Motorcycle handlebar
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![One-piece handlebar mounted on the triple tree.](/Images/godic/202412/21/Motorcycle_handlebar1341.JPG")
![A right-hand clip-on handlebar.](/Images/godic/202412/21/Clip_on1341.JPG")
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A Motorcycle handlebar is a tubular component of a motorcycle's steering mechanism. Handlebars provide a mounting place for controls such as brake, throttle, clutch, horn, light switch and rear view mirrors; and they may support part of the rider's weight. Even when a handlebar is a single piece it is usually referred to in the plural as handlebars.