Some rare 30” Torrington handle bars . Super wide and long pull back

[whizzer kid]

Have these cool bars. Torrington I believe
30” wide, 14” pull back from the second bend. Want to find out what they are off of and possible name.

 

[whizzer kid]

Little T on the end of them

 

[fordmike65]

Wide steerhorns. Prewar Torringtons

 

[John]

What year did they change from the spacer to the expanded tube?

 

[fordmike65]

What year did they change from the spacer to the expanded tube?

37-38?

 

[ian]

Those would be perfect on my '37 Shelby Traveler.

 

[Goodday]

My 39 Monark 5 bar has those bars

 

[ian]

My '37 Shelby is now equipped with some bitchin' 30+inch wide longhorns , thanks to @redline1968 .

 

[Krakatoa]

What year did they change from the spacer to the expanded tube?

Good question I think the technical term is swaging. Maybe there's some notice of this in period Torrington literature.

37-38?

I would agree.

 

[all riders]

I would swear those are the bars I had on my '35 Rugby (shapleigh) motobike. The original owner(my highschool friend's dad) had a name for them and said that he had special ordered them from the options in the catalogue. Many years later, I have seen Shapleigh catalogue pages, from the period, that do, indeed, list handlebar, seat. et.c. options. Perhaps you could find a clue in those catalogues?