Handle bars for Fatboy
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RE: Handle bars for Fatboy
I axed:
How high?
What kinda riding do you do most?
How old are you?
If you keep the height so your hands are below your heart you shouldn't have any problems. Especially since yer gettin' to be an old coot!
How high?
What kinda riding do you do most?
How old are you?
ORIGINAL: bogie
not sure how high.
Short and long rides. mostly longer.
44 yrs. old
not sure how high.
Short and long rides. mostly longer.
44 yrs. old
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RE: Handle bars for Fatboy
ORIGINAL: FXST
What's the theory behind that pococj?
What's the theory behind that pococj?
You can probably get away with shoulder level, unless you have circulation problems. And probably 99% of us geezers (read that as being mid 40s and later) have circulation problems 'cause of our wonderful diets over the years.
Sky-high apes are for lookin' cool, runnin' from bar to bar. If'n yer a geezer worried about lookin' cool, you done missed the point of life, and missed the point of ridin'!
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RE: Handle bars for Fatboy
Thanks for the explanation...I'm 46....so your spot on with the ages but I didn't now I would be refered to as a geezer...lol.
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RE: Handle bars for Fatboy
ORIGINAL: pococj
Try this: Raise your hands above your shoulders and keep 'em there for a couple hours. Generally your fingers will start going numb, because your doing something your circulatory system wasn't designed to do. And, once again generally, the older you get the more it affects you.
You can probably get away with shoulder level, unless you have circulation problems. And probably 99% of us geezers (read that as being mid 40s and later) have circulation problems 'cause of our wonderful diets over the years.
Sky-high apes are for lookin' cool, runnin' from bar to bar. If'n yer a geezer worried about lookin' cool, you done missed the point of life, and missed the point of ridin'!
ORIGINAL: FXST
What's the theory behind that pococj?
What's the theory behind that pococj?
You can probably get away with shoulder level, unless you have circulation problems. And probably 99% of us geezers (read that as being mid 40s and later) have circulation problems 'cause of our wonderful diets over the years.
Sky-high apes are for lookin' cool, runnin' from bar to bar. If'n yer a geezer worried about lookin' cool, you done missed the point of life, and missed the point of ridin'!
Might try giving your 2 cents without labeling others.
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RE: Handle bars for Fatboy
Firedude, it was a tongue-in-cheek statement.
I generally ride about 500 miles a week back & forth to work and evening rides with THE MAMA on her little Savage. Weather permitting, nearly every Saturday is a 200 - 400 mile ride with my chapter. I haven't been able to ride with the high apes in about 20 years, mostly due to a shoulder injury, and tendonitis. Couple guys I rode with 2-3 years ago who had high apes got rid of 'em when we started doing our Saturday rides. They went to slightly lower, no more than shoulder high, bars and said the comfort was much greater, and the finger-tingling due to lack of circulation went away.
If you can ride with the high bars, more power to ya! And would you consider a shoulder joint swap?
I generally ride about 500 miles a week back & forth to work and evening rides with THE MAMA on her little Savage. Weather permitting, nearly every Saturday is a 200 - 400 mile ride with my chapter. I haven't been able to ride with the high apes in about 20 years, mostly due to a shoulder injury, and tendonitis. Couple guys I rode with 2-3 years ago who had high apes got rid of 'em when we started doing our Saturday rides. They went to slightly lower, no more than shoulder high, bars and said the comfort was much greater, and the finger-tingling due to lack of circulation went away.
If you can ride with the high bars, more power to ya! And would you consider a shoulder joint swap?