[MENTION=61707]squirtdad[/MENTION], your suggestion is pretty much what I'm planning, but with some used Paul's Thumbies (almost identical to the VO mounts you mentioned). If I don't win the auction on the Paul's, I'll go VO. I've got the 8s bar ends ready to be dismantled and mounted to the Thumbies. I have a few sets of BE's ready for future builds and I always make sure I get the ones with the SIS/Friction combo just in case zombies attack and we can't repair/replace SIS anymore.

Cheers!