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Old Jun 11, 2008 | 10:21 PM
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trying to decide for bars on my fx springer. 6" risers with drag bars, wild 1 chubby single piece pull back drag bars, or medium heighth apes. Any one have any experiences, comments or suggestions on any of these.
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Old Jun 19, 2008 | 12:29 AM
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Have medium apes on my Springer&nbsp\\; FXSTS.&nbsp\\; Like the way they look and handle , no complaints .
 
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Old Jun 19, 2008 | 01:14 AM
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I went from 12" to 18" to&nbsp\\;20"s on my springer. I did change out the top trees to Arlen Ness. It allowed me to run standard risers. I kept stripping the screws on the stock risers.
 
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Old Jun 19, 2008 | 04:17 AM
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I am not a fan of Apes...to each their own I guess
I installed a set of Wild Chubby one piece Drag Bars and did the internal wiring thing
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r...newbars003.jpg
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http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r...newbars005.jpg
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r..._b4/ride08.jpg
Think they changed the look of the whole bike...I like the feel too...best investment in mods I made
 
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Old Jun 20, 2008 | 09:00 PM
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Looks good Nitram ...
 
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Old Jun 21, 2008 | 06:20 AM
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thanks
 
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Old Jun 21, 2008 | 09:00 AM
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Hey Dave,
I had the buckhorn bars on my 2002 and hated them!! I went with stock 6"
risers and the 510 Dresser&nbsp\\;bars from WildOnes and am extremely happy.
I even had one of the guys pick out a blem bar for me for about half price and
can't even see the blem! I need to send in a pic of mine as it is the only FXSTS with those bars, all the rest are on FL's.
I considered the one piece drags but don't like lack of adjustability.
If I went drag style I would have gotten their pull back risers and the drags
attached to those. Here is a link to a nice setup 2003&nbsp\\;one customer did. Not cheap by any means but the nicest springer drag setup I've ever seen!

This guy must have every chrome softail piece made LOL!!!

This is a shot of the 565 fixed Drag bars, look good too!

This pic of a nice deuce has 504's on it which are same dimensions as my 510's
and give you an idea of the look I went for.

And here is a pic of my baby!!

Hope this helps!!
 
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Old Jun 21, 2008 | 09:08 AM
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Oh and Nitram I like your bike with the drags too, nice bike!!
I am not a fan of apes but who knows how I'll feel next year!!
 
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Chubby drags on stock risers is the look and feel for me:
 
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Old Jun 21, 2008 | 08:12 PM
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I had the stock risers and powder coated a pull back set of flat track sportster bars on my old Bad Boy. Looked like 97 FXSTB's but with a little pull back.
 
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