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Thanks! I will try to find her! I am going with a Dyna Street Bob. Harley had a brand new one but after everything was done it was out of budget. There was a used one but with forward controls and ape hangers. I couldn't reach the controls or the handle bars. So I am going to wait several weeks for people to start trading them in for tax time.
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Thanks! I will try to find her! I am going with a Dyna Street Bob. Harley had a brand new one but after everything was done it was out of budget. There was a used one but with forward controls and ape hangers. I couldn't reach the controls or the handle bars. So I am going to wait several weeks for people to start trading them in for tax time.
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I will have to finance the bike and use my sportster as trade. In the mean time I am going to try and sell the sportster out right unless the perfect one comes first. The 2017 Street Bob was about 15k bike
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The best thing to do is learn how to shift your weight and body when you stop. Being a short dude, I have learned to put my left foot down with my right foot on the brake. Learning slow speed balance helps. You should know how you bike balances when you ride it as time goes on. Observing the road helps.
Depending how the road slopes is a big factor for me. Since we ride on the right lane the right side of the road slopes down so your right foot has to travel more to the floor than your left foot. You can easily shift your weight and feet and still get a good centered balance. Learning your bike's characteristics and how it handles it's weight is a good start. Being flat footed is not the end of the world. People that feel they need to be flat footed need to be more confident in riding and need more practice.
Depending how the road slopes is a big factor for me. Since we ride on the right lane the right side of the road slopes down so your right foot has to travel more to the floor than your left foot. You can easily shift your weight and feet and still get a good centered balance. Learning your bike's characteristics and how it handles it's weight is a good start. Being flat footed is not the end of the world. People that feel they need to be flat footed need to be more confident in riding and need more practice.
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I'm about 5'6". Probably the most functional update I did was swap the mini ape bars out. For shorter riders, you have to really adjust them back a fair amount so you can reach, especially at slow speeds, full turn. Moving them towards you (back) puts your wrists at a strange angle.
I went with 8" Wild 1 chubby pullback drags. The difference for me was night and day. Much better wrist position and feel, especially at those slow speeds tight turning.
I went with 8" Wild 1 chubby pullback drags. The difference for me was night and day. Much better wrist position and feel, especially at those slow speeds tight turning.
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Hello, I currently have a 2014 HD sportster 48 candy paint and have been riding now for about 2 years. So I am still a green pea, but feel the need to move up into the dyna series. I am tired of always having to refuel and the rugged ride on the bike. I am nervous about this bc I am 5'3 130lbs and have looked at few. I worry about not being flat footed, the added weight, and backing up. Can anyone share any experiences moving up? Thanks in advance.
My wife is an inch taller and same build. She took over her Dad's 2003 Wide Glide a couple of years ago and loves it. The only comfort/ergo mods I made per her request were the HD reduced reach forward controls. Understand though she is a fan of forwards, her other bike is a 2012 Sporty Nightster and she had me put forwards on that the day after she brought it home. The only issues she has with the Dyna is backing up, up hill but, I can't lie she has given me a push back up hill a couple of time as well
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I may end up changing out the bars on it if I feel like I'm stretching out too far. The stock bars on the sportster made my wrists hurt so bad after about 10 mins of riding so I got the ZBars 8 inch. That made a huge difference!! I do love my forward controls but I also like the mids on the street bob. I also ride/show horses so I think that's why I like the mid controls so much bc the riding positions are so similar and you can manipulate movement with the weight in your feet.
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