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Old Jun 23, 2014 | 07:15 PM
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I have a 2011 Nighster with the Keystone bars and want to add some risers to bring them up a little. What is the biggest I should go that would still allow factory cabling? I am 5'10" and just want to bring them up a bit to make it more comfortable. I will thinking 2inch but wanted to see what other people have used.

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Between 8 and 10" from stock height.
 
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How far forward did the keystones bring your riding position? Do you have any pics? I will be mounting mine later this week and try it out...

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More comfortable?

I'm also 5'10" and keystones with stock risers and mids seemed like the perfect combo of comfort and handling.
 
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I love the way the keystones look, but lately I have found my hands kinda going to sleep a little when riding. It doesn't feel like it should be uncomfortable, but I thought raising them up a bit might help out. I will post some pics tomorrow of how they look. Thanks
 
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Old Jun 24, 2014 | 10:44 AM
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Originally Posted by krue92
I love the way the keystones look, but lately I have found my hands kinda going to sleep a little when riding. It doesn't feel like it should be uncomfortable, but I thought raising them up a bit might help out. I will post some pics tomorrow of how they look. Thanks
Ah...that makes sense. Yeah, if your hands are going numb that's no good.
When I had keystones they were rotated a little forward and had to rotate them back a little.

I'll try to dig up a pic of how mine were mounted.
 
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Cool. That would be great. Here are a couple pics of mine mounted.



 
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Kaizoku please post a pic of yours when you can. Maybe I just need to adjust mine a different way. Thanks
 
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Here's a couple pics of mine...I did the joker relocate with a joker bar clamp. Cleaned up the top a bunch.
 
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Had to go digging for these, bike hasn't looked like this for a long while.

Stock nightster risers. I can't tell from the angle of yours if they're rotated more forward than mine were, but I never had a problem with my hands going numb.

Last two pics are to get an idea of where my hands were when I was riding.
 
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