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Old Feb 26, 2012 | 09:06 AM
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Default BR Custom bars first hand???

I want to upgrade the handle bars on my 2012 black denim street glide.

Originally I wanted Paul Yaffe's Monkey Bagger Bars, but

after having been on this forum for a few weeks, and realizing that the MBB are likely the most commonly used "custom" handle bar on the planet.

I began to look for alternatives, I came across this video for BR custom bars.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=FItMYuxXbms

anyone have bars by Bill of BR custom? Quality? service?

he seems very passionate about his craft.

I saw a bike at a local show with a pair of his lighting bars on them, they looked amazing! ( I could not touch the bike,@ Autorama)
 
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Old Feb 26, 2012 | 09:10 AM
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Old Feb 26, 2012 | 10:33 AM
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BR 1 1/2" sweeping beaters , 16" tall , 33 width , 12" pullback , Bill and Traci are great to deal with , quality is top shelf , he goes out of his way to make you happy
 
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Old Feb 26, 2012 | 10:39 AM
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Originally Posted by tj316
BR 1 1/2" sweeping beaters , 16" tall , 33 width , 12" pullback , Bill and Traci are great to deal with , quality is top shelf , he goes out of his way to make you happy

thank you for you response, may I say that you RG and those bars look AWESOME!

Good to know that the quality,and service are there.
 
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Old Feb 26, 2012 | 11:37 AM
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I have a buddy (Indian Joe) that had a set of bars made by BR for his Indian. The do look great to his specs and yellow to match his bike. He said that he is great to work with and would deal with him again anytime.
 
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Old Feb 26, 2012 | 12:00 PM
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I have checked them out several times before. I just cant justify 700.00 for bars.
 
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Old Feb 26, 2012 | 12:13 PM
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https://www.hdforums.com/forum/touri...open-apes.html
Check out this link. Those are BR's "open apes" and I love em. Bill is great to do business with, just allow a good amount of time to get your bars as he builds them on demand to your specs. O don't know where $700 came from in the post above, they aren't cheap but I think I paid $400 and change. Worth it all day long as far as I'm concerned. Truly unique bars and quality built.
 
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Old Feb 26, 2012 | 12:14 PM
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You want "custom Bars" build them , or have a local chopper shop build them to YOUR design.
 
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400.00 for the bagger sweepers, 225 to have them chromed 65.00 to have them shipped. Thats a little much for me. If I didnt want them in chrome then 400.00 is a decent price, but not 700.00. Not sure how much the chroming process costs, but most other companys dont charge extra for the chroming.
 
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Expensive & slow!
 
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