Uncomfortable on new ultra
Tourer
Joined: Apr 2010
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From: Piedmont,SC
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This helped me and I'm very close to your size. Remove the lock switch and housing, use a ball socket allen wrench and loosen the bar clamp. Raise the bars as far as they'll go, tighten them down and re-assemble. Seems the guys in the dealer shops like to put the bars down in a very low position.
Stellar HDF Member
Joined: Dec 2005
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From: South Jersey
I feel your pain. I get it in my right trapezius. I installed +2 sweeper bars and that really helped a lot along with a Sundowner seat. I'm about your height and that was a good combination for me.
I should have left well enough alone but I installed a Mustang solo seat for more butt comfort but it moves me back a little farther than the Sundowner and the pain is back!
I should have left well enough alone but I installed a Mustang solo seat for more butt comfort but it moves me back a little farther than the Sundowner and the pain is back!
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Joined: Jun 2006
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My 1st Bike (a RK) had Heritage bars on it.....the next bike, an 02 Ultra had the Touring Pullback bars. I liked em, but they DID have a pretty good angle on em, to where it was almost like pushin a wheelbarrow.
My new bike...2010 Ultra had the stock bars. Felt (to me, after what I was used to) like riding a sport bike.
I recently put Khromewerks Sweepers +2 on it. The ONLY cable change necessary was a longer (I think a +4) clutch cable. ALL other cable, to include the brake line were long enuff.
The Khromewerks bars solved the "reaching" problem, and made the bike much more comfortable. FWIW, I am 5'10"
My new bike...2010 Ultra had the stock bars. Felt (to me, after what I was used to) like riding a sport bike.
I recently put Khromewerks Sweepers +2 on it. The ONLY cable change necessary was a longer (I think a +4) clutch cable. ALL other cable, to include the brake line were long enuff.
The Khromewerks bars solved the "reaching" problem, and made the bike much more comfortable. FWIW, I am 5'10"
Elite HDF Member
Joined: Dec 2009
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From: navarre ohio
sure there is a fix..idk.. i cant stand a driver backrest eather, after a block i have lower back pain from it.. the funny thing is all the bikes i have ridden with a backrest, it was to help the owners bad back..
Road Master
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 817
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From: Memphis. Tn
+1 HD touring pullback,09 ultra internally wired, some people dont like the wrist angle, i find them very comfortable with my back rest, especially when my feet are up on the pegs
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