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550 differ from the 500 ones that DS sells as they have the holes for the wires, why DS would sell different bars for the 2 models is beyond me, they are essentially the same bars. Grips were off a 1300 Ted and they should be just fine. The throttle tube setup should help with the amount of throttle travel the 500/550 has.
I have 500 bars on mine with 550 top yoke and clocks and it never hit anything, maybe it’s different market bars that did that. Even so, as Teds going 550 onto 500 he should be fine with the 550 bars. Ted, can you post a pic of your switchgear especially from underneath to see if they’ve been altered to allow the wires to go outside the bars.
Not original 500 switches. More like 550 or 400/4 On a closer look, they are for outsize cables maybe 550K3 or 500T
550K3 switches Ted, not been altered by the look of them. Does it have the pass/horn button or just a horn button, can't see. You have a choice, reuse them and run the wires outside the bars, replace them but then you have another choice, go with 550F switches that look like you already have or go back to the original 500 switches, in which case you're going to need to source a On/Off handlebar switch for the lights.Another alternative is just to find the bodies off a 550F and swap the internals over. You only really need the bottom pieces.