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Old May 27, 2011 | 05:31 PM
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Default Forward Risers for 2010 Wide Glide?

Okay, need a little direction, I am a little cramped up in the arms while riding my 2010 Wide Glide, would like to stretch out a little more, does anyone know a site where I can get "forward risers"? I searched the internet, and not been having too muck luck, find them for other makes, but not for mine.

Or, is it possible to get pull back risers and spin them around?
 
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Old May 27, 2011 | 05:59 PM
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the solution i did was to put a bare bones seat and a bar with less pull back...you could always go with apes or z's and push them forward as much as you want
 
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Old May 28, 2011 | 04:27 AM
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Originally Posted by pastchiefparson
Okay, need a little direction, I am a little cramped up in the arms while riding my 2010 Wide Glide, would like to stretch out a little more, does anyone know a site where I can get "forward risers"? I searched the internet, and not been having too muck luck, find them for other makes, but not for mine.

Or, is it possible to get pull back risers and spin them around?
Interesting question....You can probably turn some risers 180, they might look different, but I'd first try to figure out why you are feeling cramped.

Straighter bars will accomplish the same thing and possibly put your wrists in a more natural position, but only after you consider the rest of your ergos. How is your seat set-back? Your foot controls? Have you sat on a bike that just felt right?

I say this because I have also been playing around with finding that sweet spot for seating, foot controls and hands. I first got my seat and forward controls to be the right reach, then I played around with riser heights, bar widths and pullback. I'm tall, but ended up with a need for more pullback. Well, I started with stock buckhorns with a lot of pullback, went to a lot less and have been moving the bars back every since, just not in that unnatural buckhorn wrist angle.
 
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Old May 28, 2011 | 06:02 AM
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different seat may help...
i just put a HD Sidekick seat on mine and it moved me back a good inch...now i am strecthing for the bars and plan on replacing stock risers with 6 inch pull backs.
 
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Old May 28, 2011 | 06:07 AM
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Originally Posted by mang0
different seat may help...
i just put a HD Sidekick seat on mine and it moved me back a good inch...now i am strecthing for the bars and plan on replacing stock risers with 6 inch pull backs.
1 inch back 6 inches short? doesn' make sense to me, but then i have apes with risers so who knows,
 
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Stock risers are 4 inch straight up...6 inch ones pull back about inch (part# 56267-09
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Old May 29, 2011 | 12:12 AM
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I have 3inch frwrds and c&c fastback seat, I'm 6'2 w long limbs and I'm reaching now...
 
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Stock Fat Boy Lo risers are offset and will move the bars forward if you run them backwards.
 
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