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I decided to get some heavier bar ends to reduce vibration and protect the bike a bit more in a drop. I got some nice shiny steel Bike-it ones for about £15 and they were REALLY easy to replace. If the bar ends have never been taken off before you'd need an impact driver or a soldering iron to break the Kawasaki thread-lock - but luckily mine had been taken off to put on my Oxford heated grips. I had to get a couple of new bolts that fitted down inside the bar ends (M8s about 5cm long) as the ones that came with it were a bit too short to get a decent grip inside the bars. VERY easy to do, they look nicer and the bars are a bit steadier now when I'm riding.
Many people buy the heavier and expensive HVMP bar ends to reduce the vibrations even more - but I didn't find it that much of a problem so went for the cheaper option and have been perfectly happy with them.
Comparing the new to the old:-
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