How comfortable is the Deuce?
Road Master
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RE: How comfortable is the Deuce?
On my second Deuce, Mustang wide vintage seat, Deuce pull back bars. 5' 07", broken vertabre lower back. Longest time in the saddle was 13 hours and 18 hours. That cruiser position is the answer for my riding !! Had an Electra Gluide for 8 months in between, couldn't get comfortable on it. I'd suggest doing a rental before buying. If you buy, they'll give you credit for the rental price.
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RE: How comfortable is the Deuce?
Thank You,I'm trying to make upalist of the different bar/riser sets so that helps add to the pile.
If you look at my sig pic you can see my problem, my left arm is normal, but the right is nearly as straight as I can get it. IfI have to turn the bars to the left more than a little bit at very slow speed or just moving the bike around in the garageIhave to lean way to far forwardor actually let go with the right hand to do it.
Turning to change lanes at speed isn't a problem but the wind pressure at anything above 40 or so puts a lot of pressure on the elbow and pain has a way oftaking a lot of thefun out of riding in fairly short order.
So even though I think the bars look great and fit the style of the bike, I would much rather be able to enjoy riding it more and admiringit less.
The best part is that if Ican ride it farther/faster Idon't have as much drool to clean off thetank.I don'tcare about thecars behind me. They all have windshield washers these days,so if they get some onthem its not a big problem. Right?
If you look at my sig pic you can see my problem, my left arm is normal, but the right is nearly as straight as I can get it. IfI have to turn the bars to the left more than a little bit at very slow speed or just moving the bike around in the garageIhave to lean way to far forwardor actually let go with the right hand to do it.
Turning to change lanes at speed isn't a problem but the wind pressure at anything above 40 or so puts a lot of pressure on the elbow and pain has a way oftaking a lot of thefun out of riding in fairly short order.
So even though I think the bars look great and fit the style of the bike, I would much rather be able to enjoy riding it more and admiringit less.
The best part is that if Ican ride it farther/faster Idon't have as much drool to clean off thetank.I don'tcare about thecars behind me. They all have windshield washers these days,so if they get some onthem its not a big problem. Right?
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From: Dumfries, VA
RE: How comfortable is the Deuce?
Like Voodoo I am also and old broken down guy. I recently replaced the stock deuce seat with the Mustang Vintage solo with the removable back rest, have gone 4-5 hours with no problems. With the stock seat, I was good for about 90 minutes. I also have 3" extended forward control, I am 6'2" VooDoo is a little taller and he also has extended forward control. Great cruising bike and a good touring in my mind.
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RE: How comfortable is the Deuce?
I am approaching middle age at 62, have 2 previously fractured vertebrae and a couple disks that have given up the good fight. I am 5'6" on a good day so I did drop front and rear 1 1/4" to better flatfoot it. I have spent of time on all sorts of bikes, Harleys include 2 Sporties, a dyna and now my Deuce. The Deuce is comfortable for me with stock seat/bars but have been considering the chrome replacements to move bar back 1 1/2" as it does induce a slouch now...looks cool I suppose but not good for long sessions or bad potholes. Find one that you can sit on for awhile, then take a ride even if you have to rent. It is important that the bike feel good to you....the rest of us and our opinions don't matter when it comes to your interface with the bike....YOU are riding,YOU are spending the money so it has to feel good to YOU. That said IMHO the Deuce is a great all around compromise. John
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RE: How comfortable is the Deuce?
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I am approaching middle age at 62, have 2 previously fractured vertebrae and a couple disks that have given up the good fight. I am 5'6" on a good day so I did drop front and rear 1 1/4" to better flatfoot it. I have spent of time on all sorts of bikes, Harleys include 2 Sporties, a dyna and now my Deuce. The Deuce is comfortable for me with stock seat/bars but have been considering the chrome replacements to move bar back 1 1/2" as it does induce a slouch now...looks cool I suppose but not good for long sessions or bad potholes. Find one that you can sit on for awhile, then take a ride even if you have to rent. It is important that the bike feel good to you....the rest of us and our opinions don't matter when it comes to your interface with the bike....YOU are riding,YOU are spending the money so it has to feel good to YOU. That said IMHO the Deuce is a great all around compromise. John
I am approaching middle age at 62, have 2 previously fractured vertebrae and a couple disks that have given up the good fight. I am 5'6" on a good day so I did drop front and rear 1 1/4" to better flatfoot it. I have spent of time on all sorts of bikes, Harleys include 2 Sporties, a dyna and now my Deuce. The Deuce is comfortable for me with stock seat/bars but have been considering the chrome replacements to move bar back 1 1/2" as it does induce a slouch now...looks cool I suppose but not good for long sessions or bad potholes. Find one that you can sit on for awhile, then take a ride even if you have to rent. It is important that the bike feel good to you....the rest of us and our opinions don't matter when it comes to your interface with the bike....YOU are riding,YOU are spending the money so it has to feel good to YOU. That said IMHO the Deuce is a great all around compromise. John
Thanks John and all,
Wish it wasn't winter...
