Twisted Engineering - Carbon Bars

[Twisted_E]

Originally Posted by swazi_matt

Thanks for that and welcome

So next question, what is the upgrade to the new gen 2? Or was I right?

Lol. I had to laugh when I read that.

No...unfortunately its not helping the profits. People were concerned about the bars being able to snap off and leaving them stranded in the middle of the woods or a race. Definitely a legitimate concern, and as difficult as it would be to actually do that, we didn't want to hide behind the idea that aluminum bars can snap off too. So we went back to the drawing board and came up with this new design. This bar is next to impossible to actually snap off. That's not to say you can't damage it, because anything can be damaged. Howver if you actually crash hard enough to damage the bar you will still get home or possibly finish the race. Whatever the case may be.

I'm not going to get into exactly what we do for obvious reasons, but, this was accomplished by adding an almost indestructible "Twisted Core" to the bar and more materials in select locations. This also added a significant amount of time to the manufacturing process. Unfortunately that translates to higher cost.

Please keep the questions coming, we appreciate the opportunity to shed a little more light on our product.

[AZRickD]

The BRP sub mount has a solid base, so I will presume to say it is safe.

If I were to use my Protaper top mount, it would be even stronger and would give me a place to mount my speedo. I think the geometry to bolt on the inner guards is roughly equivalent with that generous slot cut out.

[bkwdc]

Pretty sure those mounts work independently.

[AZRickD]

I own the mount. They'll do fine.

[Darkside]

How are the bars working out?
Do they reduce 2 stroke vibration as well as impacts?

[AZRickD]

I know four folks that have the TE bars. They love them. All of them had Flex Bars previously.

[RonC]

Originally Posted by AZRickD

I know four folks that have the TE bars. They love them. All of them had Flex Bars previously.

Any disadvantage to the other type of suspension bar?

The carbon bars both locates the grip and act as the spring(leaf type, sorta.) The other type uses portions of bar and pivots to locate the grip with a separate non-metal spring. Elastomers were used without dampers in the first mtn bike suspension forks because some damping was created by the exchange of energy to heat.

I personally like the simplicity (no moving parts) of the TE bars, but I wonder if your buddies missed anything form the flexx suspensions design.

[bkwdc]

Still love these bars and guards. Many miles. Several wrecks.

[AZRickD]

All but one of them have the Flexx bars hanging on their walls with no plans to re-install. That one moved the Flexx from his single-track bike to his dual sport KTM.

Downside ? Maybe that they are not adjustable ?

[MargusV]

Hi,

How does Twisted Engineering plan to address the issue with current international (FIM) enduro technical rules:

33.12
Handlebars made from carbon-carbon, carbon-kevlar and/or other composite
materials are not authorised.

It is clear that progress cannot be stopped but there is a definitely legitimate concern about neverending hunt for minimal weight and resulting compromises in reliability. Certification of some sort?