Tag vs Pro Taper

[FoXRaCiNG.2]

which one do u think i should buy Tag or Pro Taper???

[fmx_freak]

PRO TAPER FOR SURE M8

[Mungoman45]

I'm gunna vote TAG T2's :D

Check HERE (http://www.fmxaustralia.com/modules.php?s=&name=Reviews&rop=showcontent&id=7) for my TAG T2 review.

[kyle]

tag 2's are the weakest bar on the market(tapered) i have seen the independent test results, pro taper came out on top and even crappy no name brands beat it, my local shop dosent stock for the fear of someone crashing and snapping them and them having to take the blame.

POR TAPER

[FoXRaCiNG.2]

which of the 2 is cheaper? with the clamps and stuff

[Mungoman45]

Christ, i find TAG T2's the weakest bar on the market hard to believe. I've crashed em on my 250 doin a 5th gear tapped mono and thats not a slow, nor light crash and they didn't flinch at all. TAG's are one of the best bars on the market in my opinion. I've been through 2 sets of Renthals on my old bike, on a lot smaller crashes than that and they bent and cracked all over the joint.
Not to mention Mungoman M actually clean cracked a set in half. So even if they are the weakest Tapered bars, they're a shitload better than normal other ones, such as Renthal. I'd like to see these results ya speak of Kyle. Not callin ya a lier or anything drastic like that, but I'd like to see how they actually stacked up. TAG's are $180, oversized clamps to go with em are around $75. where as the Pro Tapers are are around $250 just for the bars, basically the same as TAG's only cost more in my opinion.

[Boost FMX]

man go the pro tapers, ive had 1 set on my bike for like 5 months now, and they still same shape i got em in, they put up with a bit of $h%# , the only thing i seen go wrong with them is when my brother almost totaled his bike, and his tapers snaped but that was crazy bad, and they go for around $180-200

[Mungoman58]

I'm going go out on a limb and say that if money is no object(which it probably isn't) go Renthal "Twin Walls." Stronger then any other bar on the market. Those pups will break your triple clamps(you'd have to have a very big crash for that to happen mind you) before they bend but they won't help absorb impacts like tapered bars do. Renthal has a tapered handlebar called "Fat Bar." I'd get them but thats mainly because I personally like Renthals. You could also get Renthal 7/8 Bars, they don't cost all that much and are a good stock replacment but obviously arn't as strong as the oversized bars. In the end I think there all good bars and it just comes down to personal taste/cost.

[Mungoman45]

Originally posted by Mungoman58
Renthal "Twin Walls." Those pups will break your triple clamps before they bend

Yup, I also looked at those when i was on the market, but thats the reason i steered away from em, the fact that they'd snap clamps before bending the bar probably isn't the best thing. I think i'd rather replace a bar than a set of triple clamps.

[Mun_#146]

since I started riding with them Protapers I dont get as much arm pump and I would never ride with any other bar now. And there as strong as shit I hit a tree 5th gear flat on my old Yz 125 2000 model when trail riding and broke my hand and pushed 2 of my fingers about 2cm back into my hand and I was knocked out cold and the protapers didnt bend or brake the best bar I have riden on.
Protapers All the way

[fmx_freak]

iv twisted my forks about 5 times but my bars r still dead straight and i dont get arm pump either like the other fella said and there not all that much if u want somethin that u can trust and also a while ago in adb or somethin they had a stress test on the bars or soemthin and pro taper floged every1 ill try and find it
latas

[Mun_#146]

Originally posted by fmx_freak
iv twisted my forks about 5 times but my bars r still dead straight and i dont get arm pump either like the other fella said and there not all that much if u want somethin that u can trust and also a while ago in adb or somethin they had a stress test on the bars or soemthin and pro taper floged every1 ill try and find it
latas
That rite the protapers take some shit. More then my body can take i tell ya that much

[FoXRaCiNG.2]

i been saving my x-mas money and other job money i've got about $160

thanx for all ur replies!

[mulisha_mike]

Ive been researshin this too, i used to have pro tapers on my yz 125 and guess what my dad actually bent them but he bailed off over a table top and the bike landed right on the bars. im buyin tag t2s, but i havnet heard about any one landin right on them so i dont know how they really compare

[Mungoman45]

I have landed on em,...hard and fast. This site does have a reviews section, although there arn't many in there at the moment, i did take the time to write a review 1st time i crashed with my new TAG T2's. Adam also slapped up a glowing report, Check it out HERE (http://www.fmxaustralia.com/modules.php?s=&name=Reviews&rop=showcontent&id=7)

[[TOPGEAR]]

pro taper, $200 and clamps are like $80

[Robbo66]

go the Tag T2. renthal twin walls do not make a mini bend for 80s.

