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Old Jan 22, 2010 | 10:34 PM
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I am 6' 5" and I wish they made a 4" extension! But I do love the 3"!
 
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Old Jan 23, 2010 | 04:54 AM
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Originally Posted by haak30
I am 6' 5" and I wish they made a 4" extension! But I do love the 3"!
Tell PM to make a 3" wouldya?
 
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Old Jan 23, 2010 | 07:49 AM
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Its on the list
 
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Old Jan 24, 2010 | 02:30 PM
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I shopped around for mine and Arlen Ness had the best price for the 3" extension.
 
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Old Jan 24, 2010 | 07:40 PM
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Do you all recomend the extensions or do I need to buy the +2 or +3 forward controls ?
 
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Old Jan 24, 2010 | 07:59 PM
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I shopped around for mine and Arlen Ness had the best price for the 3" extension.
are they good?
 
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Old Jan 25, 2010 | 03:07 AM
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It was the very first mod that I did, and make the bike much more comfortable to ride. My legs were kind of cramped up with the stock positions.

I also went with the Arlen Ness +3 extensions, and wish they made a +4, too.

I love the Ness kit, but I also found it to be actually more affordable when I was shopping around for the best deal. And then, lo and behold, someone posted a brand new, un-used, Ness kit on Ebay.......I snapped it up quick for like $100
 
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Old Jan 26, 2010 | 05:41 AM
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Just remembered...Vulcan makes some 3" extensions and they're much cheaper than Ness

http://vulcanworks.net/Forward-Contr...-p-1-c-27.html
 
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Old Jan 26, 2010 | 06:15 AM
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+ 1 on the Arleen ness set, best mod so far on my 07 custom.
 
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Old Jan 26, 2010 | 09:22 AM
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When I used to ride with the stock forward controls my knees hurt from being cramped. With the Ness 3' extensions they don't hurt any mmore. Get 'em you'll like the difference.

 
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