Ugly Riser
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Road Warrior
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From: Lafayette La
Ugly Riser
Iv got a 09 Sportster and want to put the tallest apes that will fit with the stock cables. And get rid of the ugly riser on it now, the speedo will have to be delt with too....
Has anybody done this before or know what is the shortest risers and tallest bars would fit. I like the Road 6 hollyroller 10" bars but unsure about the risers.
Thanks
Has anybody done this before or know what is the shortest risers and tallest bars would fit. I like the Road 6 hollyroller 10" bars but unsure about the risers.
Thanks
Road Captain
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From: Williamsport, MD
I think the stock riser looks awesome, It was actually a feature that sold me on a custom sportster, it looks much better than the cheap looking set-up on the new wide glides., that's just 2 pieces of round stock bolted onto a triple tree. looks cheap..
that stock riser would look good with some mini-apes.
that's just my opinion,
You might be able to find some universal ones from jpcycles if that's really what you want to do. or maybe some take-off ones from ebay.
that stock riser would look good with some mini-apes.
that's just my opinion,
You might be able to find some universal ones from jpcycles if that's really what you want to do. or maybe some take-off ones from ebay.
Road Master
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From: Western Washington
That's messed up the way they did the riser, clamp, speedo. I would get the bars you want with some 1" risers. But I'm not sure what to do with the speedo. There has to be an after market housing you can switch out the speedo and clamp with. Some people mount the speedo on the side of the frame but I don't care for that much. You might have to lengthen your brake line but that's easy at your local hydraulic hose shop. Maybe have to cut some zip ties on the blinker wires but not bad. Take the time and set it up right and the way you want it. Hopefully someone will reply that has that same setup.
Road Captain
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From: Williamsport, MD
I think you could get a OEM riser from a Sportster superLow or 48 which includes the speedo Housing which is more like what you want.. the superlow actually comes with ape bars stock.
Last edited by LunaticFringe; Apr 4, 2015 at 08:43 PM.
Road Captain
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From: Williamsport, MD
this is the onl ones I can find now but don't include the indicators lamps, ideally you should find the entire assembly from a part bike.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/06-up-F-I-Ha...c01b47&vxp=mtr
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Harley-David...28290887&rt=nc
so many people do the speedo relocation on their 48's & sightseers that these things should be everywhere.. maybe post in the parts wanted forum and you could probably get one real cheap.
You might be able to re-use your indicator light assembly but I wouldn't bet on it.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/06-up-F-I-Ha...c01b47&vxp=mtr
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Harley-David...28290887&rt=nc
so many people do the speedo relocation on their 48's & sightseers that these things should be everywhere.. maybe post in the parts wanted forum and you could probably get one real cheap.
You might be able to re-use your indicator light assembly but I wouldn't bet on it.
Last edited by LunaticFringe; Apr 4, 2015 at 09:04 PM.
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Road Warrior
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Yelp sweet, that is what i was looking for and didn't know it. Thanks LunaticFringe
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I think the stock riser looks awesome, It was actually a feature that sold me on a custom sportster, it looks much better than the cheap looking set-up on the new wide glides., that's just 2 pieces of round stock bolted onto a triple tree. looks cheap..
that stock riser would look good with some mini-apes.
that's just my opinion,
You might be able to find some universal ones from jpcycles if that's really what you want to do. or maybe some take-off ones from ebay.
that stock riser would look good with some mini-apes.
that's just my opinion,
You might be able to find some universal ones from jpcycles if that's really what you want to do. or maybe some take-off ones from ebay.
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I have done this exact swap, got rid of the stock custom riser/speedo and mounted stock street bob bars on 1" risers. I can tell you this is a lot of work, far from straight forward. you have a good 4 or 5" of wiring to shorten up when its done just look at the picture I attatched. I swapped to a standard sportster headlight and mounted my indicator lights in the hood that comes with that headlight. For the speedo, mine crapped out anyways so I had a garmin gps kicking around so I permanently wired and mounted that behind my headlight cowl fairing (something like that).
Also, the stock brake line and clutch cable aren't long enough. Stock street bob bars are around 10.5" mini apes.
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