Handlebar Suggestions Wanted
Road Warrior
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I have a 2010 Dyna FXD and have the same issue. I went to the dealer and they have a set of Road King replacement bars that give me three more inches of pullback..perfect. I am installing them on the 25th. I will post pics.
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Drag Bars
BBerck, what did you do with the bars that you previously had on the bike? Were you unhappy with them? Just wondering because I am thinking of putting drags on my 07 FXDC. Those new bars are sweet. Aren't carlinis big bucks?
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I replaced my buckhorns with fat bob drag bars. The problem was that I had to have the speedo remounted to the side of the tank, and a bracket fabricated. I like the look and feel though, and I have never seen another FXD with this mod, although I've heard of sportsters having similar work done.
Good thing you have a tank mounted speedo. That'll make things easier.
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I replaced my buckhorns with fat bob drag bars. The problem was that I had to have the speedo remounted to the side of the tank, and a bracket fabricated. I like the look and feel though, and I have never seen another FXD with this mod, although I've heard of sportsters having similar work done.
Good thing you have a tank mounted speedo. That'll make things easier.
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Chrome Mini apes off of a street bob
I had the same problem. I tried a few combos of risers and different bars at first. I then tried a set of mini apes from a street bob and my search was over. Comfort and style for me is right where I want it. I really like the look of the drag bars however I dont have a very long reach and cant run them as a result. The carlini bars on bberck's ride look nice and might be a nice alternative. But for now I am rocking the mini apes which are surprisingly comfortable.
Good luck with your search for the right bars.
Cheers,
Tom
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Carlini bars are not as high as they used to be since they just sell them themselves now. They were just a few bucks more than Wild Ones I was looking at.
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I have about 3 1/2 inches from the speedo to the bottom of the bars so a 2 inch tank lift should be fine.
I used stock clutch cable, stock brake line (took the banjo bolt apart to wrap the brake line and this allowed me to repostion it better), Throttle cable could of been made to work but Idle cable was to short. I ended up going with +2 on both since they were only $19 and gave me chrome connectors instead of the brushed Harley ones (I wrapped the lines like the Clutch and brake).
I also had to add about 8 inchs of wire for the controls. 9 inch rise with 11.5 inchs of pull back takes alot of wire when done internally.