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Old Oct 29, 2012 | 10:19 PM
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started life as a softail heritage..

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Old Oct 29, 2012 | 10:39 PM
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Stock bars and risers on my Train.

 
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Old Oct 29, 2012 | 10:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Widow_Maker
If you have a softail with drag bars would you Please post pictures of your beast... Trying to get an idea of what my heritage might look like with drag bars as my back is killing me with my current standard handlebars and I'm not a apes bar guy.


Heres a few pics of mine - before I swapped for apes.

ps; drag bars are NOT going to help your back






 
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Old Oct 30, 2012 | 01:51 AM
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Your bike looked so much better with the drags....lol
 
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Old Oct 30, 2012 | 12:45 PM
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Originally Posted by ryanek9freak
Your bike looked so much better with the drags....lol

not... lol
 
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Old Oct 30, 2012 | 06:28 PM
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These are the original drag bars on my bike. I replaced the 6" risers that came stock with 8" pullbacks for comfort.

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Old Oct 30, 2012 | 07:10 PM
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Never cared for a vehicle with something sticking out that didn't fit the theme. Like apehangers. Might as well strap a cell phone tower to your Mercedes, and talk about how cool and improved it is.
 
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Old Oct 30, 2012 | 07:19 PM
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Originally Posted by ryanek9freak
Your bike looked so much better with the drags....lol
No it didn't.... lol
 
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beach bars would be best for back relief i think,
 
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