BARS ! Do i need to make my own ?

[West Coast Struttin]

Anybody know of a 12" ape bar that has enough pullback so i can lean back and have my elbows nicely bent? Everything i see out there has the bars bent forward toward the fairing. I want bars that have 6 to 8 inches of clearance between the throttle grip and the fairing face. Im 5' 11" and the stock bars make my hands numb on a long ride. Going straight up from the stockers is not enough. I need to go up and BACK ! Help me my cyber biker buds !!

 

[OldMike]

Anybody know of a 12" ape bar that has enough pullback so i can lean back and have my elbows nicely bent? Everything i see out there has the bars bent forward toward the fairing. I want bars that have 6 to 8 inches of clearance between the throttle grip and the fairing face. Im 5' 11" and the stock bars make my hands numb on a long ride. Going straight up from the stockers is not enough. I need to go up and BACK ! Help me my cyber biker buds !!

I use Kromewerks 2+2 Narrow Sweepers for the reasons you stated.

 

[BluesBelly]

Anybody know of a 12" ape bar that has enough pullback so i can lean back and have my elbows nicely bent? Everything i see out there has the bars bent forward toward the fairing. I want bars that have 6 to 8 inches of clearance between the throttle grip and the fairing face. Im 5' 11" and the stock bars make my hands numb on a long ride. Going straight up from the stockers is not enough. I need to go up and BACK ! Help me my cyber biker buds !!

Have you checked out the HD Accessories book? There are a bunch of bars available at reasonable prices.

 

[18flhxs]

I got my bars from hill country customs in texas,great to deal with tons in stock or they can custom build what you want.check em out

 

[West Coast Struttin]

Thanks old Mike those look perfect !

 

[West Coast Struttin]

HD is usually the last place i look but i will if i have to, thanks Blues

 

[West Coast Struttin]

Thanks 18, i love Texas anything so i will check it out .

 

[West Coast Struttin]

Mike, you have any side view pics from ground level? Kromewerks site has no helpful pics. Are yours 12" bars (rise) ? They dont say what the +2 and 2+2 mean on their site.

 

[OldMike]

Mike, you have any side view pics from ground level? Kromewerks site has no helpful pics. Are yours 12" bars (rise) ? They dont say what the +2 and 2+2 mean on their site.

The 2+2 are 2" up and 2" back from stock. They also have a more natural wrist angle than stock.
I have my bars pulled back pretty far, I'm like 5'9" and my elbows are bent with them like this. You would probably set them more upright.
Do a Google search, there's lots of talk about these bars.

 

[West Coast Struttin]

Well, I ordered 12" LA Choppers #7321-12 apes and should be here Monday . Added the poly bushings too. Likely will need to modify the bars to get the reach i want. Listed as having 10" of pull back so we will see.

 

[cms]

I have the LA 12" on my 14 and we're the same height. I find the ride very comfortable, hope it work for you. My stock mirrors were slightly obstructed so I did go with Kuryakyn mirrors above the bars.

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[West Coast Struttin]

Got the bars on and they should be comfortable. Problem is, the throttle wont work. Almost had it all done ! All else is good. The wiring was plenty long enough so no splice to be bad. I might have gotten some wire lube on the inside of the mint green connector, thats all i can think of. I checked fuses, they were good. Back to disassembly .

 

[West Coast Struttin]

Got it fixed. Turned out to be pinched wiring at the right side control housing, poor factory design. Modified it and all good now. Hoping to test ride today !

 

[West Coast Struttin]

Thx CMS, yeah the mirrors may an issue.

 

[West Coast Struttin]

Rode with the new bars today. Improvements in the slow speed maneuvering as well quicker response in turning in general. Will need to wait for arm fatigue test on a long ride but i think it will be fine. The mirrors are 90% obstructed so i will research remedies for that. All in all, im happy. Thanks to all for the helpful posts on this site, old and new. Makes things easy !