Heritage bars installed
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Road Warrior
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Heritage bars installed
Well I finally got my Heritage bars installed today. Been procrastinating because its been freakin cold. Still only 35 in the garage but I decided to go for it. First of all many thanks to Dr_jay's picture tutorial on this. Very helpful. Follow it and its cake on a late late road king. Mine is a 2012 rkc so your process may vary. Job is very simple and no special tools needed. Took me about 3.5 hours taking my time. A few notes
.. working in the nacelle not bad at all. Good lighting, patience and no problems. The twist grip green plug was a non issue. Just took my time and the connector came apart easily. I used a exacto knife blade to leverage the little tab so I could pull apart.
First impressions sitting on the bike are good. Much better hand position. Higher and flatter with less wheelbarrow. Again your impressions may be different. Can't wait to fire it up and try them out. Snow flurries and 35. Not gonna go out. Next weekend looks promising and upper 40's. I'll provide some real feedback when I can get out. Almost forgot, I put on a pair of Willie grips. Look good and match my other accessories.
.. working in the nacelle not bad at all. Good lighting, patience and no problems. The twist grip green plug was a non issue. Just took my time and the connector came apart easily. I used a exacto knife blade to leverage the little tab so I could pull apart.
First impressions sitting on the bike are good. Much better hand position. Higher and flatter with less wheelbarrow. Again your impressions may be different. Can't wait to fire it up and try them out. Snow flurries and 35. Not gonna go out. Next weekend looks promising and upper 40's. I'll provide some real feedback when I can get out. Almost forgot, I put on a pair of Willie grips. Look good and match my other accessories.
Road Captain
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I installed a set on my 2000 flhpi with a tallboy seat. To get the reach right I had to roll the bars back a bit so they are not in line with the forks but man are they comfortable, the wrist angle is perfect.
Completely relieved the pain between my shoulder blades.
Completely relieved the pain between my shoulder blades.
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Road Warrior
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I installed a set on my 2000 flhpi with a tallboy seat. To get the reach right I had to roll the bars back a bit so they are not in line with the forks but man are they comfortable, the wrist angle is perfect.
Completely relieved the pain between my shoulder blades.
Completely relieved the pain between my shoulder blades.
Thanks to this the folks on this forum for helping to build the confidence needed to do these mods!
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Road Warrior
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Any issues with the install? Just curious. Mine seemed to go really well, but I guess I should hold off boasting until I can fire it up and make sure I didn't screw it up... Seriously, it went well. I can't imagine there are any problems.
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Road Captain
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Went on very easily. Rode it around a little to adjust the bar angle and then finished reassembling. Took it out for a couple of hours and very happy with the Heritage handlebars:
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Feels good to be out of the cage !!
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