handlebar/mini-ape help - ultra classic
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handlebar/mini-ape help - ultra classic
Just put on Khrome Werks 300505 - the sweeper +2's
Nice bar..great price...
-puts me back in seat...but I am finding myself either - locking my arms straight to reduce shoulder pain...and when not locked, find myself letting arms hang and shoulders get sore...
-I think they are not high enough...
-or if they were narrower I think they would be perfect, but by time you put grips on they get wide!!!..and this reduces the reach back part....
-find myself not as steady on slow moving and in wind with these bars..not sure if it is the width and not much arm length to make the little turns seem like lots or????
Can someone suggest another bar to try....I do not want to spend big money in case I do not like them - I am tempted to put stockers back on but there has to be something better.....I was thinking mini apes so my hands are not hanging down at shoulders....
(drove buddies road king...bars were aweseome...just high enough and not too wide!!!! perfect)
thanks for ideas, pics, etc.!
Nice bar..great price...
-puts me back in seat...but I am finding myself either - locking my arms straight to reduce shoulder pain...and when not locked, find myself letting arms hang and shoulders get sore...
-I think they are not high enough...
-or if they were narrower I think they would be perfect, but by time you put grips on they get wide!!!..and this reduces the reach back part....
-find myself not as steady on slow moving and in wind with these bars..not sure if it is the width and not much arm length to make the little turns seem like lots or????
Can someone suggest another bar to try....I do not want to spend big money in case I do not like them - I am tempted to put stockers back on but there has to be something better.....I was thinking mini apes so my hands are not hanging down at shoulders....
(drove buddies road king...bars were aweseome...just high enough and not too wide!!!! perfect)
thanks for ideas, pics, etc.!
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I like my 12" cycle smiths , but on the trip I took last week , I have tail bone pain that I have never experienced before, don't know if it is due to the bars though.
Rode in the rain, and the rain came right off the faring sides right on my hands, so not so good for rain.
Rode in the rain, and the rain came right off the faring sides right on my hands, so not so good for rain.
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Bill, thanks for the good feedback...did you just put them on the bike? Or have you driven before and no back pain, or just not as long of a trip....
Very interesting on the rain...never thought of that...ya that batwing does such a good job that bites if a person defeats its' purpose....hmmm....thanks!
Very interesting on the rain...never thought of that...ya that batwing does such a good job that bites if a person defeats its' purpose....hmmm....thanks!
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I had considered the Sweepers when I changed my bars out. I ended up with the HD reach bars. They are almost identical to the sweepers aside from the angle at the grips. HD bars are more wheel barrow-like and the sweepers are more open.
I tend to get a sore right wrist if I ride for a long time not in cruise control. I think it is a trade off with any bar you go with. I wouldn't want apes that put my hands up in the air stream above the fairing though; I ride almost year round...good luck with any you use and let us know how it turns out.
I tend to get a sore right wrist if I ride for a long time not in cruise control. I think it is a trade off with any bar you go with. I wouldn't want apes that put my hands up in the air stream above the fairing though; I ride almost year round...good luck with any you use and let us know how it turns out.
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cheers frontier...if you search my name I did a real big pic job on sweepers vs stockers to give people an idea.. just too wide for me though....I like the idea of apes, but not sure how comfy.....also wondering if hands would get all wet in rain above fairing...and wish there were some more pics of people on the bike with the apes vs. just pics....hard to know bars without knowing size of person and what works for them! cheers.
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Bill, thanks for the good feedback...did you just put them on the bike? Or have you driven before and no back pain, or just not as long of a trip....
Very interesting on the rain...never thought of that...ya that batwing does such a good job that bites if a person defeats its' purpose....hmmm....thanks!
Very interesting on the rain...never thought of that...ya that batwing does such a good job that bites if a person defeats its' purpose....hmmm....thanks!
I am not sure what to think , before I changed the bars rode from Indy to Florida, and had no tail bone pain, but this was half the mileage.
Don't get me wrong, I love the bars, and it may have been a fluke, I will do some more 400+ mile trips this summer, and we will see.