8in or 10in t bars?
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Road Warrior
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8in or 10in t bars?
Thinking of going black drag bars instead,,i dont know anyone that has drags to check out. What do you all say? or have! Which size will fit my stock cables better?
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Road Warrior
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How do you like the straight risers with no pull back? Couldnt figure out if i wanted or needed the pullback.
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they're gonna have pullback naturally because the risers are gonna follow the angle of the fork tubes.
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Just a thought.....
If you have long arms like I do, I would go 8" as the 10's are that much closer. I enjoy riding with the 8's, but at times I wish they were a tad further forward.
If you have short arms (under 32" sleeves), you may want the pullbacks.
If you have long arms like I do, I would go 8" as the 10's are that much closer. I enjoy riding with the 8's, but at times I wish they were a tad further forward.
If you have short arms (under 32" sleeves), you may want the pullbacks.
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Road Warrior
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hummmmmmmmmmm good thought,,,,,i think im going to try the arlen ness shield thing too!
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I have long arms. 34 shirt sleeve. Also 6" tall. I much prefer the street slammers than when I had 8" risers and drag bars. I like the pullback. I also had the risers with low rise bars that would be more like a 10" tall riser, also much prefer the lower bars with pullback.
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Either 8" or 10" will fit OEM wiring and cables IF you had OEM mini apes.
If you are near or over 6 ft tall you will probably want the 10" T-bars.
If shorter with shorter arms go with the 8" T-bars.
I like the Wild1 brand, they run the 1" bar throughout with the 1-1/4" over it (not just welded to it) and they are 30 1/2" wide which gives better control than the narrow bars.
Again if you are very tall or have long arms (depending on how you like to sit) you will not want any of the bent pull back T-Bars. A friend has 10" straight up T-bars and the grip position is just about exactly where my mini-apes are since I have my mini apes rotated slightly forward (instead of inline with the rake) due to my long arms. I like to sit up straight not lean back or lean forward.
But regardless of what brand you buy I would buy the one unit T-bars not separate risers and drag bars since I have heard that the separate riser setups have a bit of flex in them once you get above 8" high.
Good luck with it.
