if your bars snap they will send you a brand new pair for free.

Did you follow the instructions that came with the bars?

You know the ones that tell you to chamfer the bar clamps? If not, then that's why they broke. And if they broke at the clamp, that IS why they broke.

-Steve

IM ON MY 2ND PAIR OF RENTHAL 7/8, the 1st pair i sold to a buddy, they had a small tweak in them, and i only sold them cuase my buddy jonny got new fat bars, but had a pair of week old renthals 7/8 on his cr because he bent the stock steel, and he gave me his week old new bars

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yea they are pretty strong, your musta had a glitch, or you hit them just right, or there was a flat spot, they dont bend that easy, and they certainly dont snap

yeah ive never bent a set of renthals ive had so you musta done something to them!

Hmm i have never seen a snapped renthal. They must have been a dud.
Do you have a picture? i wan't to see where they snapped. Was it by the base?

Post a pic. Contact Renthal in a respectful and professional manner, my guess is they may re-imburse you with a new set.

I've seen 7 pairs of 7/8 Renthals snap in person. The stock bars for my CRF have never been mounted. I took my TAGs to the dealer and uncrated it myself.

Ive seen renthal 7/8 break in half, what happened was the guy did a jump and when he landed the bars just snapped.

I hate it when Renthal snaps

Renthals snapping!

It does happen. Renthals 7/8 flex and they are designed to flex to soak up some of the jolt. Aluminum flexxing will get weaker through time, and I assume that next to the clamp is the highest stressed area on any handle bar. If the bars are really old or have seen too many crashes (and maybe slightly bent) they can snap on your next crash.

I personally have only had one renthal snap on me but I have heard of this happening to many people in the past.

ive actually seen a guy on a crf snap the throttle side of the 7/8ths renthals

Also, another idea that might have caused it was how you tied the bike down when you were transporiting it. If you used the metalish rubbery hooks that are on tie downs they pull in a specific area on the bars and make them weak. I use this material that is the same as tie downs that have to loops on the end and you use them to be softer and more gentle on your bars but still holds the bike in place.