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[QUOTE="rmc_olderthandirt, post: 1200227, member: 68872"] I am a little confused about where the obstacle is. The bike originally had hand guards, right? Did these hand guards fasten to the end of the handlebars? If they did, then it sounds like the obstacles are the inserts left over from the prior hand guards. I would expect that you would have two choices: 1) use the old screws to mount the new hand guards to the old inserts. The screw heads might not fit well in the new guards and not look as appealing as the screws provided with the new guards so that may not be the best choice. 2) Remove the old inserts so you can install the new inserts. Removing the old inserts may be trivial or it may be a real pain, depending on the type of insert. A very common insert is one that is all metal and wedges itself into the bar. (I have attached a picture of this type) To remove this type you want to thread the original screw back in a little ways, perhaps three full turns. Now give the head of the screw a sharp hit with a hammer. This should un-wedge the insert and allow you to simply pull it out. You might want to put a large washer under the screw to make sure that it doesn't fall all the way into the handlebars once the wedge is released. There is a possibility that the wedge doesn't' fully release and the insert just slides farther into the bars. This is okay. Get a longer screw and try again. If it slides in further, leave it. The new insert should fit ahead of it and unless you are concerned about an extra ounce or two it won't hurt anything being deep in the bars. The other type of insert is the type that is described above as a rubber hose with a nut at the end. The insert is more than that but that is a reasonable description of what it looks like, except the "nut" is bonded to the end of the rubber tube. These don't release so easy. The best way to get these out is to reach in with a pair of needle nose pliers and grab the rubber, twist and pull it out. Spraying anything you can reach with WD40 will help. Rod [/QUOTE]
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