[troop of doom]

yer i would go with the tags but even tho in the moto mags it got liek a chart with how much battering they can take and pro taper wer the stronger outta the lot but i like the tags

[HOLLYWOOD]

tag bar are the go

[FoXRaCiNG.2]

how much r tags with the clamps??

[Mungoman45]

Does ANYONE bother to read the reviews? they're there for exactly these situations. Go back to my last post on page 2 and click on "HERE"., Or i even notice I originally posted a link to the review on page 1 also.

[FrEe_ RiDiNg]

yeah have any of use bought the dirt action lately im papa boy so i jus steal em all da time anywayz year there is a thing in there that tag t2 metals are the worst bars then go fly bars are second last then some other stuff but it said pro taper is the best its even got the names of the actual bars so it is a real statistics thing so yeah ill type it all betta for ya boys lata cant be bothered now

cya

[mulisha_mike]

hey free riding just scan the article cause i want to read it, maybe it will beable to sway me from tags, but i doubt it

[stavross]

dont have a scanner sorry... pro taper on the left and tags on the right...

and i must have got my pro tapers for a steel

[mulisha_mike]

i think that chart say how many people buy them so what does that have to say other then they have more customers, plus its an AD for tapers, not an article

[bakflip_kimble]

i find my protapers take a bashing and they are still straight which is weird caused ive come off the thing that many time and theyre still straight but thtas a good thing so i say go pro tapers all the way

[FoXRaCiNG.2]

thanks for all your replies and comments, but in the end it came down to tha mulla. so i went with the tag x5. there not tapered but there strong. thanks y'all

[Aus_Yobbo]

the chart is nothing to do with how many people buy them. and if it were, pro taper would not be first, nor tag last obviously. the chart is to do with strength, and if u read it it all seems above board and accurate. Its really a stupid argument anyway. Tags and pro tapers cost the same. and seeing as many many people say/test pro tapers as stronger, u might as well get them over tags, cause they're not gonna be weaker. (unless u want a blue/red bar)

[ALLEN]

i ride with pro tapers and i get bad arm pump but id go taoers aude

[JAYKAY]

i had renthal 7/8s and they were so crap i bent them in like a day dont buy them

[mrwhippee]

TAG T2's and clamps all the way ;)

[[TOPGEAR]]

i got pro taper, and they havent bent yet and ive crashed a few times. one bad crash when i broke my collar bone.

so im gonna say, pro taper.

u should of made a poll in this thread.

[adam]

TAGS ROCK i have had mine for over a year now, not bent at all but i think you would find that the way that they are heat treated would make them snap more than bend. like you always see bent 7/8 renthals and tag x5's but you never really see bent t2 or tapers, mabie its just me

[fmx_kid89]

i like pro taper,dunno,like them a bit more than tag.

[FoXRaCiNG.2]

i bought tag x-5's for a honda 85 and i've got a yz 85, there more on one side and if i try to move it it's off the grippy stuff.

[mrwhippee]

just thought this could contribute :confused:

[[TOPGEAR]]

lol, how can TAG be all the way down there. i havent even heard of any of the other ones except for FLY RACING

[donald]

that statistics is crap tag t2s are the best value and quality ive had mine for about 8 months and i ride hard

[yamaha_54]

But why would they make that up? its not like its an ad for pro taper. iv heard of all of em cept 4 moose and emgo sports.

[[TOPGEAR]]

yeh it is an ad sort of.

ive seen that on the boxes and shit. its like on a little piece of string or something hanging off the bars

[scobes]

Whether its a add or not its the truth otherwise they would get sued for false advertisning

In teh last 2 seasons i broke 5 bars of tags and 2 renthals, so this year i got pro tapers and there really strong

[5th pinned]

ok will you give it a rest who cares what type of bars u use they are all as good as each other (if u try a flip and the bike lands upside down every set of bars will brake) who really cares

[METAL_MULISHA41]

mate i would go for pro taper they are da bomb!!!!

[mrwhippee]

But why would they make that up? its not like its an ad for pro taper. iv heard of all of em cept 4 moose and emgo sports.

actually it is an ad for pro-tapers, but tapers are ghey anyway...

Go The Tags ;)

[scobes]

Originally posted by 5th pinned
ok will you give it a rest who cares what type of bars u use they are all as good as each other (if u try a flip and the bike lands upside down every set of bars will brake) who really cares


Thats the whole reason of this thread for people to give there opinion on which bars they like better

[[TOPGEAR]]

Originally posted by scobes
Whether its a add or not its the truth otherwise they would get sued for false advertisning

In teh last 2 seasons i broke 5 bars of tags and 2 renthals, so this year i got pro tapers and there really strong

nah, its probably true about the number of bars sold or whatever, but they made up the bit about tag.

[scobes]

Originally posted by [TOPGEAR]
nah, its probably true about the number of bars sold or whatever, but they made up the bit about tag.

