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Old Aug 1, 2009 | 08:55 PM
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Yeah, I have on 06 with curved riser. Trying to find a way to go to a straight riser and still keep the idiot light and speedometer bezels chrome. Was looking at putting straight risers on with LOW model speedo and idiot bezel, Until I got a price quote from the dealer. I will stick with the curved riser for now.
 
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Old Aug 1, 2009 | 08:59 PM
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I got 12 on mine with the 6 inch pullback riser. Im eventually going to go with 16 or 18. the 12's look good but because of the seat height on sporties mine only come chest high. i would have preffered that they went to my shoulders or a bit higher.
 
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Old Aug 1, 2009 | 11:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Flatlander
Yeah, I have on 06 with curved riser. Trying to find a way to go to a straight riser and still keep the idiot light and speedometer bezels chrome. Was looking at putting straight risers on with LOW model speedo and idiot bezel, Until I got a price quote from the dealer. I will stick with the curved riser for now.
Looks like we're in the same boat. I found some 4.5" pullback risers that I like. The speedo doesn't look to be too much of a problem, it's where and how to mount the idiot lights. Keeping them protected from the elements.

What was the price just for the parts?
 
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Old Aug 1, 2009 | 11:45 PM
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The speedo on the 1200 Low would work great overall. Straight risers shouldn't be a problem, if you're using risers with a pullback, it might turn the speedo unit near vertical. You'd have to design some type of a shim to angle it back towards the front.
 
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Old Aug 2, 2009 | 11:35 AM
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Originally Posted by SgtMic
This riser just seems too gawdy.
I like the stock riser. Thats why I went with buckhorns instead of apes. Apes do not look good on the pullback riser, but the buchorns do.
 
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Old Aug 2, 2009 | 11:37 AM
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I like it too, not with the apes though.
 
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Old Aug 2, 2009 | 08:21 PM
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Here are a few pics of my new buckhorns. The last pic is the stock bars.
 
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Old Aug 2, 2009 | 08:51 PM
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Tinman,

Did you have to extend your cables? Thanks
 
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Cool,planet of the apes
 
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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 12:04 PM
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Tinman,

Did you have to extend your cables? Thanks
the brake line and clutch cables had to be extended as well as the wiring. I went with a 61" clutch cable, but probably could have gotten by with 60". I did a 44" brake line but could have gotten by with 43". The throttle cavles are still stock, I just re-routed them. They were through the front triple tree and noe they are outside of it. All my parts were from the Midwest Motorcycle Supply catalog.
 
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