Risers for drag bars

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Jan 13, 2012 | 01:18 PM

CatalyticCarbon

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Risers for drag bars

'05 sportster xl883low. Purchased 32" drag bars.. without having to buy new cables, what is the highest set of risers i can go with.. right now i have 3 1/2" risers with my stock bars and iam afraid that will be too low with drag bars.

Jan 13, 2012 | 01:23 PM

Ragnar Danneskjöld

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I think you can get up to around 6". I'd stay around 5". Not confirmed, but I recall having a very tight fit with my 6". But I'm back to the stock risers for the lower bars.

Jan 14, 2012 | 08:39 AM

run1fsr

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I had a problem using tall risers with my drag bars. Risers kept twisting no matter what I did to correct, to include the install of new bushings. Went back to the stock risers and no problem.

Jan 14, 2012 | 09:20 AM

Sikk50

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This is 8.5". The only cable that was tight was the speedo cable. After I did a tank lift it freed up enough speedo cable I could probably fit 9.5" risers on comfortably.