I'm going to my dealer next week and I'll be sitting on that bike for a long time.
I'm glad there is an option to move the bar back. Sometimes just a small increment like an 1 1/2" can make the difference.
I'll let you know my decision in a week or two.
If I do get one I am going to be ordering the white gold pearl...the bike just looks so dam good.
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RE: How comfortable is the Deuce?
keninnj,
I have the white gold pearl paint. Igot it at first because the dealer offered it to me off the floor for MSRP - $1K. Now that I've had it for a while I like it a lot. It really goes nice with the chrome and in the sun the edges of the tank and fenders are gold. I'm 6'2" and I would like the bars brought back a little bit to. However, the bike is a great bike. It handles well and is otherwise very comfortable. I put the Brawler seat on it and that sat me a little lower but that wasn't a problem to begin with. It looks great with the solo seat. You're gonna like that bike man ! ! ! !
I have the white gold pearl paint. Igot it at first because the dealer offered it to me off the floor for MSRP - $1K. Now that I've had it for a while I like it a lot. It really goes nice with the chrome and in the sun the edges of the tank and fenders are gold. I'm 6'2" and I would like the bars brought back a little bit to. However, the bike is a great bike. It handles well and is otherwise very comfortable. I put the Brawler seat on it and that sat me a little lower but that wasn't a problem to begin with. It looks great with the solo seat. You're gonna like that bike man ! ! ! !
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RE: How comfortable is the Deuce?
I'm 5'7" with a bad back myself. I bought a pair of mini-apes last week (will be here friday) and am hoping to be able to use them with them tilted far back.
For whatever its worth I took the measurements for the stock bars before I started looking for replacements. You can't know what you want if you don't know what you've got. There are other things that describe bars other than the big three dimensions. If you are looking for other bars to put in your risers (best looking set of risers ever made) you will want knurling for instance and then there is the question of dimpling and drilled or not drilled.
Here is a description of the stock bars as close as I could measure and note their special characteristics: Stock Deuce bars are 32" wide, they have an 8.5" center-width. Pullback on the stock bars is 5", they have a rise of 4". The center section of thebars is knurled for risers on 3.5" centers (4.75 outside tooutside of knurling). The bars are dimpled for wire clearnace and drilled for wire clips - this is not the same as drilled for hidden wires.
When I sat on my bike and held my hands where they naturally wanted to fall while sitting more upright than leaning forward(the posture I feel most comfortable with) I find my hands needing bars with 28" width, somewhere around 11" of rise, about 6" of pullback. The thing you have to keep in mind with the Deuce is that the risers pullback themselves. If you intend to follow the line of the tilted-back risers then some portion of therise of the bars moves the grips back on the bike, So in order to get mygrips moved back toward me 6" what I have to do is find bars with that much morerise, not pullback. I know it sounds confusingbut that looks about how its going to be.
For whatever its worth I took the measurements for the stock bars before I started looking for replacements. You can't know what you want if you don't know what you've got. There are other things that describe bars other than the big three dimensions. If you are looking for other bars to put in your risers (best looking set of risers ever made) you will want knurling for instance and then there is the question of dimpling and drilled or not drilled.
Here is a description of the stock bars as close as I could measure and note their special characteristics: Stock Deuce bars are 32" wide, they have an 8.5" center-width. Pullback on the stock bars is 5", they have a rise of 4". The center section of thebars is knurled for risers on 3.5" centers (4.75 outside tooutside of knurling). The bars are dimpled for wire clearnace and drilled for wire clips - this is not the same as drilled for hidden wires.
When I sat on my bike and held my hands where they naturally wanted to fall while sitting more upright than leaning forward(the posture I feel most comfortable with) I find my hands needing bars with 28" width, somewhere around 11" of rise, about 6" of pullback. The thing you have to keep in mind with the Deuce is that the risers pullback themselves. If you intend to follow the line of the tilted-back risers then some portion of therise of the bars moves the grips back on the bike, So in order to get mygrips moved back toward me 6" what I have to do is find bars with that much morerise, not pullback. I know it sounds confusingbut that looks about how its going to be.
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