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Old 05-03-2018, 01:07 PM
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Waiting for pickup after winter and some mods. RSD Shortstack vintage bars with 2 inch riser. Demon heat grips. Sidemount plateholder. Also a new baffle To reduce the noise

Propably will pick it up next week.

 
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Old 05-03-2018, 07:09 PM
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took it out on a run to the tailor and homedepot. also went to two shops looking for mesh riding gloves



 
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Old 05-03-2018, 07:29 PM
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took it out on a run to the tailor and homedepot. also went to two shops looking for mesh riding gloves



i like that derby cover!
 
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Old 05-03-2018, 07:54 PM
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Goes well on that super fugly abomination, I say.
 
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Old 05-03-2018, 08:05 PM
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i like that derby cover!
https://www.denniskirk.com/joker-mac...prd/140822.sku
 
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Old 05-04-2018, 07:34 PM
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Originally Posted by slvrscoobie
bought a set of TC Bros Lane Splitter bars. I have Biltwell Zeds but they're too narrow and short. these seem to be a little bigger (wider and slightly taller) with almost no pull back. pull back seems to hurt my wrist.
Pull back is uncomfortable for lot's of folks. Seems to be common with cruiser bars and scooters. If you put your hands out in front of your at that their natural wrist angle, you'd find that dirt bike bars would fit right in your hands at that angle. Lot of sportbikes would, too. I put dirtbike bars on several of my road bikes in earlier decades for that reason. It actually surprises me that the stock bars on both my sportsters are that natural angle, too, few Harleys are. Already picked up another sportster bar for my Tour Glide, it has too much angle to be comfortable for me. Could be wrists over 70 years old, too.

I've ridden some 40's & 50's bikes that had bars that curved straight back, and even in my 20's those were hard on my wrists, you really have to twist your hand around to hold them. Also saw a Harley with those bars doing the driverless thing long before Tesla; hot day and when the guy goosed it, couldn't hang on the sweaty grips, landed on his *** right beside me. That old Harley had good balance, idled along till it finally wandered off the road into a ditch. Bike didn't get a scratch, we had a good laugh over that one.
 
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Old 05-04-2018, 08:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Imold
Pull back is uncomfortable for lot's of folks. Seems to be common with cruiser bars and scooters. If you put your hands out in front of your at that their natural wrist angle, you'd find that dirt bike bars would fit right in your hands at that angle.
Would love to. Along with 3" riser. I don't think it looks right with the 4.3 gallon tank though... needs the smaller tank to pull it off.

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After work polished up the chrome and paint. Look out bugs here I come!
 
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Goes well on that super fugly abomination, I say.
I like it!
 
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Originally Posted by fugno
I like it!

i wear it with pride... every post bares it... big ol "bless your heart" to haters.
 


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