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Old 01-06-2011 | 06:04 PM
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Default Narrow beach bars on sportster?

Anyone have these? Pictures?


I have a 2007 1200 xlc, and I am thinking of trying to convert to the 48 riser/top clamp/speedo mount configuration, and I am either going to go with 10'' mini apes or beach bars.

Does anyone make standard 8'' mini apes?
 
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Old 01-07-2011 | 12:29 AM
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"Narrow" beach bars??? I thought the whole concept of the beach bars was wide and low? Never saw narrow beach bars.
 
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Old 01-07-2011 | 04:09 PM
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Yea, 'narrow' beach bars... http://www.harley-davidson.com/gma/g...bmLocale=en_US
I never had the beach bars on my old Sporty... but I did have a pair of Fat Boy bars on it, here's a pic of them. The narrow beach bars are @ just as wide (I had a pair on my Fat Bob for a while) but lower than the Fat Boy bars. My old Sporty rode great, I think the narrow beach bars would work very well on any Sporty.
 

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Old 01-07-2011 | 05:00 PM
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had the narrow beach bars on my fatboy, felt real nice.
dont know if they would look right on a sporty, they are 1 1/4 dia, might look too bulky on the sporty.
 
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Old 01-07-2011 | 05:12 PM
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Originally Posted by 08fxdf43202
Yea, 'narrow' beach bars... http://www.harley-davidson.com/gma/g...bmLocale=en_US
I never had the beach bars on my old Sporty... but I did have a pair of Fat Boy bars on it, here's a pic of them. The narrow beach bars are @ just as wide (I had a pair on my Fat Bob for a while) but lower than the Fat Boy bars. My old Sporty rode great, I think the narrow beach bars would work very well on any Sporty.


Those Fat Boy Bars look good .. never thought about trying them on the Sportsters have owned..
 
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Old 01-07-2011 | 05:16 PM
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Cool Get Into It,,,

Sit on the bike,,
feet on the pegs,,,
Settle Into your preferd riding position,,,
Have some one hold the bike upright,,
Close your eyes,,,
breath in breath out,,
real slow,,,

Now slowly reach out and grab air,,
make a fist,,,
Open your eyes,,,,

That Is exactly where your bars should place your hands,,

It's a Zen thing XD
 
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Old 01-07-2011 | 06:28 PM
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Sorry, but the pic 08FXD posted look more like buckhorns. To me, beach bars are more like drags that sweep back towards the rider/tank but a wide sweep. I think I've only seen one pic of a sporty with beach bars on here & I thought they looked a little out of place. Beach bars do look good on a wider bike though.
 
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Old 01-08-2011 | 01:46 PM
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Too wide IMO, Maybe on a Custom with a fat tank...maybe get some nice big pipes...
 
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Old 01-08-2011 | 02:44 PM
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Wide low bars often come two ways:

Beach bars. 36-40 inches wide
Bikini bars. 32-36 inches wide

Many manufactures use these terms. The bars in this pic are 32's. I call them narrow. Thats probably as wide as "I" would want on a Sporty.




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Old 01-08-2011 | 06:53 PM
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The Fat Boy bars are 32" wide...

 



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