It's the same setup, the bars are just commonly welded now. Makes it easy to run the wires internally.

 

Exactly, that...to each there own.

 

Thats odd...considering the ultima bars in your pic are pullback bars

 

So the fact that we still use sissy bars like that? Do you dislike that as much? Just trying to understand your kind of logic

 

For some one who actually rides , and rides their bike hard. I think it comes down to function over form. At the end of the day though I could give two ***** what someone else thinks about my bike as long as it works for me.

And ryderbyker said it best I've never sat my *** on a comfortable race bike ever.

 

Actually they're not...

 

I think the reason that t bars have gotten higher is because frame geometry has changed. on my rigid i have 8" t bars and that put my hands right where i wanted them, and on the dyna it took 10" to get them to the same place.

 

That's a dang good point. I think you hit it on the head...

 

^^ Same reason I have 14s on mine.

 

Who cares what they look like .. I think flames look stupid but that's just an opinion. We don't mod to please others.