I'm glad you posted this. I'm 6'1" and have been in the same dilemma. I'm afraid 16"s would be too tall while 14"s too short.

I'm tuning in!

 

Its looking like its gonna be 14s for me. This is good because the selection of 14s is a little slimmer. Hill Country makes some, so I will probably go with their bars, I won't get their cable though, I have heard some negative on them as of late

 

on my bones im 5'6'' i have the road6customs 16'' apes off of ebay and i love them. with my sprung seat ther are right around my shoulders when i take the seat off and just ride on the pan the are about eye level or so mayb a smidge higher. i truely recommend the 16'' you won't regret it but you can always get risers to make them higher i just don't like that look imo.


Russ

 

16" TOTAL RISE

7" PULL BACK

32" TIP TO TIP

Bottom tube width is 9.5"

those are the specs if your curious

Russ

 

I have been thinking about the Road 6 too. What length cables did you go with?

 

i don't recall i ordered all of my cables through hill country cycles all i told them was that i have 16'' apes and they sold me all my ss braided cables for $200 to the house that was over a year ago tho

 

heres my .o2
i have 16's w/ 4" riser
im 5'11 they are comfy wish they were a tad lower
on highway 70mph or more after 25-35 minutes it can be uncomfortable
around town all day no prob, your hand could get numb after long period of time
thats what the cruize is for though,last but not least bnr custom bars are great
overall i luv my bars and wouldn't change em good luck

 

I'm 6 foot and this is me checking out an X-Bones at the local dealer..is with a brawler seat and 16" apes..hope this helps..

 

Sumpnut, that gives ME more to think about. Lol. Well...looking at your pic, I'm thinking that I want to go with 16s. How would you describe it's feel?

 

Im seriously considering a cross bones for next year but am used to my street bob so sitting on a standard X Bones feels like your sitting on it not in it.On my street bob my arms ar level to the bars,on the standard xbones too but on this xbones in the pic the brawler seat sits you lower and in the frame and with the addition of the 16" apes my hands came up to about eye level..felt ok to me
Think the apes were 1" diameter 16" Burly narrow apes internally wired.

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