I have the LA Choppers Prime Apes which are 13's. My hands are above the fairing, but the fairing does a great job of deflecting and re-directing most anything up and over your hands. I ride in all weather and temps and they are just fine.

 

12" PYO Monkey Bars, the Monkey Bars tend to run higher based on the research I did. So basically my 12's measure out at 14. Either way the comfort and the attitude are frigging awesome!

 

I think 10" are a waste of money. Not that much different from stock. I tried several different brands and settled on the Cyclesmith 13s. Yes it Def helped with the shoulder.

 

i have 10" Monkey Bars and i LOVE them, and i'm pretty sure they weren't a "waste of money"....

I'm 5'6" and the bars are at a nice height in relation to my shoulders and my hands don't stick up above the fairing, which in the colder months is nice...

 

Oh HELL! I forgot which site I was posting on and here I have stepped on some toes and hurt some feelings! I should have put IMO in my first post. They measure monkey bars different than all others evidently. A 10'' monkey bar is as tall as 13 Cyclesmiths.
Thats 12" from center to center

 

so i have a set of wild ones that are 14 they look higher than yaffes 12s and mine are killing me so im thinking of switching to the yaffe but should i go with 12s or 10s if there the same hieght

 

the 10" Monkey bars will put your hands just over the speakers...right at about the top edge of the fairing.

 

IN MY OPINION!!!! The best thing to do is find a bike at a bike night or at your local dealer and try them out. I was fortunate to be able to ride 4 different bikes with various different brand bars. I was going with WOs until I tried the Cyclesmiths. Try as many you can!

 

here are 2 shots of my 10" Yaffe MBBs...with no windshield installed....gives a really good view of how tall they are....

Good luck..

 

I have the 12" MBB and I love em...