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Old Feb 11, 2009 | 10:38 AM
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This is what my bars look like now and I am looking to change.
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Old Feb 11, 2009 | 10:35 PM
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Had drag bars on my old sportster. Looked cool but hurt my wrists. Stock bars on both my Fatboy and Ultra. They feel good and look okay. Guess I'm the only one that likes them that way.
 
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Old Feb 11, 2009 | 11:22 PM
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i've heard westerns give front end wobble - i've had them for a few tears with no problems.
 
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Old Feb 12, 2009 | 07:38 PM
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Wobble? That is garbage! If you like drags, run em, they are great. Probably the most comfortable bars you can get. My wife had 7 inch carlinis on her Fat Boy. Carlini no longer sells the bars she had, but I believe Carlini makes the HD Street Slammer bars. I went to buy another Carlini set years ago, they discontinued them. A month later, HD came out with them. I saw them and I would swear they are the Carlinis.

I would go for the HD Streetslammers. Comfortable and great looking with a 7 inch rise. My wife and I rode to Biketoberfest from Jersey 6 years ago, plus put an additional 10k (that year), and she had no problem at all with the bars.
 
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Old Feb 12, 2009 | 09:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Tartarus
I read about front end wobble with drag bars on the fat boy, I don't think they got it fix and had to switch bars.
I had front end wobble noticed it around the time I changed to my low rise drag bars.
It was not the bars it was the tire - new tire no wobble.

 
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Old Feb 12, 2009 | 09:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Danny D
This is what my bars look like now and I am looking to change.
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Bars look OK the risers are to high IMHO.
 
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Old Feb 12, 2009 | 10:51 PM
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Danny...after seeing pics of your bike...first..the bike looks great...nice paint...I agree with you on the looks of the bars and risers....I think your bike would look great with either the HD Street Slammers or the HD Narrow Beach Bars that came standard on the S/E Fatboys...Just my .02. Good luck...
 
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Bars look OK the risers are to high IMHO.
The problem is that I am 5'10" and reaching for the stock bars or low rise drag bags leaves me on the edge of being comfortable with the handling.
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Originally Posted by Danny D
The problem is that I am 5'10" and reaching for the stock bars or low rise drag bags leaves me on the edge of being comfortable with the handling.
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narrow beach bars or gangster apes would look good on that bike everyting else looks sweet by the way
 
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Originally Posted by Swede99
I put the HD Slammers on my 09 Fattie. Just started riding it today, so far, they feel good.
Swede, can you share any photos of the Slammers on your FatBoy? Can't decide between them and the Narrow Beach Bars
 
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