I have a 36" inseam and am trying desperately to figure out a way to get my knees at or below the level of the top of the gas tank. It gets kind of uncomfortable with my knees up so high and it also looks downright dorky. I have done alot of research on the internet and found accutronix forward controls but I really dont want to lose the crashbars or my highway pegs. I saw the jaybrake forward controls but they just don't look like they are lower than the floorboards but i canttell from pics. I realize that lowering the floorboards will decrease my lean angle but this bike is more of a tourer for my wife and I. If I want to get crazy I have a BMW K1200S for that. I would appreciate any advice that I get. Thanks in advance. Harry

2006 electra glide standard

 

There is a small degree of height adjustment. Aftermarket options...extension spacers or brackets.

 

I was going toget the floorboard lowering kit and bars.I waited till I fitted the Corbin tourer seat. The seat moved me back 2 inches now the boards and bars are just right

 

God idea

 

Ther are kits that move the floorboards out further as well. Contact hdf member soos as he makes these kits.

 

Lowering the board would be great if you only rode in a straight line and didn't lean it over any cornering. They scrape from the factory and lowering them would cause a scraping problem.

 

although I ride a FatBoy, I encountered the same dilemma. not enough leg room for longer legs. I followed the advice of another SoftTail rider - Sonar_Chris for this fix.

I installed the Extended Reach Floorboards, HD # 50409-04, Harley Goodies (a HDF sponsor) Floorboard Extension Kit, Kuryakyn Extended Girder Shift Lever # 1026 and Kuryakyn E-ZBillet Sytle Brake pedal. the extended reach floorboards moves the floorboards about 2 inches more forward than stock, and the Harley Goodies Extensions moves them out, away from the bike,about 1 1/4 inch. this coupled with the shifter lever, which moved the shifter pad forward about 1 3/4 inch and the extended brake pedal, which moved the brake pad forward about 2 inches and down about 2 inches. oh, and I moved the shifter lever to the outboard location of the shifter spline and used a 3/4 inch schedule 80 PVC piece to cover that gap left by removing theheel shifter.

all of this set me back about $400., but was WELL worth it.

here are several photos I just took - sorry about the quality. I shot these in the garage... a little too cool to go outside for this.

 

I have a 36" inseam aswell. I feel your pain...or used to feel it anyways. I finally settled on a set of accutronix forward controls that I bought used from a member hear for an unreal deal. First time i put my feet up my legs breathed a sigh of relief, literally because the blood was actual flowing down my legs to my feet rather than being pumped uphill to my knees. A seat will not give you the releif you a seeking, unless you want to sit way up off your frame and then you knees will still be over your tank.

I think that if you wanted the crashbar you could get it to work with the forward controls. You need to take it off because the controls utilize the mounting hole for the crashbar on the brake side.

My suggestion: to give you optimal leg comfort and feel like the bike actually fits you, to have your legs in a comfortable position, to use an existing bolt on product, and to keep your crash bar on the bike....I would purchase some of these jac-knife pegs

This is similar to what i made for myself and used 90% of my time on the bike before i got the forward controls. Last i knew a member here by the name of SHOOTER64 had them for sale....see this post. Great guy to deal with and decent prices and fast shipping.

Something similar is the kw stretchers...a good post with pictures is here.

Adam

 

gor for the set back seat that is raised 2 inches, that will give you 4 inches overall and the floorboards will not bottom out from lowering on every turn...

 

Hey Harry.B,

Theses don't lower but rather move you forward. Moving your foot forward will help lower your knees. Worth a look see anyway.

http://*******.com/2uxthf

They are made by a fellow forum member, "indycustombikes".