ChrisBNE said:Second point, has any used the stock handle bar and flipped it over to give the bike that drop bar look and did it
I did it. You can check pictures of my bike somewhere between page 20 to 30 i'd say (sorry I don't know exactly which one).
I personnally drilled it, it drills really easy, but i know owner who uses the gaffer method and works good apparently.
Btw it makes me think that I can share this information to those who would like to put bar end mirrors on the original handlebar:
The end of the bar has a spacer really tightly inserted on it and I found no way to get it out. I even cut like 1cm of the bar so that I can grip the spacer and pull it out but no way.
So the solution was to push it further down the handlebar with a hammer.
I could push it for 5 cm which is what was needed for the bar end mirrors thread.