Found these bars and spray bombed 6 bolt MCS stem in the junk room at a local shop yesterday. What are the bars?

steel, not aluminum
huge 27x 12 inches tall!
typical 70's flat black
straight line knurled from bend to bend at clamping area
nice welds, not bird poop
nutty sweep & rise

well they look sort of cruiserish. Possibly important.

That stem however, BITD that was the best stem I ever owned.
Mine was blue and faded by the time I got it, and I could
never abuse it enough. Rock solid.

Possibly Matthews...?

For sale or trade?

Yeah, I thought cruiser shape at first too, but at 12 inches tall they're way too big...???
And, yes, MCS stems rule! I have several...

Monster-Robot- I'll be keeping these- at least until I figure out what they are... got a couple of 70's builds going on!

What Robot said: Matthews. Early to mid 70s build

I agree, they look just like the Matthews bars. Been looking for a set for over 2 years now.

Awesome! Thanks for the info guys. I grabbed them hoping they would be right for a pre-'76 build... looks like I picked up the right bars!

Agree! I ran a MCS stem for years on my Sting. Awesome piece!

Those bars are the first bars with a higher rise than the older low motorcycle style bars. The angle was horrible once you got them moved far enough forward. I had them until I got my Two Wheeler bars in '76.

I have a pair very similar to that on the bay right now.

Old School Bars

never knew what they were called,but I had a pair on my Sting back in the mid 70's. looked cool,just not very functional...

yeah, they sure look awkward... anybody got pics of a bike with them on it?

Yep! here 'ya go! And yes those are definitely Matthews bars.