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#16500 Ruprect (User) BLACK RHUBARB FOREVER ! Junior Boarder Posts: 197 Handlebar options ? 5 Years, 3 Months ago   I'm looking for opinions on handle bars for my Roadie. I'd like something either a) taller, or b) wider but without being any closer to me. I know there are lots of different bars out there for the Roadie, but I'd like to avoid having to change all the cables, wires, hoses, etc. I have really long monkey arms and the stock handlebars are too close. I wind up leaning waaaaaay back, even though I have tipped the bars forward as much as I (comfortably) can without having my wrists at a strange angle. I thought about risers and a drag bar but I have a Midnight Cdn. Edition with the windshield,whitewalls, hardbags &amp; no passenger seat (and very soon a Roadhouse 2-1 pipe), and I don't think a drag bar really goes with the whole retro thing I've got going. Opinions ? Rup   Logged     We\'re gonna need a bigger boat . . . . .   The administrator has disabled public write access. #16602 dozer (User) Senior Boarder Posts: 258 Re:Handlebar options ? 5 Years, 3 Months ago   i know im going to get some big johnson bars for mine. there wider and look cool on the bike   Logged     going to the cat house   The administrator has disabled public write access. #16615 Big Bear (Moderator) Who loves you , Baby? Moderator Posts: 6997 Re:Handlebar options ? 5 Years, 3 Months ago   I love my bars, as they set me in a more comfortable position, but they have 6 inches of rise, 5 1/2 inches of pullback. Now , I'm 6'4 and have to buy shirts (dress shirt) with 37/38 arm length, so I can feel where you're coming from. But these bars feel much better than stock. 2 cents,BB . Oh, yeah, forgot to add, didn't have to change a thing (wires, cables,etc..)<br><br>Post edited by: Big Bear, at: 2007/02/09 10:34   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #16674 Tbone21 (User) Are you out of your VULCAN mind??? Senior Boarder Posts: 310 Re:Handlebar options ? 5 Years, 3 Months ago   I've got an 05 Road* Midnight Silverado, and had much of the same problems with the bars hitting me in the knees in tight turns. I'm 6'2&quot;, and have really long arms as well. I put on 16&quot; apes, and all's well. ALL of the vibration is gone, and I'd have to say it's the closest thing to riding my sofa. <br><br>Post edited by: Tbone21, at: 2007/02/09 15:31   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #18003 Ruprect (User) BLACK RHUBARB FOREVER ! Junior Boarder Posts: 197 Re:Handlebar options ? 5 Years, 3 Months ago   I'm seriously considering a set of 12 1/2&quot; ape hangers. I know I'll have to do some cable changes and extend the wiring &amp; brake line, but damn it'd look good ! One more week until the Roadhouse 2-1 classic with the flex-pipe headers and the shark fin tip show up !! The wait is KILLING ME ! We're actually getting some really nice early spring weather up here (Calgary, Canada) and I'd like to get 'er set up and out for a test ride. Rup <br><br>Post edited by: Ruprect, at: 2007/02/21 20:36   Logged     We\'re gonna need a bigger boat . . . . .   The administrator has disabled public write access.

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