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Old Apr 29, 2009 | 04:07 PM
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Originally Posted by BIGDADI
So you must plan on buying a new upper triple clamp too then, being yours are integrated like mine you cant just swap the risers unless you go with some dog bones. ****tty I know I want to do something with my bars so bad I am constantly getting a pinching feeling between my shoulder blades and my hand is always going numb. Tried to move the bars every witch way with no luck.
Yeah, probably gonna go with new bars eventually. Probably just 12-14", but enough to get em a little bit closer to me.

There's tons of apes out there, but the problem is most are wider than the edges of the triple trees, and that look doesn't do it for me.
 
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Old Apr 29, 2009 | 04:22 PM
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Originally Posted by NA7A
I own an 08 Street Bob, for almost a year now I have battled the handle bars from being too short of reach by changing out the seat, lowering the bike to lowering the handle bars down as far as I could get them before hitting the tank in turns in order to not have to reach for them while riding. I am 5’ 10”, the bike has forward controls. I was just about to spend the money to have the handle bars changed out to something else when I tried just the opposite of what I would have thought to fix this problem. I raised the handle bars back up and beyond the stock position so that they cause me to sit somewhat forward now. I’ve ridden about 400 miles this way and half of those without a windshield and it feels great not to have to reach for the controls while riding anymore. I did have to re-adjust the mirrors and rotate the controls on each grip some but all is well.

Has anyone else experienced this? Maybe I just had this lean-back posture riding position stuck in my mind and found that changing my sitting position was all I needed to do.
I am the same size with a 32 inch inseem. Forward contols and a sundowner seat and the bike fits like a glove
 
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Old Apr 29, 2009 | 04:44 PM
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RAMBOBOB, I think maybe my arms are not so long.

LONER IND, sick bike man...I like it.
 
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