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Old May 19, 2010 | 01:45 PM
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Looking for a little more rise and a little more pull back and want to keep the indicator cluster. Any ideas and availabilities?? Isn't the OEM risers 4"??
 
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Cheap and easy

http://www.spacerjim.com/HarleySpacers.html
 
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I know mine were stock at 4" and straight on a 2002..Kept my bars and put 6 1/2" riser w/pullback...like the feel and reach. The biggest plus was not having to mess with the bars,cables and grips....I can post some pics tonight.
 
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I know mine were stock at 4" and straight on a 2002..Kept my bars and put 6 1/2" riser w/pullback...like the feel and reach. The biggest plus was not having to mess with the bars,cables and grips....I can post some pics tonight.

Looking forward to the pics!
 
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That would work for the rise, but not the pull back. Good idea though!
 
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Originally Posted by BlockHead96
That would work for the rise, but not the pull back. Good idea though!
If you add more rise it will give you more pull back. It just depends on how much more pull back you need.
 
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Old May 19, 2010 | 10:27 PM
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Originally Posted by BlockHead96
Looking for a little more rise and a little more pull back and want to keep the indicator cluster. Any ideas and availabilities?? Isn't the OEM risers 4"??
Here ya go Block! I need to get off my *** and do the photobucket thing so pics are bigger, sorry man.Hope this helps though.Got em on ebay,tons of them on there.
 
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Originally Posted by bberck
If you add more rise it will give you more pull back. It just depends on how much more pull back you need.

OK, I need splaining here, I'm not the sharpest pencil in the box, but If I raise the bars on the same horizontal plane they sit, how does it effect the pull back?

danl. how much rise on those risers??
 
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Because the risers are not vertical,the higher you raise them,the more "pull back" you get.
 
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Originally Posted by hillbilly deluxe
Because the risers are not vertical,the higher you raise them,the more "pull back" you get.
Exactly

The risers follow the angle of your front end which is angled towards you. So the higher the rise the closer it brings the bars to you as well.

Like I said if you need alot of extra pull back it may not be enough but if only need a 1 or 2 inchs you could probally get it from just some extra rise.
 
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