Handlebar coupling and adjustment unit

A handlebar coupling and adjustment unit comprising:

• a housing having a bore to receive an end portion of a handlebar;
• a pivot pin extending through the housing and the end portion to join the housing to the handlebar and adapted to extend through a pivot aperture of a handle bracket to pivotally support the handlebar relative to the handle bracket;
• a manual grip;
• and
• a retaining pin connected to the manual grip and linearly translatable in a first direction by the manual grip from an extended positioned projecting beyond the housing to a withdrawn position within the housing, the manual grip being further rotatable while the retaining pin is in the withdrawn position between a locked position in which the housing contacts the manual grip to hold the manual grip with the retaining pin in the withdrawn position and an unlocked positioned in which the manual grip is linearly translatable in a second direction opposite to the first direction to return the retaining pin to the extended position.

A method comprising:

• sliding a housing over an end portion of a handlebar;
• passing a pivot pin through the housing, through the end portion of the handlebar and through a pivot aperture in a handle bracket to join the housing to the handlebar and to pivotally support the handlebar relative to the handle bracket;
• inserting an end of a retaining pin through an end of the housing against a spring captured between the retaining pin and the housing;
• securing a manual grip to the end of the retaining pin.