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Hi all, just purchased an 06 (56 registered) XT600E. Now I know its likely to be an 03/04 late registered but anyway its about a year old (in terms of use). Now unfortunately its been used as a daily commuter so although its only 1 year old it looks about 3. I did get it for a relatively low(ish) price of £1900. To be entirely honest most of the wear and tear seems to be neglegt and I would be looking to replace all/most of the fittings with stainless anyway (nuts, bolts, break cables etc)

Its done (wait for it) about 10k miles, so its not all bad news.

In fact I am chuffed with it. all it needs is a bit of TLC (or stainless steel as I prefer to call it).

I do have a question about bars though as although the originals have been provided the previous owner has replaced these with Renthal bars. The problem with these for me is that they are a little on the small side 710mm and quite raked back so the overall width is about 3"-4 less than the originals . I feel uncomfortable with them (crimped in) and would like to replace these with a nicer wider set of bars.

Looking at the Renthal website, their are simply too many for my limited brain to understand.

Any suggestions, but I am about 6ft and quite wide at the shoulder so flat(ish) wide(ish) bars would be my preference. I don't need high bars or anything as its not about reach, its more about comfort. Similarly I need to replace the little squat square mirrors as I can only just see my shoulders in these. Any suggestions welcome (as long as it doesn't include anything about removing some of my width :)

Anyway, 1st post so hello all, and thanks for the lots of useful and interesting reading.

Regards

Dave