I'm 6'2" and am looking for handlebars with a longer reach so that my arms straighten out.

I'm fairly new to bikes so any advice would be appreciated.

 

Take your stock 48 bars and turn them backwards and upsidedown. Should extend your reach by 4+ inches depending on exactly how you adjust them.

 

can you do that with the 06 1200C???

 

Good idea.
Has anyone done this?
Wondering how comfortable it is.

 

I'm 6'3" and went with drags and like them alot. It depends if you want to reach formard and down or up. The other thing to look at is how much you want to spend. I feel drags or flipping your bars is cheaper because you reuse your cables where apes need longer cables deppending how tall you want to go.

 

get apes, you can decided how much reach you want by moving them forward or back. youll be hunched over with drags

 

I was thinking the same thing but pochunk69 is almost the same height as me and he's comfortable with his drags.

 

20SPORTY06 - You can't do that on your 06 custom. If you have the wider 4.5 gal tank like I did, and you flip your bars, the controls will hit your tank. If you eliminate the risers that came on your bike, you could do it.

 

Like it was said earlier if you go with the drag bars your going to be hunched over more. I use to have drags on my bike but I just put 14 inch apes on it. I like being not hunched over and having the apes alot better.

 

Drags don't "hunch you over." The rider chooses to sit that way.

The real difference between apes and drags is that apes put most of your weight on your tailbone, and drags divide your weight more evenly between your feet, hands, and perineum. If you have forward controls, you'll have excessive weight on your butt with either, but it will be worse with apes; this necessitates a much softer seat, which causes other problems. Moreover, apes offer much less control of the bike than drags do. Finally, apes cause your body to become a huge sail, and you'll be fighting wind all the time. Drags allow you to tuck in out of the wind in a more aerodynamic shape, sitting up just enough to take part of the weight off your hands. Since you are a new rider, you really shouldn't even consider apes until you have more experience. They aren't for the faint of heart, nor for the casual or new rider.