Handlebar sizes for 500

[Seabeowner]

You can of course just use the switches you have and wire them through bars. The RHS is mostly hidden by the clamp for the master cylinder. The LHS you could fill and paint or as oddjob suggests, source another lower.

[Oddjob]

Personally I'd sell the existing switches, the ones for the K3 are very rare for some reason. I've known K3 owners search for ages to find one. You could buy new switches with what you get for the K3 ones.

[McCabe-Thiele (Ted)]

Are these bars suitable the price is below DS with free delivery?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/303327670144

[Bryanj]

Difficult to tell from a pic Ted, i seem to remember Honda ones being reinforced in the middle where the hole was cut out for cables.

[Oddjob]

Just been and checked my original 1970s handlebars Ted and I cannot see any bracing at all, the bars are quite thick metal so they might have relied on that for strength. Only had 1 set of bars bend (not snap) and they didn't bend where the holes were at all, they bent where they bend downwards.

£38, snap em up Ted. Let us know if the are drilled for the locating pegs as well and if they are punch marked, would be interesting to know.

[Seabeowner]

Yes, don't think the Silver's had drillings for the locating pegs.

[McCabe-Thiele (Ted)]

They are the correct width across the serrations so duly ordered.

[Sesman]

Mine had the drillings for the switchgear, but definitely did not have the alignment punch marks.

[Oddjob]

If the locating peg holes aren't there let me know and I'll measure my bars and advise as they are off at the present.

[McCabe-Thiele (Ted)]

OK

[Sesman]

They will be Ted🤞