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No! But am considering similar. It would be good to comparatively know the rise and back-set of the originals to these risers. Haven’t been able to establish that yet. Cheers!
I'm not absolutely sure about this, but I believe the stock risers on the '18 Deluxe are 4.5 in risers. The link posted are 4 in risers. Both are pullback.
Would be good to know if the clutch cable, front brake line or any control cables need replacing with the extra 2” ? Also curious if the extra 2” is set-back only? I’m keen to avoid any extra height if i can ... supporting details kinda implies this is the case. Am contemplating the the narrow beach bars otherwise Narrow beach bars .
Had the service and parts guy look at the bike ... Long story short .. the answer to the question "Will I need to change cables if I install the six inch risers ?" was "Dunno for sure .. "
What I did find out .. wait lemme go get a pic ... brb
Ok .. so here is a pic of the brake hose on the fork side. You can see that the end of the line is basically parallel to the ground.
They loosen the nut and basically make the end of the brake line perpendicular to the ground which gives you another inch or two.
So the only thing I need to figure out is the clutch cable.
My FB came with 2" risers. I installed a set of 4" risers, linked below. The description says it would bring the bars back 5" closer to the rider, on an FXSTB. No way they moved them back that far on my FB, but they are closer and feel much better than stock so far as removing the need for me to roll my shoulders forward to reach the grips. I'm more comfortable than I was before. FWIW the parts guy told me that generally a 2" increase up and/or back would not be too much for the stock cables. I found that to be true, in my case.
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18 Deluxe risers
