yeah most of the blasters i see have stock handlebars maybe they don't think its worth it but it is!, when i took my stock handlebars to put the pro tapers on i noticed a crack in my stock handlebars if i didn't find that problem, that would have been a total fatal atv accident because the day after i was going up north towards kinda rough trail riding i'm talking bout hills with whoops while going down, large jumps,bicycles,wheelies,and hardcore racing. for some reason i think me buying my aftermarket handlebars helped me discover the problem which saved my life or pain.
just saying my close encounter towards a bad ending.