So I recently had a set of 10" YMBs installed on my Street Glide. I'd been thinking about them for a long time and had been torn between the 10" and 12" size. When Cosmic Razorback indicated he planned to move from 10" to 12" I immediately offered to scoop-up his old 10" bars. Glad I did - they're exactly right for me (after some tooling around!). For my height (5' 9") I'd say my arms are just shy of parallel with the road. Hands are just below the wind stream, behind the fairing.

I had initially planned to install them myself given some good info posted here on the forum by Cosmic. But was not looking forward to the anticipated 8+ hours of effort. When my dealer offered the installation for a ridiculously low price I jumped at it. In hindsight, I would've done the install myself given what I've learned along the way.

I opted to keep the stock rubber bushings - I suffer from Raynaud's disease and had concerns regarding introducing additional vibration into the bars with stiffer bushings. Turned-out to be the right choice for me - no issues. I did opt for the Yaffe locking handlebar clamp. I understand the nylon bushings are recommended for taller bars.

Initial install had the bars relatively far forward. I installed a set of Pingel Fairing Mirror Drop Brackets (expensive, I know). Nice fit & finish and they do the job. I can use the mirrors looking below my arms. For the first week or so I felt as if the bars were a bit too far forward for my reach. Dealer offered to adjust them for free - I was just looking for an inch or so of relief.

Well, I get the bike back and the bars are now adjusted as far back as possible - they feel damn-near stock height and my hands are squarely in front of my fancy-new drop-bracket mirrors. Dealer is generally fantastic to me so I decided to handle the re-adjustment on my own. Time to take matters into my own hands. I find this video which I hadn't seen before. Makes it appear all too easy to adjust (and install) bars on these bikes:


Well, with my first adjustment I got the bars where I thought I wanted them - just a few inches off the fairing. I didn't like the angle, nor did they feel right - and now I could only use about 1/2 of the mirror. With my next adjustment I rolled them forward a bit more (close to where the dealer had them originally). Better, but not perfect yet. And now I'm looking at all the other nuances relative to the overall fit - overall balance, cable alignment, master cylinder angles, control-switch alignments, measurements every which-way. A bit of my OCD coming into play.

Third time in there I got it all right where I want it - the bars are actually as far forward as possible now and I've got about 85~90% visibility in the mirrors.

Want it done right, do it yourself. Love these bars.

 

You can loosen a couple screws on the switch housings and rotate them up or down to change hand lever and brake reservoir positions also. Want it done right, do it yourself! Enjoy those new bars!

 

Beautiful Bike!

I'm laughing as I went through all the same. Yeah it takes a little to get everything adjusted just right for you, but it is worth it.

You can crack the screws on the brake and clutch lines a very little bit without causing any issues and move those cable angles as needed. Just a very little and they will not even leak until you get them adjusted and tightened back.

Enjoy!

 

Exactly... I cracked the banjo-bolts just enough to get the lines angled right. Removed the wire ties from the initial install and routed the lines in-front of the bars and tucked them into the fairing.

Somewhere around adjustment two or three, I noticed the fairing leaning mildly crooked, based upon the points of the bars peeking up above the top rim. Made sure to address that too on the final adjustment.

I am truly content and at peace now.

 

Looks good! I have no issues from a functional standpoint with my stock bars, but I sure like the looks of those.