Looking at all these 12" bagger bars and trying to figuire out their measurements is painful as the stock bars.I know i am going with a 12" but I want one with the most pull back . By the numbers it looks like wild 1 is but anyone have any good feed back on real seat of pants measurements?

 

What brand? Lots of people make bagger bars. I have cyclesmith 13s which are actually 12.5

 

The other issue is that HD measures pullback differently than many other manufaucturers. Maybe talk to Wild1 for confirmation on pullback.

 

Also - make sure you understand what pull back really is. I talked to numerous folks when deciding on bars and many thought pull back was the postion of the bars to the rider. Most bars can be moved closer or farther from the rider.

Pull back is the ANGLE of the ends or grip section of the bars that effects the wrist and hand position. Too much pull back results in the hands in a vertical position...think of holding 2 broom handles out in front of you vertically with your thumbs straight up. This is extreme pull back with drag bars at the other end of the spectrum with zero pull back.

Those crazy "buckhorn" handlebars that were popular back in the day have large pull back specs.

Then add the fact that all manufacturers measure this their own way. Gets very hard to select bars without actaully seeing them mounted and experiencing feel first hand.

 

After doing a lot of research I went with Wild One's 577's and find them to be very comfortable.

 

The pull back thing is confusing me a bit.im only 5'7" but i cant stand being crowed up on tank.I have a seat that sits me back were i like but i need some bars to get back to me.
Just looking at all the bars from various companys and the pull back measurements seem to vary alot.


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Go Flanders.

 

Like Simpkinst said above be care of the word pullback. It is not what most people think. You want bars you can lean back closer to you so you don't have to reach forward. That is not pullback, the more pullback you have the less you will be able to lean them back toward you. Picture this: to measure pull back you would lay the bars flat on a table with the grips point up. You measure from the table to the tip of the grips, that is your pullback. That means the more pullback you have the greater the angle of your wrists. Picture this as the grips on your handlebars /\ very steep angle, a lot of pull back, if you put your hands on grips at that angle your thumbs would be pointing toward the front of the bike, not at each other. when you rotate/learn bars with a lot of pullback toward you the angle of the grip very quickly begins to point downward, not out to the side, so you are very limited on how far back you can rotate/lean them, you can't get them close to you at all, they are built to go pretty much straight up and down in front of you, that is why most of them have the bend in the upright part of the bar, so they bend around the dash and then go straight up. Bars with little pullback would lay almost flat on the table and the grips would go out to the side like this _/\_ you can lean bars with little pullback closer to you without the grips point to the ground. Hard to explain, but if you are looking to lean the bars closer to you then you do not want a lot of pullback.

If the grips are pointing at you then there is a lot of pullback, the more the grips are pointing to the side, the less pullback they have. Hold a tire iron in your hand by the short side and point the short part (the handle) toward you. Then lean the handle closer to you, it will begin to point to the ground right away. Try holding it with the short side pointing out to the side and pull it back toward you, the more it is pointing to the side the closer you can pull it toward you and still have it point to the side. Pull back is all about wrist angle, not how far back you can lean them.

 

Think i got now.I want less pull back so I can rotate the bars back more if needed. Thanks for the help I think you kept me from going the wrong direction.I dont like alot of wrist angle either