Handle bar replacement?
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Handle bar replacement?
Hello y'all, I have an '04 Heritage with a sundowner seat, I have finally had enough of reaching for the handle bars, I can roll the stock bars down but then they look a bit odd and my controlls don't roll up enough to look right. I'm looking at replaceing the bars now and I'm trying to decide between apes or beach bars. Has anyone else had this problem and how did you fix it? Also, I ride from Chattanooga Tn. to Panama city Fl. twice a year so this is main reason to look at finding more comfortable bars. Any thoughts or opinions would be appreciated. Thanks, -Eveready77
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Hello y'all, I have an '04 Heritage with a sundowner seat, I have finally had enough of reaching for the handle bars, I can roll the stock bars down but then they look a bit odd and my controlls don't roll up enough to look right. I'm looking at replaceing the bars now and I'm trying to decide between apes or beach bars. Has anyone else had this problem and how did you fix it? Also, I ride from Chattanooga Tn. to Panama city Fl. twice a year so this is main reason to look at finding more comfortable bars. Any thoughts or opinions would be appreciated. Thanks, -Eveready77
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Check these out (link below). They're kinda in between apes and stock. More of a pull-back but wider. I run them, so you can see them in my sig pic.
http://www.harley-davidson.com/gma/g...bmLocale=en_US
http://www.harley-davidson.com/gma/g...bmLocale=en_US
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Last edited by CrawdadAZ; Oct 6, 2008 at 12:01 PM.
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I got the Sundowner seat for when I ride with a passenger. My main concern was how it would impact my position to my beach bar handlebars. They have the internal wires and I didn't want to replace the beach bars also. It turned out that it fit me perfect. I am 5'11" and what I consider ideal may be different then you, even if have the same upper body height and length of arms as me.
I switch from the SE seat to the Sundowner at least once a week.
Tom
I switch from the SE seat to the Sundowner at least once a week.
Tom
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If your Heritage has 2" risers, you might consider putting Deluxe risers on it as it will give the bars a little more pull back.
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Thank you for the feed back fellas, I'm gonna try some 12.5" apes my buddy has laying around and see what we come up with. Gotta have something a bit more comfortable for the ride to Panama City.
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As my sig pic shows, I have a 105th Heritage and being about 5' 9" I too have to reach more than I'm comfortable with. I've tried to lower the bars and encountered similar results with handling and still not being close enough. I've even changed seats to the HD one piece w/backrest. The new seat raised me up about 1.5" and moved me forward about 1.5 - 2 inches, which I liked for the reach to the bars, but now I'm too close to the tank and feel cramped. Besides, I really found the stock Heritage seat extremely comfortable and the wife likes her touring pillion much better than the one piece.
So, I called my local dealer and asked about switching the risers to gain some pull back, they told me that I cannot make ANY mods to the risers without changing all my cables as well. Of course, they followed that up with letting me know that the total cost of risers, cables and labor would run me about 600.00 - all said and done.
I was wondering if any of you have experience with just switching out the risers on a FLSTC. Is my stealer just being overly cautious, or are stock cable lengths truly without tolerance?
So, I called my local dealer and asked about switching the risers to gain some pull back, they told me that I cannot make ANY mods to the risers without changing all my cables as well. Of course, they followed that up with letting me know that the total cost of risers, cables and labor would run me about 600.00 - all said and done.
I was wondering if any of you have experience with just switching out the risers on a FLSTC. Is my stealer just being overly cautious, or are stock cable lengths truly without tolerance?
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Before installing my Chubby 515's, I installed 4up 2back risers on my 08 heritage. I did not have to change out any cables or brake line, but I did have to "re-rout" things to make it work.