I am about to change out the handle bars on my 06 FXST. I am looking between the Burly 1 1/2" with 10 1/4" rise Tbars or the Wild 1 chubby1 1/4" & 10" rise Tbars.They are both about the same price. Do the 1 1/2" bars look better than the 1 1/4" ones?Help a dude out. Thanks, David

 

I think the 10" rise will be way to high for a T-bar. I would look at the Wild 1 501 with a 6" rise. I have 7" risers on my T-bars and I think they are a little to high.

 

Thanks for the info. I will check into that.

 

Be very careful, the 6" may hit the tank. I used the 1 1/4" 8" rise, they look great.

 

I went with the Wild1 501's and love em'. The 1 1/2" bars look better to me on bigger looking bikes with the bigger front ends- RK's, Fat Boy's etc. - and especially concerning apes on those bikes. The 1 1/4"'s are pretty "fat" looking compared to our stock diameter buck horns and are a noticeable improvement. I can tell you with the 501's, that stock length cables can be used and you won't have to cut your wiring - just unplug at the connectors, run through the bars, and reattach to the connectors once through. Very easy, just takes a little time/patience.

 

How comfortable are the 8" rise bars? I have short arms and don't want to have to lean forward to reach the bars. I also don't want bars that I have to reach like ape hangers. It looks like I will go with the wild1 chubby's but am debating between the 8" & 10" rise. Thanks.

 

skips69, the bike looks great, what size rise did you end up getting?

 

Chubby's rule...

 

The 8" rise should be very comfortable and put you setting straight up with not much lean forward at all. I find my self leaning back on the HWY with my 7" risers and I'm 6 foot.





Skips69 - What tank panel do you have? Mine is chrome but has the screw hole towards the bottom by the seat, your looks a little cleaner and I would be intrested to know where you got it.

 

Thanks Softtail Bob. I actually placed an order for the 10" rise bars but emailed them to change it to the 8" bars.