What are you talking about?, cause if your talking about the advert thing thats about how storng the bars are no thow many are sold

[[TOPGEAR]]

yeh i know. i said that its probably true about pro taper but not about tag.

they cant get done for false advertising cause its not their product they are making the shit up about.

[Aus_Yobbo]

meh australasian did an independant test a while back on all the bars and... you guessed it!! Pro Taper won hands down. They whipped Tags. my mate has the mag but i really cant be bothered trackin it down and scanning it. So basically, every time pro tapers are compared to to Tag, by who ever, pro tapers come out on top. i think that pretty much says it all

[METAL_MULISHA41]

well i say that i have renthanl bars and they arent to bad of bars but i was looking at tag and pro taper they are both just brand names they most likely would do the same job i spose

[yamaha_54]

Originally posted by mrwhippee
actually it is an ad for pro-tapers, but tapers are ghey anyway...

Go The Tags ;)

yeh i no that pro taper is using it as an add now but it WAS a test not an add

[Axel57]

What do use all think of the Fly Aero Tapered Bars, are they strong or should i just save more money to get Pro Tapers, I really would like some info on the Fly bars if someone could get it for me, thanks

[Duffy]

Axel 57 to me Fly Aero Tapered Bars are shit but thats what i think... but if i was you i would save up and get some Pro Tapers K-Dub bend (kevin windam) or Tag Dubble Hight bend... i hope thats helps...

[Axel57]

Ok, so how much rougly do you think they would cost, ive seen some for $179 but not sure what type of bend they are

[Duffy]

they should be around $250 with the bigger clamps so they fit... i think

[[TOPGEAR]]

tag= $170
pro taper= $190

clamps= $60

[Duffy]

thanks topgear i was not a 100% shore what they were worth

[Axel57]

Ok, Well i think i could get the Pro tapers for $160 because they are $179 at Mat Mladins and i have a discount card so will get them cheaper, thanks for your help

[[TOPGEAR]]

do u mean tag ?

pro tapers RRP is $199 and tags RRP is $179

i can get the tags for $150 and pro tapers for $170. clamps for $30. but my bike had them on when i got it, so no need to get any.

[Axel57]

nah Mat Mladin has them on sale i think, I can also get the clamps very cheap and could get the fly bars cheap but figure that quality of pro taper is way better, might just wait a bit and maybe bike shops will have a big sale and i could get em cheaper

[Aus_Yobbo]

go pro taper if you can.. ive heard some shit reports on fly aero bars

[sik_50]

tag metal's are the best bars..hands down

[[TOPGEAR]]

how do u know ? have u had both ?

ive heard of more tags bending than pro tapers. ive seen tags snapped clean in half

[deev8]

well, i had tag bars on my kx, they were good. Comfortable, then i bent them in a stack. So now i have renthals, and they are different, took a bit of getting used to, just like the different shape... and they are goin good so far, and i have pro tapers on my 50.. and i will be very dissapointed if they bend...

[allbonesbroken]

i ve had some big crash off my ramp and my pro tapers haven't bent yet

[sik_50]

go tag's they r the shit fella's

[Tuppo]

I had a massive crash off a ramp and my Pro Tapers didnt bend at all!:D

[The Snitz]

lol... ohh not this debate still....

Everything my original pair of Pro Tapers have gone through so far:
1. Double Nac that ended in me having a shoulder reconstruction, big crash... didn't bend the bars much
2. My bike was in a trailer, tie-downs snapped on one side and it fell out of the trailer and was getting dragged on the bitument being held by the one side of the bars.... still in one piece
3. Came up short and cased hard, bounced over the bike and knocked out cold... Bars were still fine
4. Doing mono's and flipped the bike and landed hard on the left hand side.... no bending
5. Hitting 70 foot and I hit first gear as I was approaching ramp, managed to stop in time before going over the ramp, but I fell off the side as I was getting off it and landed heavy on bars, bent a little but nothing too bad
6. Hit a Red Bull sign at KOTC and didn't bend to much again

so with all those heavy landings as of late, my bars are almost back in the original position when I bought them from being bent, skewed in every direction hahaha and they're still fine :D

[Robbo66]

Very magically bars Snitz:p

But these debates always end up with.. "Well I done a 459ft ghostie, and the bars didn't even get a scratch".

FoXrAcInG.2 ended up buying reikon oversized bars.
Definatly Quality bars, and I see lots of top riders over here who ride for yamaha use these bars. Probably my next choice of bars. If not.. Renthal twinwalls.

http://www.reikon.com/

[DEEGAN]

tags are shit hands down ive snapped 2 sets and now iv got protapers n had bigger stacks n they wont bend my friend bent his tags even from dropping his bike on concrete

[FoXRaCiNG.2]

my lady friend on the wall uses them aswell