For my brothers who are looking to compare a few of the bars out there availablefor a Batwing Glide.

The top bar is the stock one.
The Middle bar is the Wild1 Chubby Bagger Bars (575) that everyone is so fond of (for good reason).
The bottom one is the 40 Dollar Harley Pullback Touring bars, that I tried to get off cheap with.

Just a note:
The HD bars are just way to narrow, hurt my wrists with the akward angle they are set at, and they were on my bike for less than a week....

Not much to discuss, just thought this might help someone down the line...

lp



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I ended up going with Khromewerks 3300505 bars myself. A great bar for $63

 

Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words , this one is that picture.
The stock bars seem to me to have been designed by a person with narrow shoulders or something.
If I ride with my elbows dropped all the way , they're almost comfortable.
The chubbies look like the designer actually rode the bike afterwards and corrected the wrist angle from the stock angle.
The Harley pullback bars look kind of hideous from a comfort standpoint (wrist angle).
Thanks for the pic.
Mick

 

that pic is worth alot more than 1000 words, i have been debating and looking and reading on changing my bars out..Thanks Big Time LP, now to add the chubbies to the i need this list " which changes every about every time i come to the forum "

 

Great post, i also went the hd 40$ rout when i had my inner fairing painted and went through all the work changed cables. I sat on the bike and couldn't believe the angle of the bars and how uncomfortable it was so i took everything off and back to the dealer it went. I wish i had found this site before that as i would've ordered the chubby bars instead of re installing the stock ones. What kind of cables are you guys using with the chubby bars, and best place to get them? Thanks

 

my first post and first question where do you get the chubby bars how hard are they to install will the dealer do it. ok more than one question sorry. gotta say this is a great forum, had many question in the last couple of weeks and all i had to do was look and the answers were here.
Benny

 

Dawg;
What is this about a Handlebar recall...???

and is the part you mention for the '07 install or the earlier models?

Also wondering if the stock cables will continue to work....

thanks all

 

These are for a batwing fairing, not a road glide correct?

If you have the bars still, you should also snap a picture of them standing straight up from a side view for a good height/pull back comparison.

I just put the bagger bars on my SG and love the feel of them!

 

To answer a few questions:
The bars cost 158.00 I think, I got a blem set directly from Wild1 http://wild1inc.com/specials.html
The blems usually have some sort of chrome imperfection. On mine it was on in the center of the bar which is covered and inside the Batwing fairing.
If you go to buy a set of blems, they will tell you exactly where the imperfection is (usually hidden).. so it's not a pot luck thing. They don't sell jacked up bars...

I used all my factory cables. I will replace the clutch and brake one day though. They are pretty tight.
To make my factory clutch work, I had to reroute the cable. The cable still goes through the hole in the fairing like it should, but takes a different route inside the fairing. You know it makes a big loop around the back side of the gauges and such, I just had to move it around until I got enough slack.
The brake line will fit, looks like hell, but will work as long as you more or less bend it straight.
Again, when I find black brake line and black clutch cable 2-4 inches longer I will replace them. I'm going fora black theme and don't want silver braided lines.

We have all heard these Wild1 575 bars block some of the view in the SG mirrors. Well here is a picture of that.
I'm not sure what I'm going to do, I might get some of those new kuryakyn mirrors that are somewhat extended, made specifically for the SG. They fairing mount like I want them to.

Pardon the blurry pics..

lp




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I can't start to say how much this post just helped me, I was getting ready to buy the HD bars for my 07 SG, but after seeing the angle of them compared to stock there's no way I would have liked them. I am looking for some bars about the same height as my stocckers but with more pullback and could be a little wider, any ideas, I like the wild 1's but don't like the blocked mirrors. Thanks again for a very helpful post.