Help with handlebars
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Road Warrior
Joined: Sep 2008
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Help with handlebars
I did some upgrades to my 09 FLHT and now I am having some discomfort. To start I am 5'11" about 210 lbs. I wear a 35" sleeve on my dress shirts so I don't have too short of arms. My pant inseem is about 31". So here is my issue: I put on a C&C solo seat and Khrome Werks +2 sweepers. I am having some serious discomfort in my back, especially between my shoulder blades (left side is the worst). The stock bars caused me to reach too far forward, but these bars don't feel too much closer between the CC seat and wider grip on the sweepers. When I am on the bike my arms aren't completely straight, but not 90 degree bend at the elbow either. Don't know if I should switch out the bars for something that will be a bit closer, but what is closer than the sweepers? Don't want a close seat as I would be sitting on the tank then. Thought about apes, especially the YFO Monkey bagger bars, but when I look at the pictures of them, they make me think that I would be leaning forward to grab them... any help/suggested would be appreciated. Thanks in advance for the help!
Tourer
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 253
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From: Central Indiana
I just put the HD touring pull-back bars on my 2010 FLHTK. I am 5'8" and the stock bars made me ride with my arms straight. After a long day I had soreness across neck and shoulders. The pull-back bars fixed everything but were pretty expensive to swap.
i too put these bars on my bike and ended tossing them in the trash.. put my wrist at a funny angle that i could not stand. ended up putting a set of bars on that came off my friends heritage. man they are next to perfect.
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