I am seriously considering on putting the extended saddlebags on my 2009 Deluxe. Havent thought about a Batwing, cause I think it would take away from the look I am going for.

 

I can see wanting to go with the apes, but also a batwing? Say it ain't so!

 

Just cant take the chance on buying a set of Carlini's and them not to fit, I've e-mailed Carlini for a definitive answer but still no reply, if I cant get an answer then I've managed to find a Bar maker who will make me a custom set from stainless and get a perfect fit, hopefully I wont have to go down this road, they need to look good with and without the Batwing, as it wont be fitted a lot of the time.

 

Mower dude..

I really don't know U, but I've followed U post for a while and I love Ur bike....

I am in the older generation and not hip to the most of the Young-ens in here Nor do I follow the Cali-for-nia look...

BUT from these over 60 eyes Ur bike is Bruit-ti-full..

I had apes when I was young, Yea, I thought they where COOL. but it made riding a lot different.. First I couldn't turn as good and at hi-way speed I felt like I was going to fly oof the bike.

IMO with the Bat wing, I am thinging she'd look better with Ur B-Bars than High Apes.. again just me...

Ur bike, Ur choice... either way theirs a lot of HD owners over her that would love to have Ur Ride.





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You know what Oct, You may have something there, along with everyone else calling out to me not to go apes, think sometimes I'm just looking for something to do, just been talking it over here and decided to lay off the thought of apes for a while, at least until the Batwing is painted and fitted to see how it turns out, I've had negative comments about the Batwing too, but got to take for what it is, which is a detachable item that will give me another option for a change in looks, in roughly 20 seconds, and some tunes thrown in too, how can that be not right, but I'll admit I will always prefer the look without it.
I really do like the look of some of the guys Deluxe's on here with the Carlini's and the Hardbags, they look killer, and its not like it would be cheap to change those bars out either probably looking at 5-600$ plus labour so I could save mayself some dough too.
Not sure whether I'd class myself as one of the older crew here or not probably somewhere in the middle at 48 yrs, thing is when you've stared the end right in the face like I did a few years back with throat cancer,
(total recovery with some scary scarring) you want to cram as much as possible into your life.. LOL
And thanks for the comments on the ride.

 

I have a MS Batwing and 10" Todd's Strip Bars and I like the look and ride. The Fairing can be completely removed in 5 seconds for a totally different look. (I leave mine on most of the time now though) Hope this helps.

 

I'm interested in the look that your batwing will have with the beach bars..I am insatlling bikini bars as we speak ( well the dealer is LOL ) put some pics up when you get that thing painted.

 

This thread makes me wonder if the bars are going to need the curve like apes for batwing baggers at the bottom so that they will clear the fairing. Obviously the softail is a different bike so the distance between the risers and fairing is probably different. I think that with items like a fairing looks is important but not as important as if you don't have one as a fairing is a utilitarian item ont eh bike that serves a valuable function if you are willing to sacrifice looks for the fairing things such as the angle of the bars and all are not nearly as important.

I'm a softail purist meaning that I would never put a fairing on mine, but that is just me. I have a Dyna with a fairing and bags should I really need it.

 

You're kiddin' right????? a fairing?????