I need to replace the broken Akront bars on my Montesa Cota 348 and wonder about fatbars.

Who's tried fatbars on a twinshock trials bike and what did you think?

What bars and bar mounts do you recommend?

Edited October 30, 200817 yr by Jaan

I've got Geoff Aron's Fat bars on my 83 240 pro , and I used Tag adapter clamps . Quite comfy and strong . I wanted the S-3 adjustable adapter clamps , but Finding them for 7/8 bar replacement has proved a problem . I think they only make their adapters for flat-top triple clamps now ...

Glenn

Hi Jaan,

You had another posting somewhere about fatbar clamps, now I know what you mean! I thought you were referring to the original Montesa (Akront) fat bars and not the more recent fatbars fitted to most trials bikes.

I have a set of Akront bars you can have, maybe not that straight but quite a long way away!

There were some after market clamps available to fit the 7/8 inch diameter bars available at the time, I have some for my 348. Without looking at the top triple clamp from the 348, I would imagine that a set of Hebo fat bar clamps and bars would fit, just need to drill out and tap an extra M8 thread to fit the wider spread of the Hebo clamps. The Mont triple clamp is flat, just need to have a look tomorrow to check for sufficient room and strength.

Bye, PeterB.