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12.5 For me. I'm 6.1" and that puts my hands up about as high as my shoulders....
I'm afraid that any higher could cause my hands to fall asleep and arms get tired on long rides, and the higher you go the steering is not as easy to control as well as stock Fatboy bars.
The one great thing about stock Fatboy bars is the steering control - it's great
Ditto on the apes. I'm 5'8" and I put 12.5 Chubbys on my Springer with stock risers. They hit right at shoulder height. Any higher and I would have had control issues and some serious fatigue over distances. As it is now I have to stretch a bit to make a really tight turn (like the box drill).
I couldn't have done 16's or 18's. With 18's my feet would probably be dangling just short of the pegs.
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